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A look back at the hot stories and discussions in April 2010. Read the full article → from The month in review: April 2010

Who knows if it’s our proximity to the starting line in Hopkinton, or all the 5K runs we hold in town that serve as training opportunities, but per capita, Southborough had more residents run the Boston Marathon this year than almost any other town in Massachusetts. Only four towns had a higher per capita rate. Read the full article → from 22 Southborough residents ran this year’s marathon

What was billed as a bylaw change to modernize outdated language in the town’s traffic code at town meeting on Tuesday night, became a debate about civilian flaggers versus police details. And when all was said and done, Town Meeting opted to stick with the old language and voted down the article. Read the full article → from Town Meeting rejects article to control use of civilian flaggers

What went on and off the market this week. Read the full article → from On the market this week

The Metrowest Daily News reports on a novel recycling program at Woodward. Students are collecting empty drink pouches – think Caprisun and the like – and sending them to New Jersey-based TerraCycle to be made into useful items like backpacks. The school gets two cents for each pouch collected. Read the full article → from In the media: Southborough students have recycling in the bag

The Southborough Education Foundation wants you to “bee” there (did I really just write that?) on Friday night for the annual SEF Spelling Bee at Trottier Middle School. Read the full article → from Southborough Education Foundation Spelling Bee on Friday night

The Northborough-Southborough school district’s Technology Department is hosting a workshop for parents on Internet skills, including YouTube, RSS, Google search, and cloud computing. There are two sessions to choose from, one on March 23 and another on April 15. Both start at 7:00 pm and take place at Algonquin. Read the full article → from Reminder: Parent technology workshop Tuesday night

It was quite a weekend, and I’m not talking just about the weather. Read the full article → from The fabric of our town

“Southborough selectmen mull legal action over blog comments.” That was the headline in the Metrowest Daily News today. The blog they’re talking about is this one. Here’s the story. Read the full article → from A post I never expected to write

A My Southborough reader wrote in to report that as many as 15 mailboxes have been smashed in the Pine Hill Road area over the past few nights. Damage has been reported by homeowners in the Pine Hill Road, Clemmons Street, Joslin Lane, Witherbee Lane, and Angelica Lane neighborhoods. Read the full article → from Mailboxes in the Pine Hill Road area vandalized

The sun may be out today, but like many in town, you may still be dealing with the effects of last weekend’s rain. For some, yards are still squishy. For others, water may linger in basements and crawl spaces. If you had water in your house, mold can be a problem. The Southborough Emergency Management Agency passed along this information from the state on how to clean up and dry out. Read the full article → from Did your house flood this week? Here’s how to clean up and dry out