On Friday afternoon, the “official” results for the Town election were posted. They came with a clarification about an issue that some blog commenters voiced concern over. Read the full article → from Official Town Election Results posted with clarification
Over the weekend, the Public Health Dept announced more appointments were added for residents 12 and older to get vaccinated at the Regional Clinic. Read the full article → from Covid Clinic adds more days for ages 12+
Last night, Mass Pubic Health released its weekly Covid reports by Town. Read the full article → from Covid Update: Back in Green; More progress with vaccinations
The Town has posted the detailed schedule for Annual Town Meeting on Saturday, May 22nd. It includes a planned lunch break for which residents are encouraged to BYO food. Read the full article → from Make your plans for Town Meeting: Details for Saturday, May 22nd
Teens 12 and older can now get vaccinated at the Regional clinic. Read the full article → from Covid Clinic now accepting ages 12+
As I’ve previously noted, there are five Community Preservation Act Articles this year. Yesterday, the Community Advocate covered one of them — Article 19: St. Mark’s Church Bell Tower Renovation. Read the full article → from Town Meeting: Voters asked to support CPA grant for St. Mark’s Bell Tower (Updated)
In the unofficial results from yesterday’s Town election, Andrew Dennington won his bid for the Board of Selectman with just over 50% of the votes. In the combined results from Southborough and Northborough, it looks like the current Northborough representatives on the Regional School Committee are keeping their seats. Read the full article → from Dennington elected as Selectman; Regional School Committee incumbents appear to have won their race (Updated)
The Town is encouraging residents to help make our Town a “Certified Community Wildlife Habitat”. Individual residents/property owners can help by certifying their yards as habitats. Read the full article → from Certify your own yard/garden a “Wildlife Habitat”
Southborough and our public school districts are reporting relatively favorable numbers for the past week. Read the full article → from Covid Update: Improved numbers in Southborough and the schools
I’m going to keep this post “stuck” to the top of the home page as a reminder to vote by 8:00 pm. Read the full article → from Reminding you to vote by 8pm today
Here is a selection of the committee and board meetings for the week along with my selected highlights from the agendas. Read the full article → from The week in government: Burial Ground flags, joint Budget talks for Town Meeting, bid received for South Union School, and more
The annual Town Election is on Tuesday. That means that voters who applied to vote by mail are running out of time to get in their ballots. Read the full article → from Election Reminder: Drop off your ballots or plan to vote tomorrow
Last night, Mass Pubic Health released its weekly reports by Town. Read the full article → from Covid Update: Southborough cases down, vaccinations up
SYFS is encouraging struggling residents to check out their Coffee Talks about Mental Health Services (for emergencies and for avoiding emergencies) and Suicide Prevention. Read the full article → from Talking about Mental Health Services and Suicide Prevention