The April Poetry Festival at the Southborough Library is underway. If you’re one of those who thinks poetry is stuffy and boring, get yourself to the Library on Wednesday and prepare to be educated. Read the full article → from Hip hop poet to perform at the Southborough Library on Wednesday
For the past several months, the Board of Selectmen and the Advisory Committee have been working largely independently to come up with a set of budget recommendations to present to voters at town meeting next week. Tonight they’ll sit down to talk about their recommendations and, where there are differences, attempt to reach common ground. Read the full article → from Town boards look for common ground on budgets tonight
Southborough Youth and Family Services, which provides counseling, youth activities, education, and preventive and community programs to the residents of Southborough, faces steep budget cuts this year. To help support SYFS, the Friends of the Southborough Youth Commission will hold and night out fundraiser later this month. They’re looking for local businesses to help sponsor the event. Read the full article → from Youth commission seeks sponsors for wine and shopping fundraiser
A list of town meetings for the week of April 5 through April 9. Read the full article → from The week in government
I had s0me fun taking photos along Main Street last weekend. Flowers blooming, Easter decorations up, and the scent of spring in the air. Read the full article → from Photos: Spring in downtown Southborough
Southborough Kindergroup and Friends of Southboro Recreation will hold their annual Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday at the Community House. The weather this year looks like it’s going to be picture-perfect for the event. Read the full article → from Easter egg hunt this weekend
Southborough photographer Chris Wraight sent in some photos from Wednesday’s boys volleyball match. Algonquin beat Clinton 3-1. Read the full article → from Algonquin boys volleyball takes out Clinton
At a special meeting this week, the regional school committee decided to stay out of the tiff between Northborough and Southborough over how to split debt remaining on the Algonquin renovation. The Northborough Board of Selectmen had asked them to file a request for a declaratory judgment on the issue, but the school committee voted unanimously not to do that. Read the full article → from Regional school committee declines to get in middle of debt issue
The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, in partnership with the Massachusetts Animal Coalition, will host a rabies clinic in Southborough on Saturday, April 3. Read the full article → from Reminder: Rabies clinic on Saturday
The unemployment rate in Southborough dipped to 7.3% in February, down from a 20-year high in January of 7.8%. The state and national rates also decreased slightly in February. Read the full article → from Southborough unemployment rate down slightly
Well, maybe not visited exactly, but reports are he drove through our little corner of the world this evening on his way to tour flood damage elsewhere in the state. Read the full article → from The day President Obama visited Southborough
Algonquin sophomore class president Juliana Batista sent in some information about an upcoming fundraiser: You are getting very sleepy…. Come see the Hypnotist Show at Algonquin Regional High School (79 Bartlett Street, Northborough) at 7pm on April 8th! Open to the public, students, and families of Northborough and Southborough… a guaranteed night of [appropriate] hysterics Read the full article → from Hypnotist to cast spell on Algonquin
What went on and off the market this week. Read the full article → from On the market this week
Fifty-seven percent of those of you in Southborough have mailed back your federal census form. That’s compared to the 52% nationwide and 53% statewide who have done the same. Read the full article → from Census return rate for Southborough higher than average