All three of Southborough’s state legislators are up for reelection this year, and all three will face challengers in their respective races. Read the full article → from Southborough reps face election challenges in 2010
Friends of the Vanni family are holding another fundraiser this weekend to help offset the mounting medical bills of Jeanne Vanni, a Southborough mom who is battling a rare form of stomach cancer. Read the full article → from Country club event to aid local family
Fire department logs for the week Read the full article → from What the fire department has been up to
If you have overdue books at the public library, this is for you: during the first two weeks of June, the Southborough Library staff will forgive your overdue fines on Southborough library books, audiobooks, DVDs, CDs and videos in exchange for a donation of paper goods or laundry soap for the Southborough Food Pantry. Read the full article → from Southborough Library announces amnesty days
Thursday is the annual Pops Night concert at Algonquin, always a favorite of mine because you get to listen to good music while munching on snacks. What’s better than that? Read the full article → from Thursday is Pops Night at Algonquin
A special flag flew over Finn this weekend, one that came all the way from Baghdad. Read the full article → from A special Memorial Day observance for Finn students
The Southborough Recreation Department has announced the date for one of my favorite events of the year. Southborough Summer Nights will be held on Sunday, August 29, with a rain date of August 30. Read the full article → from Save the date: Summer Nights 2010!
A list of department and committee meetings for the week. Read the full article → from The week in government
Osgood T. Hadley was born in 1838 in Nashua, New Hampshire. He would eventually make his way to Southborough, but not before he became a war hero. Read the full article → from The story of a Southborough vet: Osgood T. Hadley
There are more than 800 veterans lying in rest at the Rural Cemetery in Southborough, and last Friday evening each one of them was honored with a new American flag on their gravestone. Read the full article → from Southborough honors its veterans
Southborough will remember its veterans on Monday with its annual Memorial Day parade. The parade starts at 9:00 am at the Marlboro Saving Bank at the corner of East Main and Newton Streets. Veterans are asked to meet at the Legion/VFW Headquarters at the Community House at 8:15 am. Read the full article → from Memorial Day parade details
If you guessed that the animal call I posted on the blog yesterday was a frog — and several of you did — you got it right. Specifically, it was the gray tree frog or Hyla versicolor. Who knew such a little guy could make such a big racket? Read the full article → from Southborough wildlife: Name that animal – ANSWER
It was a pitchers duel for the girls softball team on Wednesday, with a sole unearned run in the sixth giving Milford a 1-0 edge over Algonquin. Southborough photographer Chris Wraight was there and took these photos. Read the full article → from Photos: Algonquin softball versus Milford
One is an historic building right downtown. The other was once the home of buffalo. Both went on the market this week — one for sale and one for lease. Read the full article → from Two prime commercial spots in Southborough on the market