Westborough selectmen met with CSX representatives last night to talk about the proposed chemical transfer station off Flanders Drive just over the Southborough border. The focus was on safety and traffic. Read the full article → from Former Southborough selectman raises concerns over proposed CSX site
For the 27th year in a row, Southborough kids have the opportunity to participate in the All-Star Baseball Camp and Hitting Clinic. Here are details. Read the full article → from Sign up for the all-star baseball camp and hitting clinic
Fire department logs for the week Read the full article → from Fire department logs for the week (6/21 – 6/27)
The open discussion thread is your place to ask questions, sound off on town issues, or share information with other readers. Read the full article → from Open discussion thread: Ask questions, share opinions
Southborough child care provider Wee Care for Little People will hold a blood drive for Children’s Hospital on Thursday. Read the full article → from Blood drive for Children’s Hospital on Wednesday
Westborough developer Bob Moss says he knows residents will have concerns about the 140-unit 40B project he wants to build in town. Comments on this blog suggest he’s right. But Moss told the Planning Board earlier this month he thinks residents will feel better once they know more about the project. Read the full article → from Developer shares detail about proposed 140-unit 40B development
Last week I told you about efforts by the Southborough Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) and Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) to aid victims of the tornadoes earlier this month. Now they’re taking it a step further and they’re asking for your help. Read the full article → from UPDATED: Southborough CERT/MRC collecting donations for tornado victims
The Worcester Dioceses recently announced new assignments for 31 priests, including one who will be heading to St. Anne Church in Southborough. Rev. Conrad S. Pecevich, currently pastor at St. Paul Parish in Blackstone will join St. Anne’s starting July 1. He will replace Father Thomas Garlick who passed away unexpectedly in May at the Read the full article → from New pastor announced for St. Anne Church
Reader Chris pointed me to a profile in the Boston Globe last week on the Northborough-Southborough Youth Lacrosse Association. Participation in the program has been steadily increasing since it started 12 years ago, and it gets credit for training the athletes that took Algonquin all the way to the state finals this year for the first time ever. Read the full article → from Youth lacrosse on the rise in Southborough
It’s the event Southborough preschoolers have been talking about for weeks now (at least my preschooler has). The famed Dora the Explorer will visit the Southborough Library on Tuesday. Read the full article → from Reminder: Dora the Explorer at the Southborough Library on Tuesday
This is a story we’ve talked about before on the blog – and one many of you had strong feelings about – and now the Metrowest Daily News gives us more details about how one Southborough family’s dream home became their nightmare. Read the full article → from MWDN: Southborough couple have a $1 million money pit
The Westborough Board of Selectmen will hold a public hearing on the proposed CSX chemical transfer station off Flanders Road on Tuesday. The transfer station, which would be located about a mile from the Southborough border, has some residents concerned about safety, environmental impact, and traffic. Read the full article → from UPDATED: Public hearing on CSX chemical transfer station to be held in Westborough on Tuesday
A list of department and committee meetings for the week. Read the full article → from The week in government
Preparations for Southborough’s newest playground are underway. DPW Superintendent Karen Galligan said the site at the South Union School on HIghland Street has been cleared and graded, and delivery of the playground equipment is expected the week of July 1. Read the full article → from Work has begun on new playground at South Union School