(Photo by Margaret Kaigh Doyle) Margaret Kaigh Doyle was at last week’s Algonquin girl’s lacrosse season opener, and sent in this report: Carly O’Connell scored seven goals and Heather McDonald added four goals and an assist for the host Tomahawks in a Mid-Wach A opener for both teams in Southborough on April 1, 2010. The Read the full article → from Photos: Algonquin girls kick off the spring sports season
For some Southborough residents, Easter dinner preparations were disrupted by power outages. Several of you wrote in to say you lost power at least once on Sunday. Read the full article → from Easter Sunday power outages
To move the wall or not to move the wall, that is the question. At least it’s one of the questions before selectmen tonight as they consider how to proceeded with the Main Street reconstruction project. Read the full article → from Selectmen to consider the fate of Main Street tonight
Southborough’s annual town meeting starts next Monday night, April 12 at 7:00 pm at the Trottier Middle School Auditorium. Read the full article → from Countdown to town meeting: What do you want to know?
The Northborough-Southborough Special Education Parents Advisory Council will present a talk on how to identify reading problems in young children. The presentation starts at 6:30 pm at the Northborough Free Library. Read the full article → from NSPAC hosts early reading presentation tonight
Meadow Lane resident Cindy Hill sent in a couple photos of what she hopes are her new tenants. Cindy said that less than a week after they put up two new bluebird houses and a bluebird feeder in their back yard, a pair of bluebirds arrived to check out the accommodations. Read the full article → from Photos: Blue and Buff find a home
The April Poetry Festival at the Southborough Library is underway. If you’re one of those who thinks poetry is stuffy and boring, get yourself to the Library on Wednesday and prepare to be educated. Read the full article → from Hip hop poet to perform at the Southborough Library on Wednesday
For the past several months, the Board of Selectmen and the Advisory Committee have been working largely independently to come up with a set of budget recommendations to present to voters at town meeting next week. Tonight they’ll sit down to talk about their recommendations and, where there are differences, attempt to reach common ground. Read the full article → from Town boards look for common ground on budgets tonight
Southborough Youth and Family Services, which provides counseling, youth activities, education, and preventive and community programs to the residents of Southborough, faces steep budget cuts this year. To help support SYFS, the Friends of the Southborough Youth Commission will hold and night out fundraiser later this month. They’re looking for local businesses to help sponsor the event. Read the full article → from Youth commission seeks sponsors for wine and shopping fundraiser
A list of town meetings for the week of April 5 through April 9. Read the full article → from The week in government
I had s0me fun taking photos along Main Street last weekend. Flowers blooming, Easter decorations up, and the scent of spring in the air. Read the full article → from Photos: Spring in downtown Southborough
Southborough Kindergroup and Friends of Southboro Recreation will hold their annual Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday at the Community House. The weather this year looks like it’s going to be picture-perfect for the event. Read the full article → from Easter egg hunt this weekend
Southborough photographer Chris Wraight sent in some photos from Wednesday’s boys volleyball match. Algonquin beat Clinton 3-1. Read the full article → from Algonquin boys volleyball takes out Clinton
At a special meeting this week, the regional school committee decided to stay out of the tiff between Northborough and Southborough over how to split debt remaining on the Algonquin renovation. The Northborough Board of Selectmen had asked them to file a request for a declaratory judgment on the issue, but the school committee voted unanimously not to do that. Read the full article → from Regional school committee declines to get in middle of debt issue