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Against the advice of selectmen, Town Meeting supports increasing staff hours at the Southborough Library

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When it comes to talking budgets at Town Meeting, it’s a safe bet that the school budgets, which comprise 70% of the town’s spending, will take center stage. Not this year. Both the K-8 and Algonquin budgets passed on Monday with almost no discussion and almost no opposition. Instead, the budget that engendered the most debate this year belonged to the Southborough Library. Read the full article → from Against the advice of selectmen, Town Meeting supports increasing staff hours at the Southborough Library

2013 Boston Marathon runner: Jennifer Martin

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Twenty-four Southborough residents will don a Boston Marathon bib on Monday to run for themselves and for causes they hold dear. Every runner has a story, and from now until marathon day, I’ll feature as many of those stories as I can on the blog. Today we meet Jennifer Martin who is running on behalf of the Friends of the Southborough Youth Commission Read the full article → from 2013 Boston Marathon runner: Jennifer Martin

Town Meeting makes historic decision to expand Board of Selectmen

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Southborough’s Board of Selectmen has been a 3-member board since the Colonial era. Chairman John Rooney argued last night it was time to bring the board into modern times, and Town Meeting agreed, voting overwhelmingly to increase the size of the board to five. Read the full article → from Town Meeting makes historic decision to expand Board of Selectmen

LIVE BLOG: Southborough Annual Town Meeting 2013 – Day 1

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Tonight at Trottier, Southborough voters will dig into the 27 articles that make up this year’s town meeting warrant. It’s a shorter list than most years, but there are still some big issues to hash out, from budgets to capital purchases to changes to our town government, and more. Read the full article → from LIVE BLOG: Southborough Annual Town Meeting 2013 – Day 1

Youth and Family Services needs your help to send kids to summer camp

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For nearly 30 years, Southborough Youth and Family Services has operated a summer camp for middle school children. After a round of budget cuts a few years ago, they lost town funding for the program, but continued to operate thanks the generous support of local businesses, community groups, and the Friends of the Southborough Youth Commission. This year, the donations were not enough, and SYFS made the difficult decision to cancel the camp program. Read the full article → from Youth and Family Services needs your help to send kids to summer camp

Selectmen may move to postpone Town Meeting vote on controversial Transfer Station fund

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There has been much discussion on this blog over the past few days about a proposal to create an enterprise fund for the Transfer Station. Now town officials say they will likely move to postpone a vote on the fund at Town Meeting on Monday. Read the full article → from Selectmen may move to postpone Town Meeting vote on controversial Transfer Station fund

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