The track at Algonquin will be crowded on Friday night, but not with the usual set of high school sprinters, shot-putters, and high jumpers. Instead, the track will be taken over by cancer survivors, cancer patients, friends, family, and supporters. Read the full article → from The Northborough/Southborough Relay for Life kicks off on Friday
The Northboro-Southborough Music Association passed along this update on the open mike event held last week in honor of Dennis Wrenn. Read the full article → from Open mike event raises $1,000 for Dennis Wrenn scholarship fund
Courtney Wilson is a long way from home. A first lieutenant in the US Army, the Southborough native has been stationed in Afghanistan since March. This weekend you’ll have a chance to make her, and others like her, feel a bit closer to home. Read the full article → from Troop drive this weekend in honor of Southborough soldier
Holding an election isn’t cheap, and the state announced last week it would reimburse cities and towns nearly $6.3M for the special US Senate election held in January. The was the election held to replace the late Ted Kennedy. Read the full article → from Southborough to be reimbursed for special election
The town is looking for someone to represent Southborough on the Assabet School Committee. Here are the details. Read the full article → from Town seeks to fill vacancy on Assabet School Committee
What went on and off the market this week. Read the full article → from On the market this week
If you walk the stonewall-lined lane that skirts former pastureland in the Beals Preserve, you’ll come across a great white oak standing alongside the path. The trunk of the oak — more massive than any of the surrounding trees — splits into two huge branches that reach for the sky. Read the full article → from SOLF battles invasive species
Southborough resident and mom Jeanne Vanni was diagnosed with a rare form of stomach cancer two years ago. She underwent treatment and thought she had beaten the disease. But recently she and her family learned the cancer has returned. Vanni and her husband have two young sons, a first-grader at Finn and a fourth-grader at Neary. Read the full article → from Fundraiser for a local family this weekend
John Rooney attended his first Board of Selectmen meeting last night, less than 24 hours after beating incumbent Sal Giorlandino in the town election. Read the full article → from Rooney attends first Board of Selectmen meeting
When he passed away last month at the age of 89, Southborough resident Jim Denman was in his 29th year as a member of the Assabet School Committee. Last week Denman was posthumously inducted into Assabet’s newly-formed Hall of Achievement for his years of service. Read the full article → from Jim Denman posthumously honored by Assabet
Fire department logs for the week. Read the full article → from What the fire department has been up to
The weather on Saturday morning was awful — super strong winds and pouring rain. But that didn’t stop Southborough postal workers from collecting 1,400 pounds of food donated by Southborough residents as part of the annual USPS Stamp Out Hunger food drive. All the donations went to the Southborough Food Pantry. Read the full article → from Southborough Food Pantry thanks mail carriers, Scouts, and residents
Perhaps you’ve seen the blue signs announcing “CPA funds at work” in front of the affordable home at 209 Parkerville Road, or in front of the Arts Center. CPA funds for fiscal year 2012 are up for grabs, and a public forum on Thursday will explain how to apply for a piece of the CPA pie. Read the full article → from Community Preservation Committee to hold public forum on Thursday
The Metrowest Daily News has a nice profile on Southborough Jewelers, which announced recently that it was closing up shop. Read the full article → from MWDN: Southborough Jewelers is going out on top