The level in the Wachusett Aqueduct has returned to what appear to be normal levels again after the dam on Deerfoot Road was raised yesterday. The MWRA had drained the aqueduct over the weekend to allow repairs to the dam. Read the full article → from More photos of the drained Wachusett Aqueduct
State Senator Jamie Eldridge invites Southborough residents – along with the rest of his constituents – to share their ideas on legislative priorities during his upcoming Middlesex & Worcester District Listening Tour. Read the full article → from Senator Eldridge wants to hear from Southborough residents
The budget season is underway, and the Southborough School Committee will soon get its first look at how things are shaping up for next year. Superintendent Charles Gobron said he would present an initial budget at the committee’s meeting on Wednesday. Read the full article → from School committee to get its first look at FY2012 budget
It’s a bit of a shocking sight. The usually full Wachusett Aqueduct north of Deerfoot Road has been drained of most of its water over the past few days. Several of you emailed asking what was up. Read the full article → from MWRA draining Wachusett Aqueduct – here’s why
A list of department and committee meetings for the week. Read the full article → from The week in goverment
After nearly three years before the Zoning Board of Appeals, the Woodland Meadows 40B project off Oak Hill Road was finally approved by the board in October. But that doesn’t mean you should start looking for bulldozers on the site any time soon. Read the full article → from Developer appeals town decision on Woodland Meadows 40B
The idea of a chemical transfer plant in Westborough not far from the Southborough border has some residents nervous. But in a letter to Selectmen this week, Fire Chief John Mauro, Jr. sought to allay some of the fears. Read the full article → from Fire chief says proposed chemical transfer station poses ‘little risk’
Southborough officials attempted to arrange a meeting with CSX to discuss their proposed chemical transfer station just over the border in Westborough, but CSX has declined saying Southborough has no jurisdiction over the project. Read the full article → from CSX official decline to meet with Southborough about chemical transfer station
A list of department and committee meetings for the week. Read the full article → from The week in government
Being the author of this blog has some perks, but probably none quite as exciting as the opportunity earlier this month to see Southborough as I have never seen it — from an exhilarating 100 feet in the air in the bucket of the town’s new ladder truck. Read the full article → from Southborough’s new ladder truck: Up, up and away
Newly-elected State Representative Steven Levy (R) sat in on last week’s Board of Selectmen meeting. Levy said he attended the meeting — and will attend others in the future — to keep up on what was happening in town. Read the full article → from New representative Levy attends Selectmen meeting
We knew it was coming, and earlier this month the town of Northborough followed through by filing papers with the Worcester Superior Court asking for a declaratory judgment against Southborough in the ongoing dispute between the towns over how to split debt incurred when Algonquin was remodeled a few years ago. Read the full article → from Northborough files court papers in dispute with Southborough
A list of department and committee meetings for the week. Read the full article → from The week in government
From behemoth EMC to the tiny mom-and-pop shops in town, members of Southborough’s business community turned out in force last night to protest last month’s decision to tax commercial property at a higher rate than residential property. In the end, Selectmen voted 2-1 to reverse their decision and return to a single tax rate. Read the full article → from Selectmen reverse decision, increase residential tax rate