What went on and off the market this week. Read the full article → from On the market this week
On the market this week
Open House at the Beals Preserve on Saturday
A year ago this month, the Beals Preserve — a 55-acre parcel of open space nestled between Main Street and Red Gate and Hickory Lanes — had its grand opening. To celebrate the anniversary, the Southborough Open Land Foundation will host an open house at the property on Saturday. Read the full article → from Open House at the Beals Preserve on Saturday
Garden party at the Southborough Library on Friday
Throughout the summer, the Southborough Gardeners and Rocky’s Landscaping have been working on making the Southborough Library an even lovelier place to visit, and now the library wants to say thanks by throwing a garden party. Read the full article → from Garden party at the Southborough Library on Friday
Gas station on Route 85 told to fix issues or risk losing permit
The owner of Custom Automotive and Marine on Route 85 at Woodland Road was last night given one final chance to make things right. Read the full article → from Gas station on Route 85 told to fix issues or risk losing permit
What the fire department has been up to
Fire department logs for the week. Read the full article → from What the fire department has been up to
Open discussion thread: Ask questions, share opinions
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
Photos: ARHS cheerleaders hold car wash
The Boy Scouts weren’t the only kids in town working this weekend. The Algonquin cheerleading squad held a car wash at the Transfer Station on Saturday. Read the full article → from Photos: ARHS cheerleaders hold car wash
Special education advisory group to hold kick-off event
The Northborough-Southborough Special Education Parent Advisory Council will host a dessert and coffee hour on Friday to welcome back parents and kick off the 2010-2011 school year. Anyone interested in special education services in the district is invited to attend. Read the full article → from Special education advisory group to hold kick-off event
Gulbankians expected to present plan on Wednesday
The Gulbankian family will be before the Zoning Board of Appeals on Wednesday night in the continuing saga of which businesses they are allowed to operate on their Mt. Vickery Road property. Read the full article → from Gulbankians expected to present plan on Wednesday
Southborough Library Genealogy Club: Finding Your Ancestral Home
The library’s Genealogy Club meets on Thursday. Here’s what they’ll be talking about. Read the full article → from Southborough Library Genealogy Club: Finding Your Ancestral Home
Scouts spruce up the Community House
If you drove down Main Street on Saturday morning, you likely saw all the landscaping work going on in front of the Community House. It was all part of an Eagle Scout project coordinated by scout Ken Zarilli. Read the full article → from Scouts spruce up the Community House
White Bagley Road closed through Wednesday
A sign on White Bagley Road says it will be closed today through Wednesday. Read the full article → from White Bagley Road closed through Wednesday
Developers accuse zoning board of dragging its feet
Voters in November will have a choice about whether to repeal Chapter 40B, the state’s affordable housing statute enacted in 1969 that gives zoning breaks to developers who include affordable units in the housing developments they build. Southborough has two 40B projects in the works — one on Oak Hill Road and one on Oregon Road — and both developers recently said the town’s Zoning Board of Appeals is dragging its feet to see what happens in November. Read the full article → from Developers accuse zoning board of dragging its feet
The week in government
A list of department and committee meetings for the week. Read the full article → from The week in government