This weekend will mark five years since Panzano opened its doors in Southborough, and they’re celebrating the best way they know how, with wine tastings and a store-wide sale. Here are more details Read the full article → from Panzano Market turns five this weekend
Is a pizza place a restaurant? You might think that’s an easy question to answer, but when it comes to zoning regulations, there’s room for interpretation. The Zoning Board of Appeals will have to figure out the answer on that question and more as they consider whether the new Pizza 19 should be allowed to continue to operate. Read the full article → from Neighbors raise issues about zoning at Pizza 19 property
Pizza 19 wasn’t the only local business before the Board of Selectmen last night. Colony Market was also there. But while Pizza 19 had their license granted, Colony Market had theirs revoked after selectmen determined the owner lied on his application for a liquor license renewal. Read the full article → from Selectmen say Colony Market ‘misrepresented facts’ to get liquor license
Pizza 19 owner Pedro Franco told selectmen last night he hopes to open his new pizza shop at 150 Framingham Road later this week. That may make pizza lovers in town happy, but it doesn’t please some of the residents who live nearby. Read the full article → from Pizza 19 plans to open this week, neighbors not happy
After just over a year in business, Niva, a women’s clothing boutique in the Town Center Plaza, will be closing up shop. Owner Victoria Plotnik said she decided to close the store because the location just wasn’t working out. Read the full article → from Niva in Town Center plaza closing
A couple of you emailed me to say Colony Market next to Dunkin’ Donuts in the Town Center Plaza had closed up shop. I did some asking around, and here’s what I found out. Read the full article → from Colony Market in Town Center Plaza has closed
Emotions ran high as the Gulbankian family went before the Planning Board last night in the latest round of their ongoing dispute with neighbors. Read the full article → from Planning Board defers decision on Gulbankian site plan
As someone who makes a hobby out of knowing all things Southborough, putting together the first – of what I hope will be an annual – Shop Local Guide has been an eye-opener. Who knew there were so many great holiday options right in our own backyard? Read the full article → from My Southborough Shop Local Guide: Where to find holiday gifts in your own backyard
Last month the owner of the Framingham Road building that formerly housed the Benchmark Deli and most recently the Town Line Deli told the Metrowest Daily News he was looking to sell. But he appears to have changed his mind. Read the full article → from New pizza place to replace former deli on Framingham Road?
The Gulbankian family was scheduled to go before the Zoning Board of Appeals last night for the latest round in what has become a nearly year-long quest to continuing operating three long-standing businesses on their Mt. Vickery Road property. But in a letter to the ZBA, the family asked for more time to prepare their site plan. Read the full article → from Gulbankians seek extension on zoning review
“There’s no such thing as too much counter space,” Chef Lori Leinbach said as she surveyed the gleaming kitchen that will soon be the new home of her Southborough-based cooking school The Culinary Underground. Read the full article → from Culinary Underground to hold grand opening celebration this weekend
Southborough’s unemployment rate for May held steady at 6.7%, and the state rate remained unchanged at 9.1%. The national rate ticked down a fraction from 9.5% in April to 9.3% in May. Read the full article → from Unemployment rate unchanged in May
A My Southborough reader sent in this photo of a house on Route 30. Signs out front say the house was flooded by Genzyme. Today, the Metrowest Daily News has more on the story. Read the full article → from In the media: Man blames Genzyme for flooding Southborough property
Southborough’s unemployment rate continued ticking downward in April. The rate in April was 6.7%, down from a high of 7.8% in January of this year. Read the full article → from Southborough unemployment rate continues to fall