Coverage of Southborough events. Focus on events taking place in town. Includes features about events related to residents or local organizations. Also includes information on town government's open meetings.
The Southborough Cultural Arts Council is again encouraging individuals and groups to apply for grants to support artistic projects and activities to benefit the community. Read the full article → from SCAC’s upcoming grant cycle and office hours
Southborough Youth and Family Services is ramping up for Suicide Prevention Month in September.
The agency is promoting free programs to give community members tools to recognize and support others in crisis or cope with their own depression. Read the full article → from Sign up for Suicide Prevention Awareness Month programs
Registration is open for Southborough Recreation’s 2nd session of this school year’s RAP (Recreation After-School Programs) classes. Some programs have already filled up, and registration closes a week from today.
To avoid the programs you want most filling up before you can sign up (especially the first session of “RAP”), you’ll want to start exploring the options today. Read the full article → from Get ready to sign kids up for Fall RAP next week
One of Southborough’s few watering holes, Owen O’Leary’s has amped up its promotions of regular live (and interactive) music. Two acts are featured this week, along with regular weekly entertainment.
I’m highlighting the Irish pub’s lineup of events, since they’re technically free. (Obviously, they’re hoping you’ll be ordering food and drinks, but there’s no cover charge.) Read the full article → from O’Leary’s continues to offer Live Bands and opportunities to perform
If you haven’t walked Art on the Trails yet this summer, this is a gorgeous week to explore it. If you already enjoyed the experience, or you’re a big fan of poetry, you may want to mark your calendars for the annual closing ceremony. Read the full article → from Art on the Trails closing ceremony — September 14
Southborough Recreation’s “Summer Nights” festival is scheduled for the Saturday before schools resumes. Read the full article → from Details on Summer Nights 2025 (Update)
The Rotary Club of Southborough announced another free activity planned for this Saturday’s big “Southborough Summer Nights” festival. Read the full article → from Rotary invites community to “Chalk It Up” at Summer Nights
Over the next few months, the Southborough, Northborough, and Shrewsbury Rec Connect program will be holding more adaptive programs. The programs currently being promoted are geared to participants with a disability aged 15 years or older.
One of the events also allows family members (including as young as 6 yrs old) to join them. Read the full article → from Sign up for Rec Connect’s adaptive fall outings & programs for ages 15+
Between my posting news about Southborough Recreation’s Fall programs and the opening of registration, Rec announced a new offering. Read the full article → from Sign up now for Adult Golf Lessons this fall
Here is a selection of the committee and board meetings for the week along with my selected highlights from the agendas. Read the full article → from The week in government
Here are highlights of what’s happening around (or related to) our town this weekend through next. Read the full article → from Events this week
It’s time to mark your calendars for the new school year. Read the full article → from Back-to-School Save-the-Dates (Updated)
The night before Southborough students’ first day of the public school year, the Southborough Library and Southborough Youth & Family Services will hold a discussion that may be especially relevant to some of their parents.
The “Shelf Help” community book discussion group will discuss learnings from the book Breaking Free of Child Anxiety & OCD: A Scientifically Proven Program for Parents by Dr. Eli R. Lebowitz. But you don’t need to have read the book to participate. Read the full article → from Sign up now to discuss “parenting through anxiety & OCD” on August 26th
Southborough Recreation is promoting its upcoming fall programs. With some of them set to kick off next month, registration is scheduled to open this Friday, August 15th. Read the full article → from Rec Fall program registration opens Friday