In the Wildwood and Southwood Drive neighborhood (map) just about every house has a lamppost gracing its front yard. But today many of those lampposts are lying on the ground. Linda over at Southborough News reports that vandals this weekend knocked over mailboxes and lightposts at more than a dozen homes in the neighborhood. If Read the full article → from Vandals hit Wildwood and Southwood Drive homes
Open discussion thread: Ask questions, share opinions
Let’s try something new this week. If you like it, I’ll make it a weekly feature. Do you have questions about Southborough you’d like to ask? Or maybe opinions (I know you have opinions!) that fall outside the topics of individual posts? I’d love it if we had a My Southborough discussion board where you Read the full article → from Open discussion thread: Ask questions, share opinions
The week in town government
The big meeting this week is the Board of Selectmen on Tuesday. The Advisory Committee, Municipal Facilities Committee, and Historical Commission will all be attending. The agenda hasn’t been posted on the town website, but I’ve been told plans for a new police station will be the primary topic of conversation. In theory, Tuesday’s meeting Read the full article → from The week in town government
Exploring the Bay Circuit trail
A few weeks ago I came across an editorial in the Boston Globe about the Bay Circuit trail, a 173-mile trail that winds its way through 34 towns outside of Boston. The editorial said the Bay Circuit Alliance was looking to connect fragmented portions of the trail, including one in Southborough. It was the first Read the full article → from Exploring the Bay Circuit trail
Southborough landowners complain about ZBA treatment
In a letter to the Metrowest Daily News published today, a Southborough landowner said she and her husband “feel like we have been hit by a truck” after a recent Zoning Board of Appeals meeting. The couple attended the meeting to urge the board to decline a request by a major land developer to rezone Read the full article → from Southborough landowners complain about ZBA treatment
Lower level of the library likely closed for several more weeks
The Southborough Library is still cleaning up from the epic storm two weeks ago, and the lower level will likely be closed “well into August” said Facilities Manager Phil Rinehart. While the clean up happens, Rinehart said he planned to meet with library and town officials to figure out how to prevent similar flooding in Read the full article → from Lower level of the library likely closed for several more weeks
Red Barn gets a jolt from the federal government
Hopkinton-based Red Barn Coffee Roasters got a $250,000 loan thanks to stimulus funds from the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Owner Mark Verrochi told the Boston Globe he’ll use the money to purchase a much bigger coffee roaster, one that will let him increase his operation tenfold. “We will be aggressively pursuing business I Read the full article → from Red Barn gets a jolt from the federal government
A Southborough photographer with ‘heart’
Southborough resident Nancy Gould sees smiling faces every day in her job as a wedding and family photographer. But the smiles of six-year-old Serenity were extra special. Serenity is a foster child looking for a permanent family. Nancy photographed her as part of the Heart Gallery, a traveling photographic exhibit created to find families for Read the full article → from A Southborough photographer with ‘heart’
Community gardeners warn of tomato blight
Organizers of the Southborough Community Gardens want you to be on the lookout for a fungal foe. Phytophthora infestans, more commonly known as late blight, is the same fungus that caused the the Irish Potato Famine in the 1800’s, and it’s been found on tomato plants in the Community Gardens off Breakneck Hill Road. Researchers Read the full article → from Community gardeners warn of tomato blight
On the market this week
Notable this week is the number of houses that went under agreement. Thanks to Doug McClain (email) of Century 21 Commonwealth Realty for supplying the listing information. New on the market 17 E Main St (map) – 7 room, 3 bed, 1 bath Colonial – $359,000 22 General Henry Knox Road (map) – 7 room, Read the full article → from On the market this week
Southborough puppeteer gets national recognition
Southborough’s very own puppeteer Deborah Costine recently received a national award for her one-woman (and many puppet) production called A Woodland Cinderella. The Citation for Excellence in Puppetry, awarded by national puppetry organization UNIMA-USA, recognizes shows that “touch their audiences deeply; that totally engage, enchant and enthrall.” “Deborah kept her audience thoroughly engrossed with her Read the full article → from Southborough puppeteer gets national recognition
Southborough unemployment rate highest in 17 years
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress yesterday that the economic downturn appears to be ‘abating’, but in Southborough unemployment is still sharply on the rise. The Southborough unemployment rate hit 6.8% in June. That’s the highest jobless rate in town since January 1992 when it was 6.6%. Since January of this year, the unemployment Read the full article → from Southborough unemployment rate highest in 17 years
Regional planners suggest improvements to I-495
A couple regional planning committees have been studying the I-495 corridor from Berlin to Hopkinton, including the portion that runs through Southborough. This week they presented some ideas to improve the traffic capacity of interchanges on 495 and to reduce traffic along the corridor, reports the Metrowest Daily News. In addition to redesigning the interchange Read the full article → from Regional planners suggest improvements to I-495
What the Fire Department has been up to
Tuesday 7/14/09 10:49 Good intent call, Turnpike Road 12:07 EMS call, Admiral Lane 14:26 Unintentional transmission of alarm, Harvest Lane Wednesday 7/15/09 01:53 Service call, Marlboro Road 08:46 EMS call, North Street Thursday 7/16/09 05:26 EMS call, Southville Road 11:50 EMS call, Wildwood 14:17 Unintentional transmission of alarm, Sears Road 17:00 EMS call, Latisquama Road Read the full article → from What the Fire Department has been up to