The Southborough Library’s Southborough Business Network (SBN) hosted another INSIDE STORY business speaker event on May 8, featuring Clark University’s Graduate School of Management Dean Catherine Usoff who spoke about how Clark builds business leaders with purpose. Read the full article → from Southborough Library hosts Clark University dean
The Saturdays at Fay series continues this week with a visit from Animal Adventures. The event, designed for children ages 2 to 8 along with their parents, is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Read the full article → from Story hour with Animal Adventures at Fay School on Saturday
Under the best of conditions, Southborough town elections don’t seem to command much attention. Since 2000, the average voter turnout has run around 21%. But with only 5.5% of registered voters showing up at the polls on Monday, this year’s turnout was dismal even by that modest standard. Read the full article → from Turnout at this week’s town election lowest in years
Bird lovers take note. The Southborough Open Land Foundation has invited Jeff Collins of Massachusetts Audubon to lead an early-morning bird walk on Saturday. Read the full article → from SOLF to host bird walk at the Beals Preserve on Saturday
What went on and off the market this week. Read the full article → from On the market this week
Here’s a fun event for the kiddos taking place Friday morning at Fayville Park. Read the full article → from Children’s concert at Fayville Park on Friday
The Southborough Library Genealogy Club meets on Thursday to talk about writing a family history book your relatives will actually want to read. Read the full article → from Learn about writing a family history book at the Southborough Library on Thursday
The Metrowest Daily News reported late last week that Zoning Board of Appeals Chairman Matt Hurley will resign his post at the end of June. Read the full article → from MWDN: Southborough ZBA chairman to resign
The latest logs from the Southborough Fire Department. Read the full article → from Southborough fire logs (5/7/13 – 5/13/13)
Today is Police Officers Memorial Day, and in honor of those who made the ultimate sacrifice, flags in Southborough and across the nation have been lowered to half staff. Read the full article → from Why flags are at half staff today: Wednesday, May 15
Since 2005 Southborough residents Lisa Braccio and Debbie Depp Wilson have organized semi-annual care package drives to benefit troops serving overseas. In that time they’ve shipped off in the neighborhood of 7,800 boxes filled with the comforts of home. This weekend, they hope to add to that total. Read the full article → from Care package drive this weekend to honor Southborough’s Steve Whynot
The Gulbankian family has until the end of the month to complete a list of repairs to its Mt. Vickery Road businesses that were ordered by the town in 2011, but in a recent filing the family has asked the Zoning Board of Appeals to remove the two most costly repairs. Read the full article → from MWDN: Gulbankians to ask Southborough to take back orders for costly work
The Southborough Police Department said on its Facebook page today that five homes and one business have been broken into in the past couple of weeks, saying the incidents represent a “steady increase” in burglary activity around town. Read the full article → from Southborough police say home break-ins on the rise again
Southborough is one step closer to a 5-member Board of Selectmen, as voters yesterday soundly approved a controversial measure to expand the board from its current three members. The proposal now goes to the Legislature, and if approved, it will represent the first significant structural change to the board since Colonial times. Read the full article → from Amid low turnout voters approve expanding the Board of Selectmen