Southborough Boy Scout Adam Wolfset wants Neary school to be come “recreation central.” With a supportive vote at Town Meeting on Tuesday night, the sixteen-year-old is one step closer to achieving his goal. Read the full article → from Town Meeting approves volleyball court to be built at Neary
Town Meeting on Tuesday endorsed a citizen-backed plan that will move the town further down the path of restructuring our government. Read the full article → from New governance study OK’d by Town Meeting
If you’ve been reading the blog these past two days — and if you were at Town Meeting — you already know that voters rejected nearly all attempts to further trim town budgets. What that means is your taxes are going to be higher next year, but how much higher? Read the full article → from How much will the tax rate increase next year?
Fire department logs for the week. Read the full article → from What the fire department has been up to
The Southborough (K-8) School Committee will meet tomorrow to vote on a 3-year contract for teachers. Read the full article → from School committee to vote on teacher contract on Thursday
Thanks to a decision by Town Meeting last night, Southborough kids will one day soon have a new place to play. In a close vote, residents approved spending $96K in Community Preservation Act funds to build a new playground at the South Union School, which houses the Recreation Department and Arts Center. Read the full article → from South Union School playground project approved by Town Meeting
Reading the comments on this blog, you might have expected fireworks on the floor of Town Meeting when it came time to discuss the question of whether to reimburse town employees for legal fees incurred during the Southborough Eight investigation. That’s not how it turned out. Read the full article → from Town Meeting opts for compromise in Southborough Eight reimbursement
‘ll write more in the morning, but for those of you who can’t wait until then, here are the highlights from day 2 of Twon Meeting. Read the full article → from Town Meeting day 2: A quick recap (reimbursement, playground, and more)
In case you missed it, Selectman John Rooney posted a comment on this blog earlier today thanking voters for their participation at Town Meeting, while stressing that the work on town budgets must continue throughout the year. Read the full article → from Selectman thanks voters, says work on reducing expenses must continue
William Collins, currently a principal in Southhampton, has been chosen as a finalist to replace Ewa Pytowska as assistant superintendent of Algonquin. Read the full article → from Meet the finalist for school assistant superintendent on Wednesday
When it comes to Town Meeting it’s not over until the last gavel sounds. (Wait, do they actually use a gavel at Town Meeting? I can’t say I’ve ever noticed, but let’s go with the metaphor anyway.) For voters that means just because you showed up last night, doesn’t mean you’re off the hook for tonight. Read the full article → from Town meeting Day 2: It’s not over yet, folks
At Town Meeting last night, Selectman John Rooney passed along some good news. St. Mark’s School and Fay School have each agreed to donate a new police cruiser to the Southborough Police Department this year. Read the full article → from St. Mark’s and Fay to donate two police cruisers
Southborough voters showed they’re not opposed to spending, even in a down economy, as almost all operational budgets passed at Town Meeting last night without further reduction, despite several attempts to do so. Read the full article → from Town meeting day 1: Budgets pass with few reductions
The Southborough schools enjoyed strong support at Town Meeting on Monday night as voters rejected two attempts to decrease the requested $16.8M budget. Read the full article → from Town Meeting approves school budgets with no additional reductions