Residents came with a lot to say about the Gulbankian family businesses at last night’s Zoning Board of Appeals meeting, but many of them didn’t get the chance to say anything. ZBA Chairman Sam Stivers told the standing-room-only crowd that they would not discuss the merits of the case at the meeting. Instead they focused on procedure. Read the full article → from No decsion on Gulbankian businesses
Southborough won the Little League Section 2 championship on Tuesday night – it’s first Section 2 championship ever – and in doing so, earned a spot among the state’s final four. Our boys will face off against Newton West, Leominster, and Peabody Western in the state championship tournament that starts tonight. Read the full article → from Southborough little league team headed to state championship tournament
What went on and off the market this week. Read the full article → from On the market this week
The fifth annual St. Mark’s International Chamber Music Festival kicks off its concert series tonight with a performance starting at 7:00 pm. The concert will feature performances by master teachers who hail from Boston, New York, and Moscow, along with students from throughout the Metrowest area. Read the full article → from Chamber music festival concerts start tonight at St. Mark’s
The latest construction update on the town’s new aerial ladder truck. Read the full article → from Construction continues on Southborough’s new ladder truck
A message from the Friends of Southboro Recreation. Read the full article → from Volunteers needed to help with Summer Nights
The latest Fire Department call logs. Read the full article → from What the fire department has been up to
At their meeting on Wednesday night, the Zoning Board of Appeals will try to sort out what businesses can legally operate on the Gulbankian Farms property at the corner of Mt. Vickery and Cordaville Roads. Read the full article → from Gulbankians to go before zoning board Wednesday night
There’s already been some discussion of this on the blog, but for those of you who haven’t heard, the so-called Garfield House — the stone house on the corner of Main Street and Deerfoot Road — will be going up for auction on Tuesday, August 17. Read the full article → from Garfield House going up for auction
Several of you emailed me about this last week. An entrepreneur from Groton had hoped to open a “classy” strip club at the former Tin Alley Grill on Route 9 in Framingham just east of the Southborough border. It would be what one reader called “a decidedly unsavory entry to town.” Read the full article → from Proposed strip club on Framingham-Southborough border a no-go … for now
The Southborough Fire Department responded to a fire on Richards Road on Saturday. Read the full article → from Clothes dryer ignites fire in Richards Road home
The theme this summer at the Southborough Library Children’s Room is Go Green At Your Library. There is an interactive display on recycling along with other programs around going green. Read the full article → from Drop in crafts day at the library on Tuesday
For those of you who haven’t see the headlines, here’s a recap of the news from the past two weeks while I’ve been away. Read the full article → from In the media: The latest Southborough headlines
Each summer we rent a cabin on a little lake in New Hampshire. I look forward it all year — the time with family, the peace and quiet, the cool water, the call of the loons at dusk, the spiders as big as your head. … Okay, maybe not so much that last part. Read the full article → from What I did on my blogcation