If it’s handmade gifts you’re looking for this year, you’ll find plenty at the annual Holiday Gift Sale on Saturday at the home studio of Chestnut Hill Road resident and artist Pamela Esty. Read the full article → from Holiday art and gift sale at Chestnut Hill on Saturday
What went on and off the market this week. Read the full article → from On the market this week
Brigadier General Paul A. McGowan, 87 years old, of Framingham, died on Monday December 5, 2011 at St. Patricks Manor in Framingham. He was the husband of Mary E. (OConnell) McGowan for 59 years. Read the full article → from Obituary: Paul A. McGowan – December 5, 2011
Edward A. Pessolano, 88, of Canterbury, NH and formerly a long time resident of Southborough, died on Tuesday, December 6, 2011. Read the full article → from Obituary: Edward A. Pessolano – December 6, 2011
Join a talented cast of Algonquin students as they present the “hip, tongue-in-cheek, anachronistic fairy tail” that is Pippin. The show opens on Thursday night, with additional performances on Friday and Saturday. Read the full article → from Algonquin production of Pippin opens on Thursday
Luna, a house cat who lives on Parkerville Road (north side), got outside on Friday, December 3, and hasn’t been seen since. She’s a 2-year-old black female with tuxedo coloring, white bib and paws. Read the full article → from Have you seen this cat?
At last night’s Board of Selectmen meeting, former Selectwoman Bonnie Phaneuf encouraged the board to hold a public forum on the Swap Shop, saying it’s important to give residents an opportunity to “vent,” as well as to share ideas and come up with solutions. Read the full article → from Former selectwoman encourages public forum on Swap Shop, submits Town Meeting article
There are two stories in today’s Metrowest Daily News you all might be interested in. The first has to do with the proposed Madison Place 40B on Route 9 near Crystal Pond Road. The second is about conflicting opinions on how budgets should be handled if Southborough votes to move to a town manager form of government. Read the full article → from MWDN: Town protests 40B approval and town manager discussion heats up
Seventy years ago today, Pearl Harbor was attacked, propelling the US into the second World War. Today flags in Southborough and across the nation will fly at half staff today in observance of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Read the full article → from Why flags are at half staff today: Wednesday, December 7, 2011
What the fire department has been up to Read the full article → from Fire department logs for the week (11/29 – 12/5)
Each week we take a look back at the top stories reported in the Southborough Villager 10 years, 20 years, and 30 years ago. Here are the stories that were making headlines during the week of December 5. Read the full article → from The Villager files: Week of December 5
Lost your library card? Racked up a bunch of fines for overdue books? Stop by the Southborough Library this week or next to get the slate wiped clean. Read the full article → from Library offers amnesty for lost cards and overdue books
Winston E. Clark, age 87, of Newnan, Georgia, passed away peacefully on Dec. 2, 2011, at the UniHealth Nursing Home in Fairburn. Read the full article → from Obituary: Winston E. Clark – December 2, 2011
In what has become an annual occurrence, the winter moths are back. I noticed the small brown moths for the first time two Decembers ago, and have seen them every winter since. That’s not a good thing. Read the full article → from The return of the winter moths