Tonight, community members are welcome to drop into the Town House this evening to chat with two members of the Select Board.
The board is holding Office hours (really an hour) to discuss any questions, concerns or interests. Read the full article → from Select Board Office Hour Tonight
The preliminary results were released tonight for the Annual Town Election.
In a very high turnout by Town Election standards, voters overwhelmingly rejected the Neary School Building Project. The results for the Select Board race were initially less clear — but it looks like that race has been called. Read the full article → from Election Results: No on Neary, plus a new face on the Select Board (Updated-Again)
Southborough Youth & Family Services asked me to highlight two talks that SYFS believes are of value to the community.One is helpful for any adults. But both are promoted as especially helpful (and timely) for parents. Read the full article → from Talks on “Value of Validation” and “Digital Wellness”
Just a quick reminder to vote in the Annual Town Election. Read the full article → from Town Election is today (until 8:00 pm)
On Saturday morning, 1,178 voters checked into the just over 3 hour Special Town Meeting on the proposed new Neary School building project. They represented about 15.6% of Southborough’s registered voters.
The voters gathered to decicd whether or not Southborough should borrow to fund a $108.5M school building project for a new school for grades 2-5. Read the full article → from Recapping Special Town Meeting on the Neary Building Project
Highlights from last week’s competitions and what’s on tap this week in high school sports. Read the full article → from The week in sports
The Annual Town Election takes place tomorrow. Here’s an overview of what you need to know to prepare to vote. Read the full article → from Town Election at-a-Glance
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)
I will post more details in the future, but the quick update is — the meeting took over three hours and ended without the required supermajority vote of support.
And. . . I received a question from a reader that I assume others have as well — Is Tuesday’s ballot question now irrelevant? Here’s why I believe that voting on Tuesday’s ballot measure is still important for all Southborough voters. Read the full article → from Neary Building Project fails to pass at Special Town Meeting; There’s still a ballot question on Tuesday (Updated)
Some reminders and links about the Saturday morning Special Town Meeting, including to the report that the Advisory Committee issued earlier today. Read the full article → from Special Town Meeting-at-a-Glance (Updated)
[Ed note: My Southborough accepts signed letters to the editor submitted by Southborough residents. Letters may be emailed to mysouthborough@gmail.com.
The following letter is from Michael Weishan.] Read the full article → from Letter: School Daze
Sorry for the late, breaking news so close to Saturday morning’s Special Town Meeting. I just learned tonight that I missed the report sent to me by the Advisory Committee this morning! Read the full article → from Advisory Report on Neary Building Project to Special Town Meeting
On Thursday Night, at a lightly attended forum, three candidates answered questions and made their cases for why voters should choose them to serve on the Select Board. Two of the candidates focused on why they should be re-elected to continue the work they’ve begun. A third pitched the need for a change.
Here are my highlight from the event. Read the full article → from Select Board incumbents and challenger made their final pitches at Candidates Night
The Southborough Rotary is bringing back its popular Food Truck Festival this spring. Read the full article → from Save the Dates: Food Truck Festival opens May 21st