Recent comments

Want to know what your neighbors are talking about? Here’s a list of the most recent comments on the blog (from newest to oldest).

Tim Martel left a comment on The week in government (Updated) A few comments/questions about the Select Board meeting.
1. The link to BOS agenda is not working. This works though: https://www.southboroughm... November 18 15:29
2. Ryan Newell left a comment on Obituary: Elizabeth Lee Agosto, 45 The Southborough Police Department would like to express our sincere condolences to the family, friends, and co-workers of Elizabeth Agosto. She was a... November 12 09:17
3. Diane Romm left a comment on Learn about the Neary Building Project: Hello Al and Carl, Thank you for discussing this important issue that will affect the taxes of the residents. Now that the former dump on Parkervill... November 11 17:58
4. Al Hamilton left a comment on Learn about the Neary Building Project: As a community, we are responsible for all or some of 6 school buildings. A school building can go 30 to 50 years between major renovations. That mean... November 07 08:29
5. Paul Cimino left a comment on Obituary: Gail A. (McClain) Jenks, 82 All of the Jenks family have served our community well in so many different ways over the years, and Gail was no exception. I was sad to... November 01 13:28
6. Michael Nordstrom left a comment on Letter: Southborough at the Crossroads I'm interested in getting feedback from Carl's post. What is the residential tax bill on a $500,000 house in Westborough and what is the tax bill for... October 30 09:40
7. erik glaser left a comment on Letter: Southborough at the Crossroads Al, I caught up on the SB meeting from the other night - very interesting topics including the tax discussion. While I agree with you that the tow... October 28 13:50
8. Carl Guyer left a comment on Letter: Southborough at the Crossroads Poor Al, forever demographically challenged. Does he know Westborough residents pay one of the highest residential tax rates in the state.... October 24 22:04
9. Andre Fortin left a comment on Letter: Southborough at the Crossroads Respectfully, I hope the people in charge can come up with more creative solutions to tackle this issue than bringing in even more supermarkets and bi... October 24 13:02
10. Alan Belniak left a comment on Letter: Southborough at the Crossroads I can’t speak for Al here, but I suspect he was quoting the Home Depot and Target and Whole Foods examples as just that - examples. Those valu... October 24 12:33
11. Jessica Devine left a comment on Letter: Southborough at the Crossroads Hi Al. This is an excellent letter. I appreciate how you have explained in plain English what the issues are and what the town needs to do. What ca... October 24 08:06
12. JACK BARRON left a comment on Letter: Southborough at the Crossroads In response to sewers and mega stores. In many surveys the residents of this town do not want to be Shrewsbury, Westborough, Framingham or Natick. I t... October 23 20:18
13. Carl Guyer left a comment on Breakneck Hill Farm trail restrictions due to farm dump cleanup work So the 2nd Act of what is a 3 Act tragedy is approaching the end. The first Act, The Mission, which played out for 2 years, involved my efforts as a... October 21 09:53
14. Paul Cimino left a comment on Save the Dates for Spring Town Meetings Beth, thanks for covering this information. As our Town Moderator, I of course moderate our Town Meetings, but I have no say regarding the call o... October 18 09:42
15. Kelly Roney left a comment on Obituary: Charles Keller, 81 I knew Charlie when he was chair of the Southborough Democratic Town Committee and Jim and Lois Denman recruited me. That must've been 30 years ago. C... October 15 11:12
16. Ann Deschamps left a comment on Rec invites voting on Trunk or Treat Movie When does the Trunk or Treating start? If someone doesn't want to go to the parade or party?... October 10 14:37
17. john yin left a comment on Special Town Meeting passes MBTA Zoning Article (Updated) Hi, There were several of my neighborhood folks including me who left after first round of voting. We did not know there was going be a revote right ... October 06 11:50
18. Freddie Gillespie left a comment on Special Town Meeting passes MBTA Zoning Article (Updated) I need to make a correction to information I presented to Town Meeting The Southville Road property owner only paid 2.5 million not the reported ... October 03 13:34
19. Ryan Newell left a comment on Town Meeting gives thumbs up for joining a Metrowest RECC (Updated) Beth, just to follow up for clarification on my comments regarding prisoner releases: When the Governor signed the State budget on July 29, 2024, the ... October 03 07:43
20. Betsy Rosenbloom left a comment on Town Meeting passed all Town-sponsored Articles but only 1 of 2 Petitions TY Beth for your invaluable service to the town! This blog is my starting place for info about what is going on in town and is esp. important before (... October 02 16:36
21. Jessica Devine left a comment on My take on the 2 hour MBTA Zoning Debate (Updated) Great summary, Beth. Thanks for all you do!... October 02 10:24
22. Ann Deschamps left a comment on Special Town Meeting will reconvene Tuesday night Unfortunately, you can't accommodate everyone. There is just no way.... October 01 13:21
23. Kathy Cook left a comment on Special Town Meeting will reconvene Tuesday night The Special Town Meeting was held on Monday night due to the results of a town-wide survey. I don't have the survey results handy but there was a cl... October 01 10:04
24. Mike Pojani left a comment on Special Town Meeting passes MBTA Zoning Article (Updated) Looks to me the vote was very close on all key articles? But as in the past does it really accomplish anything. I feel folks in this great town are no... October 01 09:03
25. Anita Reeder left a comment on Special Town Meeting will reconvene Tuesday night This scenario is exactly why we need TM to be on a Saturday. My husband and I are unable to attend this second night due to a previous commitment whi... October 01 09:01
26. Frank Tipton left a comment on Special Town Meeting passes MBTA Zoning Article (Updated) Hi - I think your voting tally is off by a very large number - can you please verify? I believe there were over 500 people at the meeting. Thx.... October 01 06:31
27. James Nichols-Worley left a comment on Letter: Let’s be honest about opposing denser development Michael, Thank you for your thoughtful letter. I hope I can address two of your points and allay one of your concerns. My opinion is September 18 12:46
28. Alan Belniak left a comment on A friendlier Special Town Meeting – Sept 30 (Updated – again) I welcome these changes and thank the Clerk and all of the staff who make Town Meeting happen for incorporating these changes.My kids are of the age w... September 12 21:14
29. Catherine Weber left a comment on Art on the Trails closing ceremony — September 15 Thank you, Beth! I can't believe that this is our 8th year!... September 06 14:40
30. Jim Foley left a comment on Obituary: Raymond T. Minnucci, 91 I have much admiration and respect for Rays service to our country and our small town community. His ability to recite “ In Flanders Fields “ by m... September 03 18:02
31. Kim Vercoe left a comment on Downtown digging next week (Updated) Thank you Paul and Beth for your info....I was about to head over to Central Street with my yardstick a couple days ago when I saw that the holes had ... August 31 11:55
32. Beth Melo left a comment on Downtown digging next week (Updated) Thank you Paul and Kim for the update and extra context. As I had noted, CSX was scheduled to reconstruct the crossing in late August. I reached out... August 29 15:19
33. Sue Wood left a comment on Downtown digging next week (Updated) Do you know if CSX plans to fix the railroad crossing on Central Street while they are here doing Main Street? The Central Street crossing is so dang... August 29 08:38
34. Betsy Davie left a comment on Back-to-School Save-the-Dates (Updated) Thank you for doing this! I would just add that Nov 11th is a day off for Veteran's Day.... August 24 17:34
35. Mike Pojani left a comment on Mosquito warning: West Nile Virus detected in Southborough sample I stand corrected it was mentioned. They also offer tire recycle program as well!... August 19 15:42
36. Mike Pojani left a comment on Mosquito warning: West Nile Virus detected in Southborough sample Shouldn't the town notify residents of the services Central Mass Mosquito Control offer for the town of Southborough? After all it does come out of t... August 19 15:40
37. John Kendall left a comment on Food Pantry’s current needs Trying to figure out what Jack Barron’s MBTA post has to do with the food pantry 🤔... August 16 13:37
38. John Kendall left a comment on CA: St. Matthew’s Rev. Flynn celebrates 60th anniversary Fr. Flynn is the best thing that ever happened to St. Matt’s. After Fr. Pat left, the church took a downturn. Fr. O’Donahue nearly destroyed it. F... August 16 13:36
39. Nancy Kolk left a comment on Tricentennial Update (Updated) Reading about the engraved bricks for fundraising reminded me that my family donated an engraved brick quite a few years ago, I think it was supposed ... August 15 10:24
40. Kathy Cook left a comment on Tricentennial Update (Updated) I just wanted to amplify Patti's comment on the status of the 501(c)(3) - Friends of Southborough 300 Inc. The entity is fully formed and has its ba... August 15 09:12

Al Hamilton on The week in government (Updated): “Tim Regarding the Resources for Immigrant families – This has been postponed because of a schedule conflict with the presenter.…” Nov 19, 09:00

Tim Martel on The week in government (Updated): “A few comments/questions about the Select Board meeting. The link to BOS agenda is not working. This works though: https://www.southboroughma.gov/AgendaCenter/Select-Board-31/I…” Nov 18, 15:29

Diane Romm on Learn about the Neary Building Project:: “Hi Carl, There’s a school next to the former dump, a/k/a landfill, right now and it’s been there for years.…” Nov 13, 18:56

Carl Guyer on Learn about the Neary Building Project:: “Is there anyone who does not understand physically coupling a 100+ million dollar school with a closed dump is going…” Nov 13, 08:20

Diane Romm on Learn about the Neary Building Project:: “Beth and Al, Thank you for filling me in on some of the details. We have a radon mitigation systen…” Nov 13, 07:18