With a little extra planning this holiday season, your gifts to family and friends can also be a gift to Southborough schools. Read the full article → from Buying gift cards this holiday season? Help the Southborough schools while you do it.
The Algonquin Boosters Club is embarking on a project to install a turf field and track at Algonquin, and they’re looking for volunteers to help. A kick-off meeting is scheduled for Thursday evening. Read the full article → from Enthusiastic volunteers sought for new Algonquin turf project
Thirty-three talented Algonquin musicians have been selected to perform in the Central District Concert at Mechanics Hall in January. Read the full article → from Algonquin students selected to perform in district concert
The Southborough Police Department posted the following reminder on its Facebook page recently. Read the full article → from Southborough police remind residents to stop for school buses
You may have noticed the newly-constructed Cumberland Farms on Route 9 just before the interchange with Route 495 is now open. This after the town issued a cease and desist order in September because retaining walls were not built according to the plan. Read the full article → from MWDN: Cumberland Farms forgiven by Southborough, now open
A list of department and committee meetings for the week. Read the full article → from The week in government (12/3/12 – 12/7/12)
Jean (Waltermire) Pierce Raymond, 79, of Marlborough and formerly a long time Southborough resident, died on Friday, November 30, 2012. She was the wife of Richard Raymond and the late William Pierce who died in 1974 and the daughter of Eugene and Hilda (Whiteman) Waltermire. Read the full article → from Obituary: Jean Pierce Raymond, 79
What better time to share family memories than the holiday season? Local author and historian Donna McDaniel hopes to enable families do just that by offering a new service that not only helps family members share memories, but also preserve them. Read the full article → from Local author wants to help families preserve precious memories
The Metrowest Daily News reports today the Zoning Board of Appeals appears inclined to grant the Gulbankian family more time to make improvements to their property that were ordered by the board in 2011 after complaints from neighbors and a lengthy hearing process. Read the full article → from MWDN: Southborough likely to grant Gulbankians time to complete work
You don’t have to go far to find a Christmas tree in Southborough. For as long as I can remember, trees have been sold at the Southborough Fire Station, and that tradition continues this year. Read the full article → from Christmas tree sales start today at the Fire Station
Muriel M. (Nevins) Heffernan, 83, of Southborough, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 surrounded by her loving family. She was the devoted wife of Paul M. Heffernan for the past 60 years. Born in Cambridge, she was the beloved daughter of the late James L. Nevins Sr. Read the full article → from Obituary: Muriel M. Heffernan, 83
Taxes are going up this year, but not by as much as they have in the previous two years. Earlier this month, the Board of Selectmen approved a tax rate of $16.54. Read the full article → from MWDN: Average Southborough residential tax bill will rise $238 in fiscal 2013
The latest logs from the Southborough Police Department Read the full article → from Southborough police logs (11/23/12 – 11/25/12): Seal-coating scam
The Southborough Fire Department is once again holding its annual toy drive. The majority of toys they collect will go to Hopkinton-based Project Just Because, but Southborough Youth and Family Services gets first dibs on toys for Southborough families. Read the full article → from Southborough Fire Department collecting toys to help local families