The good news? Sunday is Summer Nights! The bad news? There’s a 40% chance of rain. The Recreation Department will make the call on Saturday about whether Summer Nights will go ahead as planned or be pushed off one night to its rain date of Monday (which thankfully shows only a 10% chance of rain). Read the full article → from The (I hope it won’t be needed) Summer Nights rain plan
Unemployment numbers across the board held relatively steady for the month of July. In Southborough’s case, that means the jobless rate of 6.8% was unchanged from last month. It’s our highest rate in 17 years. Compared to July 2008, the unemployment rate in Southborough is up a whopping 79%. The overall rate for Massachusetts ticked Read the full article → from July unemployment rate holds steady
Here’s a story in the Metrowest Daily News about a Southborough postal carrier who is suing the US Postal Service: U.S. District Judge Dennis Saylor has denied the postal service’s motion to dismiss the case of Peter J. Marinelli, an Ashland resident whose route was in Southborough. Marinelli has accused his former boss, Joseph Mulvey, Read the full article → from Southborough postal worker sues Postal Service, delivers mail in tuxedo
The Southborough Library is starting up a Genealogy Club next month. Fun! Here are the details. Interested in researching your FAMILY TREE? The Southborough Public Library is putting together a Genealogy Club, starting in the fall. The Genealogy Club will be for people of all skill levels. We’ll invite speakers to teach us about family Read the full article → from Find your roots at the Southborough Library
The Metrowest Daily News has a recap of last night’s Zoning Board of Appeals meeting on Woodland Meadows, the proposed 40B development off Oak Hill Road. Developer Robert Heavey proposes 16 townhouses off Oak Hill Road at Rte. 9, behind the Walgreens store. He discussed with the board changes that could be made to the Read the full article → from Developer presents Woodland Meadows plans
I wasn’t able to attend Tuesday night’s Board of Selectmen meeting, but thanks to the Southborough Cable Access Committee, I’ll be able to catch a broadcast of the meeting later this week. If you’re looking to do the same, here’s the broadcast schedule: Thursday – 7:00 pm Friday – 9:00 am and 5:00 pm Saturday Read the full article → from Board of Selectmen cable broadcast schedule
With the start of school less than a week away, summer is nearly over for kids in Southborough. Teachers return on Monday, and classes begin on Wednesday, September 2 in all Southborough schools. If you’re a parent scrambling to get organized before the school year starts, here are some links to help you out. All Read the full article → from Some helpful back to school links
There wasn’t much activity on the Southborough real estate market this week. Only one house was added to the listings. None went under agreement and none sold. Maybe it’s just too darn hot right now to buy and sell houses. Thanks to Doug McClain (email) of Century 21 Commonwealth Realty for supplying the listing information. Read the full article → from On the market this week
A year ago today I clicked Publish on the very first My Southborough blog post. Since then I’ve published nearly 1,200 posts on this blog. My goodness, do I need a life. I started the blog a year ago for reasons both practical and not. On the one hand, I was tired of feeling like Read the full article → from My Southborough turns 1!
Check out the programming offered by the Recreation Department in their fall/winter brochure (.pdf). There are classes for kids pre-K through the teen years, as well as for adults. The brochure also has details on special events like the mxed doubles tennis tournament in September and the Heritage Day road race. You can register now Read the full article → from Fall/winter recreation schedule posted
I wasn’t at the Board of Selectmen meeting last night, but the Metrowest Daily News has a recap. Selectment added some new blood to the Municipal Facilities Committee by appointing three new members and nearly doubling the size of the committee to seven. The Municipal Facilities Committee is working on plans for a new police Read the full article → from Board of Selectmen recap
Governor Deval Patrick ordered them lowered until further notice in honor of Senator Ted Kennedy who died today after a battle with brain cancer. Read the full article → from Flags at half staff in honor of Ted Kennedy
Tuesday 8/18/09 10:14 EMS call, Alexandra Circle 10:15 Unintentional smoke detector activation (no fire), Presidential Drive 15:01 Vehicle fire, Turnpike Road 15:13 Unintentional smoke detector activation (no fire), Main Street 17:58 Vehicle accident with injuries, Main Street 22:29 EMS call, Pine Hill Road Wednesday 8/19/09 14:50 Smoke detector activation due to malfunction, Village Path Pt Read the full article → from What the fire department has been up to
The Woodland Meadows 40B development has been around for a while. It started as a 4-story, 43-unit complex between Woodland and Oak Hill Roads. But developer Robert Heavey ran into trouble with the Conservation Commission and the project was never approved. On Wednesday evening, Heavey will appear before the Zoning Board of Appeals to present Read the full article → from Public hearing tomorrow about proposed 40B development off Oak Hill Road