Day trips, sports for tots, horseback riding, yoga, fitness programs, and more. Check it all out in the fall/winter recreation schedule (PDF). More information and online registration at the Recreation website. Read the full article → from Sign up for fall/winter recreation
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.
Free programs for Southborough families
The Assabet Valley Area Family Network provides free family activities, education and support to all families with children age pre-birth to 5 years of age, who live in the Massachusetts towns of Hudson, Marlborough, Northborough, Southborough, Westborough Boylston, and Berlin. New program have been announced for the fall. Registration is via a lottery system and Read the full article → from Free programs for Southborough families
Fitness boot camp
If you’re looking to shed a few pounds this fall, consider the Fitness Boot Camp put on by local company NRG-BAR and sponsored by the Southborough Recreation Commission. The Boot Camp meets at Neary School and will begin at 6:00am and 9:15am, Monday, Wednesday and Friday for four weeks. For more information, visit the NRG-BAR Read the full article → from Fitness boot camp
Calling all Francophiles
The Southborough Library is hosting a new French film discussion group. Read more about it in this week’s Community Advocate: “An interest meeting will take place Thursday Sept. 11 at 2 p.m., and subsequent film discussion times will be determined. Southborough Library is located at 25 Main St. For more information, contact Kim Ivers at Read the full article → from Calling all Francophiles
Tastes of New England event this weekend
Here’s a tasty way to spend your Saturday. From the Boston Globe West. “Tastes of New England, featuring products by local food artisans, is Saturday, 4-7 p.m., at Panzano Provviste e Vino, 154 Turnpike Road. On Sunday, 5 p.m., a dinner highlighting locally raised foods from New England farmers will be held at Tomasso Trattoria Read the full article → from Tastes of New England event this weekend
Tomato time
Not sure what to do with all those tomatoes weighing heavy on their branches? Check out a Southborough resident’s recipe for Baked Stuffed Tomatoes. From The Eagle-Tribune. Read the full article → from Tomato time
The Southborough Players announces auditions for “Closer Than Ever”
From Wicked Local Southborough: “The 40-year-old theater production company on Sept. 14 will hold auditions at Trottier Middle School for the musical revue, with more than 20 songs by Richard Maltby Jr. and David Shire.” [Full story] For more information, see The Southborough Players website. Read the full article → from The Southborough Players announces auditions for “Closer Than Ever”
Children’s musical workshop
From The Southborough Players website: “This Workshop introduces songs from kid-favorite Broadway musicals like ‘Annie’, ‘Bye Bye Birdie’, ‘Hairspray’, ‘High School Musical’ and several others. Workshops will include: theater games, improvisation, basic audition skills and an emphasis on vocal & dance performance techniques. The workshop will end with a “Final Musical Performance” on November 8 Read the full article → from Children’s musical workshop
Southborough artists showing at Boston gallery
From the Boston Globe: “Start Saturday afternoon with a reception at the Pucker Gallery celebrating the work of two very different Southborough artists who just happen to have celebrated their 50th anniversary this spring. Photographer B.A. “Tony” King will be showing “All the King’s Horses,” a sweeping tribute to his love of equines, alongside Judith Read the full article → from Southborough artists showing at Boston gallery
Register for the Falconi Family Memorial Golf Tournament
From the Community Advocate: “The 17th annual Falconi Family Memorial Golf Tournament to benefit the Southborough Senior Center will be held Sept. 15 at Juniper Hill Golf Course in Northborough. Cost is $125 per person and the tournament includes prizes, tee gift, raffles, dinner and awards banquet. For more info or to obtain a registration Read the full article → from Register for the Falconi Family Memorial Golf Tournament
Southborough Historical Society reprints "Fences of Stone"
From Wicked Local Southborough: “By popular demand, Nick Noble’s nearly 500-page “Fences of Stone,” chronicling Southborough’s history from 1690 to to 1990, is being reprinted in paperback as a fundraiser for the Southborough Historical Society.” Full story. More information at the Southborough Historical Society website. Read the full article → from Southborough Historical Society reprints "Fences of Stone"