The Second Annual Billy Webber Memorial Golf Tournament will be held at Juniper Hill Golf Course in Northborough on Monday, June 21. The tournament is in honor of Southborough’s former police chief William Webber who lost his battle with pancreatic cancer in November 2008 at the age of 53. Read the full article → from Save the date: 2nd Annual Billy Webber Memorial Golf Tournament
The Metrowest Daily News ran a story today on Selectman Sal Giorlandino’s recent statement defending the investigation of eight Southborough town employees. It’s largely the same information you’ve read here, but reporter Evan Lips did get the chance to ask Giorlandino if the investigation was in any way related to commenter “Marty.” Read the full article → from A bit more on the ‘Southborough Eight’ investigation
Assabet culinary arts instructor Clifford Giovannucci was killed in a motorcycle crash in Sutton on Saturday. Read the full article → from Assabet teacher killed in motorcycle crash
It’s the last week in April and that means it’s time for the annual flushing of the hydrants in Southborough. I knew it was happening thanks to the stream of brown water I encountered when I went to brush my teeth this morning. Read the full article → from Brown water at your house this week? Not to worry.
Northborough holds its annual town meeting tonight, and one of the things they’ll decide is whether to spend $100K to seek a declaratory judgment against Southborough over the ongoing Algonquin reimbursement battle. Read the full article → from Northborough votes tonight on whether to take Southborough to court
Southborough photographer Chris Wraight took some excellent photos of the Algonquin baseball game against Westborough last Friday. Read the full article → from Photos: Algonquin baseball battles Westborough
Chairman of the Board of Selectmen Sal Giorlandino has responded to the recent disclosure that the board launched an internal investigation of several town employees last fall. In an email sent this morning, Giorlandino said selectmen voted unanimously to initiate the investigation, and that they were required to do so under the town’s professional conduct policy. Read the full article → from Selectman defends investigation of town employees
Candidates running for office in the May 10 election will be at the Southborough Fire Station tonight to meet voters and answer questions. sponsored by the Southborough Democratic Town Committee, the event starts at 7:00 pm in the Fire Station meeting room. Read the full article → from Reminder: Meet the candidates event tonight
A list of department and committee meetings for the week. Read the full article → from The week in government
I love quilts. I’ve even made a few in my day. So it’s no surprise I enjoyed the Form & Fiber exhibit now showing at the Southborough Arts Center. Read the full article → from Photos: Form & Fiber exhibit at the Arts Center
As we talked about yesterday, there’s good news and not-so-good news when it comes to Southborough’s recycling rate. The good news is the rate of recycling in town showed a steep increase from 2007 to 2009, when it went from 23% to 32%. Read the full article → from Another look at Southborough’s recycling rate
Flags in Southborough are flying at half staff today in honor of longtime Southborough resident Jim Denman who passed away earlier this week. Read the full article → from Why flags are at half staff today
Who knows if it’s our proximity to the starting line in Hopkinton, or all the 5K runs we hold in town that serve as training opportunities, but per capita, Southborough had more residents run the Boston Marathon this year than almost any other town in Massachusetts. Only four towns had a higher per capita rate. Read the full article → from 22 Southborough residents ran this year’s marathon
Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, and on May 1, Southborough will hold it’s 20th annual Earth Day Clean Up event. Read the full article → from 20th annual spring clean up event on May 1