The Town still needs support from 2/3 of voters in the May election to fund the deal that Town Meeting voters OK’d last night to build a new police & fire station on St. Mark’s Golf Course and preserve the remainder of the land. Read the full article → from Safety building & golf course deal still needs prop 2 ½ override (Or not? Updated – again)
On Monday, the Public Works Planning Board is scheduled to review a report on a proposed water tank. In the meeting they plan to work on a recommendation to selectmen on building a new water tank in town.
Some residents are concerned that the board will continue to focus on Fairview Hill as the best option for the site. Read the full article → from Public Works meeting on potential water tank at Fairview Hill – Monday night
Tonight, over 90% of Town Meeting voters approved spending more than $27M on a project to build a new public safety complex. Read the full article → from Voters approve public safety building and golf course preservation (Updated)
If you can’t make it to Special Town Meeting but are interested in what’s happening, you can keep tabs from home. Read the full article → from Special Town Meeting live
If you are planning to go (or considering it), here are some important details. Read the full article → from Are you heading to Town Meeting Tonight?
As I said earlier today, it’s time to take a look at Special Town Meeting Articles not related to the golf course. Here are the final three. Read the full article → from Special Town Meeting: Articles 6-8 – Impacts of Park Central continue
There are four Citizen Petition Articles up for vote on Wednesday that have nothing to do with the golf course. This post is dedicated to Article 5. Read the full article → from Special Town Meeting: Article 5 – Standing Committee for Technology
Here’s an update and summary on the Articles to buy St. Mark’s Golf Course and build a combined public safety complex on the site. Read the full article → from Golf Course deal: Land deal values, official agreement, and proposed Conservation Restriction
A list of board and committee meetings for the week with my selected highlights from the agendas. Read the full article → from The week in government: Special Town Meeting
The Town Meeting Review Committee is seeking voter feedback. And they’re hoping to get it before this week’s Special Town Meeting. (Though, they will continue to collect after.) Read the full article → from Your input counts: Seeking immediate feedback on Town Meetings
Southborough officials will now ask voters to approve building a combined Police & Fire Station while preserving about 54 acres of the 60 acre St. Mark’s Golf Course. Read the full article → from Selectmen adding CR to Public Safety Building Article to preserve the Golf Course
Flags in Southborough and across the state are flying at half staff tomorrow in honor of two members of our armed services. Read the full article → from Why flags will be at half staff: Saturday, March 4, 2017
The board decided that “substantial hardship” applies to not having well lighted playing fields. They also apparently determined that the “structures” that allows for the variance were the lights themselves. Read the full article → from ZBA approves variances for lights at Mooney Field and Richardson Courts
If you are still unsure how to vote on the St. Mark’s Golf Course Articles, you can attend a forum on them held by the Library tomorrow night and/or watch videos from forums held by the petitioners over the past two weeks. Read the full article → from Golf Course Forums: Videos of recent meetings; new forum on citizen petition articles – Thursday