Town Meeting will be held on Monday, April 8 starting at 7:00 pm. If you haven’t yet lined up a babysitter for the evening, the Recreation Department is here to help you out. Read the full article → from Need a babysitter for Town Meeting?
A subcommittee created by the Planning Board in an effort to find middle ground on a controversial zoning proposal, met for the first time last night. An account in today’s Metrowest Daily News suggests some progress was made. Read the full article → from MWDN: Sides begin compromise on controversial Southborough zoning measure
Southborough’s Annual Town meeting is less than two weeks away. If it’s not marked on your family calendar yet, now is the time to add it in and start making arrangements to be there. Read the full article → from Do you know when Town Meeting is?
The Board of Selectmen announced at their meeting last night they have reached a “fair and equitable” agreement with the police union on a new 3-year contract. The agreement marks the end of negotiations on the second of four municipal contracts set to expire later this year. Read the full article → from Selectmen ratify new three-year contract for police officers
The deadline for filing nomination papers to run for town office has come and gone. The good news is there is a candidate for each available spot. The not-so-good news is there is only one contested race this year. Read the full article → from Only one contested race this year
Many of you were left with questions last week after the Planning Board voted to create a subcommittee charged with reviewing specific portions of a zoning code overhaul that will come before voters next fall. In particular, some of you asked whether the subcommittee would be required to meet in public and comply with the state’s Open Meeting law. Read the full article → from Planning Board subcommittee to meet on Wednesday
A list of department and committee meetings for the week. Read the full article → from The week in government (3/25/13 – 3/29/13)
If you own a dog in Southborough and it’s more than six months old, you need to get a license for it each year. Licenses for the current year expire at the end of the month, so now’s the time to get a new one. Read the full article → from Dog owners: Time to get a new license for your pet
According to a report in yesterday’s Metrowest Daily News, a quorum of the Southborough Planning Board held a 20-minute private discussion prior to convening their meeting on Monday night, while an audience of residents sat and waited. One audience member called it “strange and uncomfortable,” and now a noted media attorney says the private discussion was probably a violation of the state’s Open Meeting Law. Read the full article → from MWDN: Southborough Planning Board may have violated Open Meeting Law
With only a couple days left to pull nominations papers, it’s shaping up to be a quiet election season in Southborough. Seats on the Board of Selectmen, both school committees, and the Planning Board are among those up for grabs, but so far none of the races are contested. Read the full article → from Friday is the last day to get nomination papers to run for office; Still no contested races
Town Meeting is less than one month away (April 8 – mark your calendars), and there are some big items on the warrant, from operational budgets and capital items to changes in our town government. We’ve talked about much of it here on the blog, but (thankfully) this isn’t the only place to get educated before you vote. Read the full article → from Library will host public forum on town governance articles to be considered by Town Meeting – Thursday, March 21
There are a lot of changes proposed in the new draft of the town’s zoning code, which will come before voters next October, but the change that has proved most controversial is the one referred to as Open Space Residential Development (OSRD). Read the full article → from MWDN: Southborough board creates subcommittee to go over controversial bylaw
Fay School was founded in 1866. In 1922 it incorporated. But it wasn’t until last week that the school was approved by the town as a legitimate private school. Read the full article → from MWDN: Southborough School Committee OK’s Fay School
A list of department and committee meetings for the week. Read the full article → from The week in government (3/18/13 – 3/22/13)