Last month the Knights of Columbus celebrated St. Patrick’s day with a scholarship raffle fundraiser, and they sent along this recap. Read the full article → from Knights of Columbus raises funds for annual scholarships; applications available
Our state representatives, Carolyn Dykema in the House and Jamie Eldridge in the Senate, have sent out a number of press releases over the past few weeks to update constituents on the goings-on in Boston. Here’s a round-up of their latest announcements. Read the full article → from Press release round-up: News from the State House
Tired of looking at those discarded fast food bags, soda bottles, and assorted roadside trash as you drive home every day? Why not volunteer to help clean them up during the Annual Earth Day Clean Up event on Saturday, April 27. Read the full article → from Help clean up Southborough at annual Earth Day event
The Southborough Board of Health is taking on a new concern: gun safety. The board says they’re approaching the matter from a public health perspective, not a political one. Read the full article → from MWDN: Southborough Board of Health to look at gun safety
The Southborough Recreation Department is once again offering its popular summer camp programs at Finn and Woodward this year. Sessions run weekly from July 1 through August 16. Sign up before Thursday, April 18 to take advantage of the early bird discount. Read the full article → from Early bird discount for Recreation Department summer camps ends Thursday
Attendance at Town Meeting this year was the lowest it’s been in more than a decade. Only 184 registered voters showed up to the meeting earlier this month. The last time attendance fell below 200 was in 2000 when only 166 turned out for the first night of Town Meeting. Read the full article → from POLL: Should Town Meeting be held on a Saturday?
A Boston-bound commuter rail train was evacuated and searched this morning after passengers overhead a conversation at the Southborough station. Read the full article → from Commuter rail train evacuated this morning after threatening remarks made in Southborough
The latest logs from the Southborough Fire Department. Read the full article → from Southborough fire logs (4/9/13 – 4/15/13)
A list of department and committee meetings for the week. Read the full article → from The week in government (4/16/13 – 4/19/13)
Governor Patrick has ordered flags across the Commonwealth lowered to half staff today in honor of the victims of yesterday’s bomb attack at the Boston Marathon. Read the full article → from Flags at half staff today after marathon attacks
Of the 25 Southborough residents slated to run yesterday’s Boston Marathon, eight were able to finish the race before it was called off after explosions rocked the finish line. Three were killed in the blasts, and more than a hundred injured, many critically. Read the full article → from Southborough runners check in after Boston Marathon attacks
Twenty-four Southborough residents will don a Boston Marathon bib today to run for themselves and for causes they hold dear. Every runner has a story, and for the past few weeks I’ve been featuring as many of those stories as I can on the blog. Read the full article → from 2013 Boston Marathon runner: Amanda Watters
Southborough historically has a good showing in the Boston Marathon, and this year is no exception. Twenty-four Southborough residents – 16 women and 8 men – will cross the starting line in Hopkinton this morning. Read the full article → from Twenty-five Southborough residents to run the Boston Marathon today
Southborough Emergency Management Director Neal Aspesi passed along traffic information you might need for Marathon Monday. Read the full article → from Traffic information for Marathon Monday