The owner of Custom Automotive and Marine on Route 85 at Woodland Road was last night given one final chance to make things right. Read the full article → from Gas station on Route 85 told to fix issues or risk losing permit
The Gulbankian family will be before the Zoning Board of Appeals on Wednesday night in the continuing saga of which businesses they are allowed to operate on their Mt. Vickery Road property. Read the full article → from Gulbankians expected to present plan on Wednesday
A sign on White Bagley Road says it will be closed today through Wednesday. Read the full article → from White Bagley Road closed through Wednesday
Voters in November will have a choice about whether to repeal Chapter 40B, the state’s affordable housing statute enacted in 1969 that gives zoning breaks to developers who include affordable units in the housing developments they build. Southborough has two 40B projects in the works — one on Oak Hill Road and one on Oregon Road — and both developers recently said the town’s Zoning Board of Appeals is dragging its feet to see what happens in November. Read the full article → from Developers accuse zoning board of dragging its feet
A list of department and committee meetings for the week. Read the full article → from The week in government
Just shy of 15% of you turned out to vote in the state primary yesterday. For the most part, Southborough voted with the majority in the handful of contested races on the ballot. Read the full article → from State primary: How Southborough voted
When longtime Algonquin music director Dennis Wrenn died unexpectedly in February 2009, an effort to rename part of the high school in his honor began. Tomorrow night, Wrenn’s supporters will finally find out if it’s going to happen. Read the full article → from Regional school committee to vote tomorrow on naming recommendations
The polls in Southborough are now open and will stay that way until 8:00 pm for today’s state primary election. Here’s where to vote. Read the full article → from State primary: Don’t forget to vote today
The white 2010 transfer station stickers expire on Wednesday, so if you haven’t gotten a new one yet, it’s time to do so. Read the full article → from Get your 2011 transfer station stickers by Wednesday
A list of department and committee meetings for the week. Read the full article → from The week in government
No doubt you’re aware that the state primary election will be held on Tuesday, September 14. Polls in Southborough and across the state open at 7:00 am and remain so until 8:00 pm. Read the full article → from The state primary is Tuesday – find out who’s on the ballot in Southborough
The fact that St. Mark’s School doesn’t pay property taxes to the town has been a topic of conversation lately here on the blog. It’s anything but a new subject. We’ve talked about it before, and a year ago the town put together a committee to look at the voluntary contributions St. Mark’s and the other big non-profits in town — Fay School, The New England School for Children, and Harvard University — make to the town. Read the full article → from PILOT contributions in Southborough fall short of other towns
The Southborough police and fire departments are each down an employee, and both chiefs went before the Board of Selectmen last week for approval on how to fill the vacancies. They got very different answers. Read the full article → from Selectmen consider how to fill police and fire vacancies
list of department and committee meetings for the week. Read the full article → from The week in government