The proposal to build a 180-unit 40B complex on currently undeveloped land off Flagg Road has many neighbors sounding an alarm. Chief among residents’ concerns is the potential for increased traffic on Flagg Road as well as Route 9, but a study recently commissioned by developer Bill Depietri suggests the project will have only a minor impact on traffic in the area. Read the full article → from Developer says proposed 40B off Flagg Road will have ‘small impact’ on traffic
Now that medical marijuana is legal in the state of Massachusetts, municipalities, including Southborough, are grappling with how to regulate dispensaries. Read the full article → from MWDN: Southborough Planning Board to consider regulating marijuana dispensaries
Along with the rest of the state, Southborough voters came out in support of Democrat Ed Markey and Republican Gabriel Gomez in yesterday’s special primary election. The two will now vie for the Senate seat previously held by now Secretary of State John Kerry. Read the full article → from Southborough voters support Markey, Gomez
Southborough is now without a town planner after Eric Denoncourt abruptly resigned from the position late last week. Denoncourt had held the job since October 2010. Read the full article → from MWDN: Southborough town planner abruptly resigns
Polls in Southborough will be open on Tuesday from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm for the primary election to fill John Kerry’s Senate seat. Read the full article → from Polls open on Tuesday for Senate special election primary
A list of department and committee meetings for the week. Read the full article → from The week in government (4/29/13 – 5/3/13)
Next week is the last week of April, and that means it’s time for the annual flushing of the hydrants in Southborough. It will take nearly all week for the DPW to flush all the hydrants in town, and when they’re doing the ones in your neck of the woods, you may notice your tap water running brown. Read the full article → from Hydrant flushing in Southborough to begin next week
A list of department and committee meetings for the week. Read the full article → from The week in government (4/22/13 – 4/26/13)
Our state representatives, Carolyn Dykema in the House and Jamie Eldridge in the Senate, have sent out a number of press releases over the past few weeks to update constituents on the goings-on in Boston. Here’s a round-up of their latest announcements. Read the full article → from Press release round-up: News from the State House
The Southborough Board of Health is taking on a new concern: gun safety. The board says they’re approaching the matter from a public health perspective, not a political one. Read the full article → from MWDN: Southborough Board of Health to look at gun safety
Attendance at Town Meeting this year was the lowest it’s been in more than a decade. Only 184 registered voters showed up to the meeting earlier this month. The last time attendance fell below 200 was in 2000 when only 166 turned out for the first night of Town Meeting. Read the full article → from POLL: Should Town Meeting be held on a Saturday?
A list of department and committee meetings for the week. Read the full article → from The week in government (4/16/13 – 4/19/13)
When it comes to talking budgets at Town Meeting, it’s a safe bet that the school budgets, which comprise 70% of the town’s spending, will take center stage. Not this year. Both the K-8 and Algonquin budgets passed on Monday with almost no discussion and almost no opposition. Instead, the budget that engendered the most debate this year belonged to the Southborough Library. Read the full article → from Against the advice of selectmen, Town Meeting supports increasing staff hours at the Southborough Library
Southborough’s Board of Selectmen has been a 3-member board since the Colonial era. Chairman John Rooney argued last night it was time to bring the board into modern times, and Town Meeting agreed, voting overwhelmingly to increase the size of the board to five. Read the full article → from Town Meeting makes historic decision to expand Board of Selectmen