Sign up to Run/Walk or Help at the Gobble Wobble

Start signing up to run or walk! Volunteers are also needed to help with Friends of Recreation's only annual fundraiser

Be an early bird and register for the Thanksgiving Day Gobble Wobble 5K Walk & Run.

Or, help out organizers of the annual feel good community event by joining the flock of volunteers who make the annual fundraiser possible. Read the full article → from Sign up to Run/Walk or Help at the Gobble Wobble

Rescheduled Pumpkin Stroll — Sunday (Updated)

Contribute or just enjoy jack o'lanterns by the Old Burial Ground on October 26th.

Heritage Day’s Nor’Easter prompted the cancellation of Southborough Rotary’s annual Pumpkin Stroll. Thanks to a partnership with The Friends of the Southborough Library, a rain date has been scheduled for the event.

The public is invited to place their decorated pumpkins on the wall for the community to enjoy this Sunday evening! Read the full article → from Rescheduled Pumpkin Stroll — Sunday (Updated)

One-Day Rec After School Programs

Southborough Rec is offering a series of one-day programs, including previews for future sessions of weekly RAPs.

Southborough Recreation is trying something new this fall. The department has organized a series of after school programs that allow kids to sign up for just one afternoon of fun.

Most of the programs give kids a chance to try out programs that will be offered as a weekly program in a future session of “RAP”.  Read the full article → from One-Day Rec After School Programs

Events this week

Coffee House, Art Receptions, Mushroom Walk, Oktoberfest, Reading Buddies, Puzzle Competition, Understanding ADHD, Craft programs, Adult Game Night, Fall Concert, Mah Jonngg, Homecoming Dance, Halloween Celebrations, the Pumpkin Stroll, and more

It’s a busy week in Southborough! Here are highlights of what’s happening around (or related to) our town tonight through next weekend. Read the full article → from Events this week

Save the Date for Trunk or Treat — October 25th

The Firefighters and Recreation are teaming up again for another big Halloween celebration for families. And Rec is seeking candy donations to help support the fun.

The community is invited to take part in the 5th annual Trunk or Treat — the free Halloween festivities put on by the Southborough Firefighters Association and Southborough Recreation — on the Saturday before Halloween. Leading up to the event, Southborough Rec is seeking donations of candy to pass out. Read the full article → from Save the Date for Trunk or Treat — October 25th

One-day “Kids’ Test Kitchen” program for the next mid-week school holiday

Parents can sign up kids in grades 1-5 to take a morning cooking class on October 22nd (an NSBORO Schools holiday for Diwali.)

If you wish you had signed your kid up for an activity to keep kids busy this morning, you may want to take a look at a program Southborough Recreation is holding later this month.

The next time that Northborough-Southborough Schools has a day off on a non-federal holiday is Wednesday, October 22nd (Diwali). That morning, Rec is offering a cooking class for kids in grades 1–5. Read the full article → from One-day “Kids’ Test Kitchen” program for the next mid-week school holiday

Register by Thursday for a Heritage Day Booth (or to march) (Updated Parade Cancelled – other details TBD)

[Updated (10/10/2025 4:27 pm): The event is indefinitely postponed due to the forecast.]

Southborough’s big annual community festival and parade takes place in less than two weeks, on Monday, October 13th.

A quick alert for those thinking about exhibiting at the event, or marching in the parade, the registration deadline for both activities is this Thursday, October 2nd. Read the full article → from Register by Thursday for a Heritage Day Booth (or to march) (Updated Parade Cancelled – other details TBD)

Pumpkin Stroll — October 12th (Updated – Again – Cancelled)

Start planning how to carve or paint your pumpkins this year.

Pumpkin stroll pics L-R cropped from photos by Rotary from Facebook and contributed with credit to Ron Hereema

[Updated (10/10/2025 4:23 pm): The event is cancelled due to the forecast.]

In Southborough, we don’t wait until just before Halloween to start carving jack o’lanterns. The community’s big annual display, organized by the Southborough Rotary Club, takes place during the three day Columbus/Indigenous Peoples Day weekend. 

For those of you who plan to take part, you might want to start thinking about how to decorate your gourds this year. Other readers will want to mark their calendars to check out the Pumpkin Stroll a week from Sunday. Read the full article → from Pumpkin Stroll — October 12th (Updated – Again – Cancelled)

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