As reported in the Metrowest Daily News yesterday, the Board of Selectmen have decided to broadcast their meetings live on public access cable. Read the full article → from Board of Selectmen meetings to be broadcast live – will you watch?
A list of department and committee meetings for the week. Read the full article → from The week in government (10/17 – 10/21)
A list of department and committee meetings for the week. Read the full article → from The week in government (10/10 – 10/14)
We’ve all talked a lot about trash these past few months as Southborough considers whether to privatize the transfer station or move to a pay-as-you-throw model. Turns out, it’s anything but a new topic of conversation. Read the full article → from Questions about how to fund the transfer station are nothing new
A list of department and committee meetings for the week. Read the full article → from The week in government (10/3 – 10/7)
Southborough officials want to know if they’re doing a good job. It’s a question they plan to put to residents in a citizen survey later this fall. Read the full article → from Town to conduct citizen survey this fall – what questions would you ask?
Town meeting may be seven months away, but officials are already starting to take a look at budgets for next year. With little fat left to trim, some are warning voters will be forced to make difficult decisions come April. Read the full article → from POLL: Should the town consider online voting for town meeting?
A list of department and committee meetings for the week. Read the full article → from The week in government (9/25 – 9/30)
There’s no question about it, a considerable amount of work went into preparing for Tropical Storm Irene last month, and yesterday the Board of Selectmen recognized all the town employees and volunteers who put in “hundreds and hundreds of manhours” before, during, and after the storm. Read the full article → from Selectmen thank town employees and volunteers for Irene response
Class sizes in Southborough schools were a hot topic last budget season. School committee members warned that several grades – particularly at Neary – had classes that were well beyond policy guidelines. Parents feared that proposed cuts to the school budget would drive class size even higher. As it turns out, just the opposite has happened. Read the full article → from Class sizes in Southborough shrank this year
A list of department and committee meetings for the week. Read the full article → from The week in government (9/19 – 9/23)
On Wednesday the House overwhelmingly passed a bill that would allow casino gambling in Massachusetts. Both of Southborough’s representatives were among only 32 legislators to oppose the measure. Read the full article → from How Southborough’s reps voted on the casino bill (with POLL)
The yellow 2011 transfer station stickers expire on Thursday, so if you haven’t gotten a new one yet, it’s time to do so. Read the full article → from Get your 2012 transfer station stickers by Thursday
The Metrowest Daily News reported earlier this month that the town stands to lose more than $12,000 in permitting fees on the planned Woodland Meadows 40B project as a result of a mediation agreement between the town and developer Robert Heavey. Read the full article → from MWDN: 40B condo compromise to cost Southborough