The Historical Commission has partnered with the Historical Society to hold an event commemorating the 250th anniversary of an historical event and the story of a 99 year old landmark. Read the full article → from Save the Date: Henry Knox Trail Talk in Southborough — March 15 (Updated)
A week from Sunday, the Southborough History & Arts Center will host an “Illustrated Talk and Book Signing” focused on Southborough’s history. Read the full article → from Illustrated Author Talk about Southborough History — February 22
This winter is the 250th Anniversary of a major turning point in the Revolutionary War. Southborough shares a piece of that history, and is included in a regional commemoration of the event this weekend. Read the full article → from Celebrate local history of Henry Knox Trail this Sunday
After years of difficult repair, restoration, and renovation work, SHS is finally opening the doors to its new venue, the “Southborough History & Arts Center” in historic Fayville Hall. Read the full article → from Southborough History & Arts Center Grand Opening — December 6 (Updated)
Last week, the Southborough Historical Society posted news (and photos) on its progress renovating historic Fayville Hall to be a new History & Arts Center, plus how they are remembering a late town history buff — Donna McDaniels.
I followed up for a few more details, and am sharing the highlights. Read the full article → from Southborough Historical Society Update
After a long hiatus, Historical Commission is promoting its relaunched Historic House Sign Program. It is encouraging owners of qualifying homes to apply prior to June 30th to receive a free sign. Read the full article → from Historic House Sign program — apply ASAP (Updated)
There has been a lot of talk about potential big building projects on the horizon. But the Town has already approved smaller facilities projects that are successfully wrapping up. Here’s an update on those. Read the full article → from Progress on Town Building Projects
The Southborough Historical Society issued an update on their ongoing restoration of Fayville Village Hall. It was part of a request for financial support to help cover the “thousand things that remain to be done (and paid for)” to convert the historic building into a History and Arts Center for the town. Read the full article → from Fayville Hall Restoration Update
The Town Clerk’s office has been overseeing a project to preserve and digitize the Town’s historical records. As part of the project the digital records are being uploaded to a dedicated, searchable public website that describes each document and why it is significant. Read the full article → from Historical documents project and website
The project voters approved to preserve and restore the Town House is getting an upgrade over the objections of one Select Board member. Read the full article → from Town House Restoration will now include a slate roof
Yesterday afternoon, I finally found the time to post a recap of the Select Board’s discussion on September 5th about the future of 21 Highland Street. Unbeknownst to me, earlier that morning, 130 residents submitted a petition to the the Select Board seeking to stop the sale of the property. Today, a member of the Select Board publicly responded via Letter to the Editor. Read the full article → from Petition to “Stop Sale” of South Union
My Southborough accepts signed letters to the editor submitted by Southborough residents. Letters may be emailed to mysouthborough@gmail.com.
The following letter is from Al Hamilton (a member of the Select Board) publicly responding to a petition received by the board. Read the full article → from Letter: Response to “Petition to Stop the Sale of 21 Highland Street”
Last week, the board discussed options, including selling or demolishing the historically significant but energy inefficient South Union building. Read the full article → from Select Board to pursue South Union use Feasibility Study
Last week, the Select Board voted to have the Historical Commission oversee details of a new memorial to be installed at the Old Burial Ground. Read the full article → from New memorial for American Revolution veterans to be installed (Updated)