Events
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.
Save the date: Southborough Unscheduled 2010
Mark your calendars, Southborough Unscheduled 2010 will be on Thursday, March 11. The homework-free, activity-free, and meeting-free evening is sponsored by Southborough Youth and Family Services, and is intended to encourage families to spend more time together. Here’s more information from SYFS: On this night (after 6:00 pm), there will be no homework, no sports, Read the full article → from Save the date: Southborough Unscheduled 2010
All about science at the Southborough Library
This fall the Southborough Library will offer a new science series for kids in kindergarten or first grade. The program will run on Wednesday afternoons in October and November. During each session, kids will read books and do an experiment on a different science topic each week. The program will be held on October 21 Read the full article → from All about science at the Southborough Library
Southborough teen wins award for volunteer service
News from the Southborough Library about a remarkable teen: Nicholas D’Errico has been coming to the Southborough Public Library ever since his pre-school years, when his family moved to town. For the past four years, Nick comes to the library ready to work – for free. He is an outstanding volunteer at the library. And Read the full article → from Southborough teen wins award for volunteer service
Pumpkins and hayrides at Chestnut Hill Farm
For three days next week you can buy pumpkins and corn stalk bundles, take a hayride, and meet some cows all at Chestnut Hill Farms. Twenty percent of the proceeds go to SOS. You’ll find all the details in this flyer: Read the full article → from Pumpkins and hayrides at Chestnut Hill Farm
Reminder: Benefit concert at Alonguin Saturday night
Algonquin alum and Celtic/folk singer and songwriter Jed Marum (’70) will perform at Algonquin on Saturday night in a concert to benefit the school’s Serenity Garden. The show starts at 7:00 pm. You can buy tickets at the door. Prices are $10 for adults and $5 for students and children. Read more about Jed Marum Read the full article → from Reminder: Benefit concert at Alonguin Saturday night
Donate gently-used handbags to benefit the library
Every year at Heritage Day, the Friends of the Southborough Library hold a book sale. This year they’re doing something a bit different. Among the fiction and non-fiction selections on Heritage Day, you’ll also find a collection of gently-used handbags, with proceeds from the sale of both books and handbags going to the Friends. It Read the full article → from Donate gently-used handbags to benefit the library
Making like a scarecrow
One of the best parts of the Beals’ Preserve Celebration on Sunday was all the scarecrows lining the trail. The kids in the photo below — sent in by a My Southborough reader — seem to agree. You can find more photos from the Beals’ Preserve Celebration posted to Flickr by user rmaple_leaf. Read the full article → from Making like a scarecrow
Heritage Day schedule
Heritage Day is less than two weeks away. The event this year features some of the same things you look forward to every year, plus a few new ones. Here’s the schedule. Saturday, October 10 3:00 – 5:00 pm Scarecrow contest drop off at Community House. Winner will be announced October 12. Scarecrows will be Read the full article → from Heritage Day schedule
New at the library
This blog feature went away for the summer, but now it’s back! On a roughly weekly basis, I’ll let you know what new books and DVDs have arrived at the Southborough Library. With thanks to Children’s Librarian Kim Ivers for supplying the info. ADULT: The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood By turns dark, tender, Read the full article → from New at the library
Photos from the Beals’ Preserve Celebration
The weather may have been damp, but the mood was anything but at the Beals’ Preservation Celebration yesterday. Dressed in rain jackets and boots, a good number of folks turned out for an afternoon of nature, art, and music. No one seemed to mind the rain, least of all the cows. Hats off to the Read the full article → from Photos from the Beals’ Preserve Celebration
Your guide to the Beals’ Preserve Celebration on Sunday
Rain or shine, the place to be on Sunday afternoon is the Beals’ Preserve. Here’s your definitive guide to the festivities. When: Sunday, September 27, 12:00 to 5:00 pm Where: South side of Main St opposite Chestnut Hill Road (map) Parking: South side of Main St., follow the signs Scheduled events: 12:00 – Arrive, picnicking Read the full article → from Your guide to the Beals’ Preserve Celebration on Sunday
Registration for youth basketball now open
The Southborough Youth Basketball program is open to all Southborough kids in grades 1 through 8. Early registration runs through October 13. After that there is a $25 late fee. Registration is only available online. The basketball season runs from mid-November through late February or early March. Depending on age, both town leagues and travel Read the full article → from Registration for youth basketball now open
Silhouette fundraiser to benefit Southborough Recreation
Here’s a unique opportunity to get a treasured keepsake while benefiting the Friends of the Southborough Recreation Department. The Friends has teamed up with silhouette artist Jean Comerford. They’ll be offering sittings next Friday and Saturday where you’ll be able to get silhouettes made of your kids on the spot. Here are the details. Portraits Read the full article → from Silhouette fundraiser to benefit Southborough Recreation