The Southborough Food Pantry is seeking donations to help their members in need. Read the full article → from Food Pantry’s current needs
Southborough’s Meals on Wheels program is seeking volunteers to make deliveries. Read the full article → from Meals seek wheels: Volunteer drivers needed
Does your family have instruments that nobody plays anymore?
A Southborough business owner asked me to help spread the word about her efforts to collect musical instruments for a non-profit. Read the full article → from Drop off instruments to be “upcycled” (Updated)
The goals and tasks include efforts to develop Affordable Housing, improve communications with the business community, get planning underway for the Town’s Tricentennial, and support the growing senior population. Read the full article → from Select Board’s “Community Development” Goals
Assabet is promoting its fall roster of Community Education courses on nights and weekends. Read the full article → from Assabet for adults (and tweens): Skill training and enrichment classes this fall
This summer, Southborough’s Fire Department shared a call for more community volunteers for Southborough’s Medical Reserves Corps (MRC) and Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Team. Read the full article → from Seeking volunteers for community Medical Reserves and Emergency Response teams
Here are highlights from the department’s quarterly reports and highlights from Facebook of incidents and employee recognitions that I haven’t yet shared. Read the full article → from Police & Fire update
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 (Updated)
A local shelter took in 100 immigrants this week. Now, Northborough is seeking donations to help the families. Read the full article → from Donations sought for Emergency Shelter opened in Northborough
In my continuing coverage of what the Select Board hopes to tackle this year, I’m providing context on goals that were under “HR & Organizational Development”. Read the full article → from Select Board goal to “Abolish” PWPB and Planning’s reaction
I received another posting of jobs available in Southborough. Read the full article → from Job listings
Recently, the Town Administrator confirmed that the Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system is for the Public Safety Building is being supplemented by window AC units in the firefighter’s dorm rooms on nights when the weather is “hot and muggy”. Read the full article → from Public Safety Dorm rooms using AC window units
One of the Zoning Board of Appeals’ alternate member seats is vacant. The Town is seeking to fill it. They are prioritizing “fair-minded, with experience outside of building, development, and construction industries”. Read the full article → from ZBA seeking Alternate Members
If there’s a project you’re hoping voters will approve using CPA funds to support next year, the deadline to get the ball rolling is the end of next month. Read the full article → from CPA applications due August 31 (Updated)