A My Southborough reader sent in this story about two Trottier students who know how to hit their free throws. Amanda Carroll and Zach Zides will compete next weekend in a state free throw tournament. Read the full article → from Southborough kids head to state free throw competition
The Zoning Board of Appeals last night continued their review of Madison Place, a proposed 140-unit 40B apartment building along Route 9 east near Crystal Pond Road. Yesterday’s discussion centered on traffic. Read the full article → from MWDN: Experts say project would have minor impact on Southborough traffic
The latest logs from the Southborough Police Department Read the full article → from Southborough police logs (3/25/12 – 3/27/12): Neighbor dispute on Woodland Road
Thank you to all the readers (and there were many of you) who emailed to let me know about Southborough resident Gregg Beloff, who was honored at a Boston Celtics game earlier this month. Beloff was chosen as the evening’s Hero Among Us for his work with the Special Olympics. Read the full article → from Southborough resident honored by the Celtics as a ‘Hero Among Us’
Town Meeting is less than two weeks away. We’ve talked about many of the issues that will be on the warrant, but certainly not all of them. For those of you who want to start doing your homework, the complete warrant has been posted on the the town website. Read the full article → from Town meeting warrant and annual report now available
What the fire department has been up to. Read the full article → from Fire department logs for the week (3/20/12 – 3/26/12)
PITTSFIELD – Shirley Ann Lyons Spiewak, 82, died peacefully Saturday, March 24th, surrounded by her loving family, at the Providence Care Center of Lenox, where she had resided since June 2011. Shirley was born in Highland Park, Michigan on Nov. 3, 1929, to Edward D. Lyons and Jeanette A. Kidd Leslie. She attended local Detroit Read the full article → from Obituary: Shirley Ann Lyons Spiewak, 82
Does Southborough need a bigger Board of Selectmen? Would the town benefit if we hired a so-called strong town manager to handle day-to-day operations? Voters will consider both those issues when Article 4 comes up at town meeting next month, but some in town say voters should get to decide on the two issues separately. Read the full article → from Committee member favors splitting town manager article
The deadline for filing nomination papers has come and gone, leaving voters with two contested races in town elections this year. Read the full article → from Two contested races this year: Selectmen and Planning Board
For the fifth year in a row, Southborough Town House employees are participating in Pansies for Progress, a fundraising drive for the Pancreatic Cancer Alliance. Like last year, funds are being raised in honor of Southborough’s former police chief Bill Webber, who passed away in 2008 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Read the full article → from Pansies for Progress fundraiser runs through Friday
Here’s what’s on tap this week in high school sports. Read the full article → from High school sports this week (3/26/12 – 4/1/12)
There’s no question we had some major weather events last year that kept emergency responders in Southborough busy. Recently the town learned they would get nearly $50K in federal reimbursement funds for overtime and other expenses incurred during Tropical Storm Irene in August and the tornadoes in June. Read the full article → from Southborough reimbursed nearly $50K for Tropical Storm Irene and tornado response
Here are the latest logs from the Southborough Police Department. Read the full article → from Southborough police logs (3/22/12 – 3/24/12): Live ammo found and a coyote spotted
A list of department and committee meetings for the week. Read the full article → from The week in government (3/26/12 – 3/30/12)