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
Drive around Southborough and you’ll see no shortage of pumpkins on front steps, ghosts suspended from eaves, scarecrows warning off more than just the birds, and any number of other Halloween decorations. But drive down Parkerville Road south of Route 9, and you’ll come across a Halloween display that’s a bit more elaborate. Read the full article → from Photos: Spooky Southborough
All Southborough students are advised to be on the lookout for the infamous Bus Stop Witch who strikes every Halloween. Read the full article → from Breaking news: The Bus Stop Witch strikes again!
Here are the results of this week’s games. Read the full article → from High school sports wrap-up
No doubt it will be the trip of a lifetime. Next summer, more than 50 Southborough Boy Scouts will spend 12 days backpacking through Denali National Park in Alaska. Read the full article → from Southborough scouts fundraising for a trip to Alaska
Southborough is a small town, and while there’s plenty going on within our borders, it doesn’t come as a huge surprise when a young beat reporter decides to set his sights on bigger markets. Such is the case with Evan Lips. Read the full article → from MWDN reporter Evan Lips bids adieu
In August, Southborough’s unemployment rate hit a 15-month low. In September, things stayed just about the same. Read the full article → from September unemployment essentially unchanged in Southborough
Tune into ABC on Halloween night and you’ll catch a glimpse of the ghoulish genius of Southborough resident Mike Krausert. Read the full article → from Southborough resident part of Extreme Home Makeover Halloween episode
The Gulbankian family was scheduled to go before the Zoning Board of Appeals last night for the latest round in what has become a nearly year-long quest to continuing operating three long-standing businesses on their Mt. Vickery Road property. But in a letter to the ZBA, the family asked for more time to prepare their site plan. Read the full article → from Gulbankians seek extension on zoning review