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
The Metrowest Daily News has a nice profile on Southborough Jewelers, which announced recently that it was closing up shop. Read the full article → from MWDN: Southborough Jewelers is going out on top
I got a couple of emails from readers on this one, and it’s been confirmed on the Southborough Jewelers Facebook page that they’ve decided to close up shop. Read the full article → from Southborough Jewelers is closing
The Metrowest Daily News has a profile of the Southborough Veterinary Hospital which recently exchanged their old facility on Marlboro Road for a new, larger one on Deerfoot Road. Read the full article → from In the media: Southborough Veterinary’s move was a pet project
A new deli may be moving into the space on Framingham Road that used to house the Benchmark Deli. But details are scarce. Read the full article → from New deli to open in Benchmark’s old spot?