“If today isn’t a rainy day, I don’t know what one is.” That’s what a Clemmons Street resident said at town meeting last week, and he wasn’t talking about the weather. Voters at town meeting decided to pull a total of $290K from the town’s stabilization fund, also known as the rainy day fund, to Read the full article → from Town Meeting votes to dip into rainy day fund
NECC 5K Walk/Run for Autism on May 9
The New England Center for Children (NECC) in Southborough will hold their third annual 5K Walk/Run for Autism on Saturday, May 9. Proceeds from the event benefit the school’s Annual Fund which provides students with items such as playground equipment, new student cubbies, learning software, and upgrades to residential facilities, as well as pool supplies Read the full article → from NECC 5K Walk/Run for Autism on May 9
Seeing yellow
Some photos I took this weekend, all with a yellow theme. To see more, visit my flickr photostream. Read the full article → from Seeing yellow
Reminder: April vacation activities
It’s school vacation week, and the weather forcast doesn’t look too promising. Fortunately, there are a number of indoor activities happening this week at the library, the Arts Center, and Gulbankian’s to name a few. For more information, see the complete list of April vacation activities around town. Read the full article → from Reminder: April vacation activities
Town Meeting agrees to additional $67K for school technology
Last-minute negotiations in the run up to town meeting helped the school district get an additional $67K to use toward technology purchases next year. In the lead up to town meeting, the Selectmen and Advisory Committee both supported a mere $65K of the $205K requested by the Southborough schools for capital technology purchases. But in Read the full article → from Town Meeting agrees to additional $67K for school technology
A new week, a new header
I thought it was time for something that screamed SPRING! in the header. Enjoy the magnolia blossoms. And in case you’re curious, you can check out all the past headers used on My Southborough. Read the full article → from A new week, a new header
The week in town government
It’s a relatively light week meeting-wise. On Tuesday the Board of Selectmen will get an update on the new police station from the Municipal Facilities Committee and the Historical Commission. The two groups have been at odds over the project, so it could make for an interesting discussion. Here’s the full line up for the Read the full article → from The week in town government
Southborough in the news
Your weekly sample of stories in the local media that have a Southborough connection. Particularly good if you want some Doritos for the ride “People that live in Southborough, they’d like more parking around the site.” —Vinnie Patel, manager of Fitzgerald’s General Store on his hope to offer commuter rail parking at the store. He Read the full article → from Southborough in the news
Metrowest is the new Hollywood
Southborough isn’t the only Metrowest town seeing stars this spring. Kevin Costner and Ben Affleck were in Framingham this week. Southborough’s brush with the Hollywood famous will happen in May assuming all the contracts get signed. I’ll have an update on that hopefully next week, so stay tuned. Read the full article → from Metrowest is the new Hollywood
The sounds of spring
The happy screams of children playing outside. The soft buzz of drowsy insects. The gentle rustle of new leaves. The incessant clunk, clunk, clunk of a robin throwing itself against my window. As I sit here typing, a robin is engaged in mortal combat with his reflection in my picture window. He attacks the window Read the full article → from The sounds of spring
Buffalo Soldier exhibit wrapping up this weekend
If you haven’t checked out any of the Buffalo Soldier exhibits, you have one more chance. For the past 6 weeks or so, Stony Brook Museum has presented Southborough resident Pete DePina‘s collection of Buffalo Soldier memorabilia along with various guest speakers. On Sunday the exhibit moves to the hall at Pilgrim Church and will Read the full article → from Buffalo Soldier exhibit wrapping up this weekend
Art in Bloom exhibit this weekend
The Southborough Gardeners will welcome spring this weekend with an Art in Bloom exhibit at St. Mark’s. Thirty-one gardeners will exhibit floral arrangements that interpret sculptures, water colors, oil paintings, pencil drawings and photographs created by art students at St. Mark’s School. An opening gala takes place tonight from 7:00 to 9:00 pm. Refreshments and Read the full article → from Art in Bloom exhibit this weekend
What’s new at the library this week
Did you know that between July 2008 to March 2009, over 105,000 titles were checked out of the Southborough library? Or that on average, 1,500 people use the library each week? Not bad. And did you also know that the library gets new titles in all the time? I though it would be interesting to Read the full article → from What’s new at the library this week
Town Meeting rejects Algonquin compromise
Town Meeting played nice with Northborough on Monday night when it came to budget assessments, but when the topic of debt assessments came up on Tuesday night, voters decided it was time for some tough love. There were two articles on the warrant this year that talked about assessments. The first had to do with Read the full article → from Town Meeting rejects Algonquin compromise