Boy and Girl Scouts will out on Saturday morning hanging plastic grocery bags on mailboxes all over town. It’s part of the annual Scouting for Food drive that benefits the Southborough Food Pantry. Read the full article → from Look for your Scouting for Food donation bag on Saturday
Southborough’s emergency response groups — the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) and the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) — are looking for volunteers, and they’re holding an open house next week to help residents learn more about what they do. Read the full article → from Emergency response groups to hold open house on Monday
If you missed the Rec Department’s Ski and Skate Swap last month, or if you didn’t find what you were looking for, you’ll have another chance to gear up on the cheap this weekend. Read the full article → from Gear up for ski and snowboard season at St. Anne’s on Saturday
Fire department logs for the week. Read the full article → from What the fire department has been up to
A majority of Southborough voters are likely disappointed this morning by some of the state election results. Read the full article → from How Southborough voted – here are the numbers
It was a busy day at the polls in Southborough with 67% of registered voters casting a ballot in today’s election. While the state went mainly Democratic, Southborough showed its red side in this election. Read the full article → from Big turnout in Southborough as voters skew Republican in several key races
Neary School opened 40 years ago this fall. To celebrate, students, staff, and faculty held a birthday celebration last Friday complete with singing, cupcakes, and a school-wide hug. Read the full article → from Photos: Neary celebrates its 40th birthday
In response to a “deluge of email,” mainly from the business community, the Board of Selectmen have decided to take another look at property tax rates for fiscal year 2011. Read the full article → from Selectmen to take another look at the property tax rate
I recently came upon what is left of two huge trees in Southborough’s Rural Cemetery, and I contacted DPW Superintendent Karen Galligan to ask what happened. Read the full article → from When a tree falls in the cemetery
The Harvard-run New England Primate Research Center in Southborough has been under the microscope recently. The federal government has been looking into an incident back in June involving the death of a monkey, and last month an Ohio-based animal welfare group filed a complaint against the center. Read the full article → from Feds won’t launch formal investigation of Southborough primate center
Here’s what’s on tap in high school sports this week. Read the full article → from High school sports this week
Tomorrow is election day. Polls in Southborough (and elsewhere) will be open from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm. Read the full article → from What you need to know for election day
Southboro Medical Group has partnered with Marlborough Hospital — part of the UMass Memorial system — to offer its patients a selection of specialty services even closer to home. Read the full article → from UMass Memorial comes to Southborough
A list of department and committee meetings for the week. Read the full article → from The week in government