Fay School has started construction on their new primary school complex off Middle Road. The buildings, designed to have the look and feel of a New England village, will house Fay’s new kindergarten and pre-kindergarten classes. The historic Goodnow House, built in 1819, will be incorporated into the complex. Construction is expected to be finished Read the full article → from Construction underway on new Fay School complex
The Metrowest Daily News reports biotech company Genzyme purchased a 1-acre parcel of land at 251 Boston Road (map) for $1.8M. The company recently has been expanding in the technology/industrial park in that area of town, but says it has no immediate plans for the Boston Road property. “As far as what we’ll do with Read the full article → from In the media: Genzyme snaps up parcel in Framingham/Southborough
Repairing streets, stabilizing eroded shoulders, and cleaning up debris after last week’s massive storm will keep the Southborough Department of Public Works busy for weeks Superintendent Karen Galligan told me recently. The storm dumped more than 4.5 inches of rain on the town in just over two hours. “That is a very unusual occurrence,” Galligan Read the full article → from Southborough DPW will be ‘cleaning up for weeks’
Here are the department and committee meetings for the week. Of note, the Police Chief Search Committee meets on Wednesday, and on Tuesday selectmen hold a management summit to review with department and committee heads the state’s open meeting law and other codes of conduct. Monday, July 13 No meetings scheduled Tuesday, July 14 Southborough Read the full article → from The week in town government
A My Southborough reader recently asked whether Verizon and Charter offer the same public access programming. I checked with Cable Television Chairman Paul Ferguson, and the answer is no, at least for now. There are three local cable channels: Public, Government, and Education. Both Charter and Verizon offer the Public and Government channels. (The Public Read the full article → from Cable access programming: Charter vs. Verizon
Southborough Town Planner Vera Kolias was awarded the annual Regional Spirit Award by the Metrowest Growth Management Committee (MWGMC) last month. “It’s a cool award,” Kolias said. “I feel honored that they chose me.” MWGMC is a collaborative planning organization that focusses on regional issues shared by Metrowest communities along the Route 9 corridor from Read the full article → from Southborough town planner honored with regional award
The Metrowest Daily News has the latest on the future of the Country Gourmet. Property owners, and former Capasso Farms proprietors, John and Liz Sherry told selectmen on Tuesday night that the Country Gourmet’s lease was terminated last fall. The Sherry’s want to see the liquor license transferred to Shohdy Ziada, who also owns Turnpike Read the full article → from New business hopes to replace Country Gourmet
Another slow week in the Southborough real estate scene. Thanks to Doug McClain (email) of Century 21 Commonwealth Realty for supplying the listing information. New on the market 255 Cordaville Rd (map) – 6 room, 2 bed, 1 bath Cape – $175,000 Sale pending 12 General Henry Knox Rd (map) – 9 room, 3 bed, Read the full article → from On the market this week
Southborough resident Nancy Gould took some photos of the storm that rolled through on Wednesday afternoon that left her yard looking more like January than July. That white stuff is hail. Read the full article → from Photos from Wednesday’s storm
As part of their fourth annual Summer Music Festival, St. Mark’s will host a free concert series starting Friday and featuring performances by both students and faculty. All concerts take place in the Class of 1945 Hall in the Performing Arts Center (map) and are open to the public. Here’s the schedule (via Wicked Local Read the full article → from Summer concert series at St. Mark’s starts Friday
The library is a great place to take the kids on rainy days, but not this week. Facilities Director Phil Rinehart told me the lower level at the library — including the children’s section and meeting rooms — was flooded with approximately 2 to 3 inches of water on Tuesday and will be closed indefinitely. Read the full article → from Children’s room at Southborough Library likely closed for multiple weeks
This fire log doesn’t include all the calls from Tuesday’s storm. You can see those here. Tuesday 6/30/09 13:28 EMS call, Southville Road 14:38 Gas leak, Southville Road Wednesday 7/1/09 07:14 EMS call, Richards Road 09:33 Unintentional smoke detector activation, no fire, Turnpike Road 11:16 Unintentional smoke detector activation, no fire, Flagg Road Thursday 7/2/09 Read the full article → from What the fire department has been up to
It comes as no surprise that yesterday was a busy day for emergency responders (looks like today might be too), but police and fire crews responded to one call yesterday that was a little too close to home. At around 2:15 pm, lightning struck the police station. An officer who was in the garage at Read the full article → from Lightning strikes police station, officer injured
You probably heard the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for Hopkinton, Holliston and Milford. It expired about 45 minutes ago. What are things like in your neck of town? Update: Reports of hail on the south side of town, but no tornado touched down. Read the full article → from Wild weather continues