The plan by the owner of Fitzgerald’s General Store to offer cheaper commuter rail parking is dead, at least for now. The Metrowest Daily News reports that the Zoning Board of Appeals denied without prejudice Ramanbhati Patel’s request for a special permit to offer monthly parking in his lot. He will be able to reapply Read the full article → from No commuter rail parking at Fitzgerald’s – for now
Scenes from the movie shoot this week, including one of a paparazzo stalking his prey. Read the full article → from Men in trees
A collection of Colonials went on the market this week ranging in price from $379K to one at over $1.5M. Thanks to Doug McClain (email) of Century 21 Commonwealth Realty for supplying the listing information. New on the market 32 Oak Hill Rd (map) – 7 room, 3 bed, 2 bath Colonial – $379,900 4 Read the full article → from On the market this week
The Board of Selectmen last week approved a $32K contract to replace the roof at Cordaville Hall (the Senior Center). As part of the work, the four dormers on the back of the building will be removed. The ones on the front will remain. Facilities Manager Phil Rinehart told selectmen the roof needs replacing because Read the full article → from Cordaville Hall to get a new roof, lose some dormers
The movie in Southborough is officially over, and life around town will soon return to normal. The cast and crew finished up filming late last night. I’ve haven’t been down to see the set today, but word is much of the equipment, including light trucks and the trailers at Woodward, have already made their way Read the full article → from Say goodbye to Hollywood
Earlier in the week you read about Southborough businesses like Falconi Bros. and the Southborough House of Pizza that are profiting from the movie being in town. Here’s a story about another business seeing an upside thanks to a little bit of initiative. Dan O’Rourke, owner of Southborough-based NRG BAR a manufacturer of all-natural energy Read the full article → from Energy bars to the stars
Monday, June 1 is the last day to sign up for the Billy Webber Memorial Golf Tournament. The event honors Southborough’s Police Chief William Webber who passed away from pancreatic cancer last November. All proceeds go to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. More info here. Read the full article → from Reminder: Sign up for Webber golf tourney by June 1
Southborough’s 15 minutes of fame has extended all the way to the Twittersphere. Here’s my list of the top 5 movie-related Tweets. 5. I’m looking at aerials from Southboro. We’re over the movie shoot. I’m sure our chopper isn’t disrupting a thing. (@JohnWBZ) 4. @adamsandler when are you coming to southboro? are you bringing your Read the full article → from Top 5 movie-related Tweets
Your weekly sample of stories in the local media that have a Southborough connection. Top chef has Southborough roots (Metrowest Daily News) “He’s very artistic and creative with food. I don’t know how he knows what to put with what. It seems like with him it’s automatic.” —Southborough resident Mercedes Evans, mother of James Beard Read the full article → from Southborough in the news
Since the movie shoot has been extended a bit, I decided to stop by yesterday to see what I could see. The crew was filming on the side of the church, so spectators gathered behind the library in back of the old burial ground. It was a cool day, and Adam Sandler trolled about carrying Read the full article → from A few more star shots
Yesterday the state released unemployment numbers for April, and Southborough is holding relatively steady. Our unemployment rate was 5.1% in April, compared to 5.2% in March. Southborough’s unemployment rate is still significantly lower than the state average of 7.8% for April 2009. Read the full article → from Southborough unemployment rate holds steady
The track at Algonquin will be packed on Friday night, but not with the usual set of high school sprinters, shot-putters, and high jumpers. Instead, the track will be taken over by cancer survivors, cancer patients, friends, family, and supporters. From Friday afternoon into the wee hours of Saturday morning, Algonquin will play host to Read the full article → from Algonquin to host Relay for Life on Friday
That’s a question that has been posed by commenters in the last week. With hundreds of crew members, extras, and fans in town, the potential is certainly there. But is the payoff being realized? The Metrowest Daily News dug into the question a bit and found that for some town business like English Garden Florist, Read the full article → from Is the movie a boon to town businesses?
I was out of town for the weekend, so I didn’t catch the Memorial Day parade and observances. But Linda over at Southborough News had her camera ready and got bunches of photos. Check them out (you may need to scroll to view them). Update: There are also some nice photos in this flickr set. Read the full article → from Memorial Day photos