Southborough residents — and former residents — have been making names for themselves lately. Here are some stories from around the web. Read the full article → from Southborough residents in the news: Sports stars, chess stars, and Sesame Street
The Algonquin boys basketball program will offer a skills camp for kids in grades 3 through 8 over February vacation. Read the full article → from Basketball camp offered during February vacation
A new deli may be moving into the space on Framingham Road that used to house the Benchmark Deli. But details are scarce. Read the full article → from New deli to open in Benchmark’s old spot?
The American Red Cross will be holding a blood drive from 2-7 p.m. at St. Anne Church. Read the full article → from Blood drive tomorrow at St. Anne’s
If you read John Halligan’s story, it will break your heart. Halligan’s 13-year-old son Ryan killed himself in 2003 after being bullied by classmates at school and online. Halligan was left to agonize over what he could have done to prevent it. Read the full article → from SOS sponsors program on bullying, cyberbullying
By this point last year, all the money in the town’s snow removal budget had been used up. Fortunately, things are looking much brighter this year. Read the full article → from Snow removal budget in good shape this year
The regional school committee met last night to talk about next year’s budget. The Metrowest Daily News reports revenue for the district is still up in the air due to decisions pending at the state level. Read the full article → from Regional school budget still uncertain
What went on and off the real estate market this week. Read the full article → from On the market this week
We’ve talked about various ways you can help the schools earn extra money – we’ve also talked about why they need the extra money. Here’s another way that has the bonus of also benefiting the environment. Read the full article → from Help Neary and the environment at the same time
As part of its election day coverage, the Metrowest Daily News got a sampling of the sentiment of voters with a Southborough connection. Here’s what they had to say. Read the full article → from Southborough voters weigh in on the election
Southborough is arguably a blue town, at least there are more registered Democrats than there are Republicans, but the majority of registered voters in town don’t specify a party affiliation, and it’s those unaffiliated voters who pushed Southborough decidedly into the red yesterday. Read the full article → from A closer look at the election results
Fire department logs for January 12 – January 18 Read the full article → from What the fire department has been up to
The results for Southborough are in, and Republican Scott Brown was the clear winner with 59% of the votes. Democrat Martha Coakley came in at 40%, and Joe Kennedy got the remaining 1%. Read the full article → from Scott Brown takes Southborough by a wide margin
Southborough has been lovely today with big fat flakes drifting down all day. On top of yesterday’s wet snowfall, the roads this week have been sloppy, but Fire Chief John Mauro Jr. reports few problems. Read the full article → from Two snowy days, but few problems on the roads