The Assabet Valley Mastersigners, a choral group with members from Southborough, Northborough, Marlborough, Hudson, Shrewsbury, Westborough and surrounding communities, will hold open rehearsals for new members in August and September. Read the full article → from Assabet Valley Mastersingers to hold open auditions in August and September
A list of department and committee meetings for the week. Read the full article → from The week in government (7/30/12 – 8/3/12)
Kathryn A. (Healy) Cato, 52, of Southborough died Friday, July 27, 2012, at home surrounded by her loving family. Read the full article → from Obituary: Kathryn A. (Healy) Cato, 52
Holding a garage/yard sale? Looking for garage/yard sales? This is your post! Read the full article → from Open thread: Southborough garage and yard sales this weekend (7/28 & 7/29)
What’s the best community in Central Mass? That’s what the site Go Local Worcester recently set out to determine. They crunched the numbers, counted the restaurants and museums, reviewed MCAS data, and looked at housing and crime statistics. Of the 72 communities in Central Mass, Southborough came in… Read the full article → from Southborough: We’re number 1! Or not.
Seventeen-month-old Brendan, son of Southborough firefighter Chris Shanahan and his wife Melinda, has been diagnosed with leukemia. Fellow firefighters recently set up a fund to help with medical bills and expenses. Read the full article → from Southborough firefighters establish fund to help one of their own
The Central Mass Mosquito Control Project announced today that the Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) virus was found in mosquitoes in Westborough. The West Nile virus was found in mosquitoes in Shrewsbury and also in Tewksbury. Read the full article → from EEE found in mosquitoes in Westborough; West Nile in Shrewsbury
What went on and off the market this week. Read the full article → from On the market this week…and last week, and the week before that
Michael Abu, 87, of Southborough, MA passed away on Monday, July 23rd, 2012. He was born on November 23, 1924 and was a long-time resident of Framingham. Read the full article → from Obituary: Michael Abu, 87
If intergalactic warfare should happen anytime soon, Southborough will be well protected thanks to a new crop of Jedi Knights trained just yesterday at the Southborough Public Library. Read the full article → from PHOTOS: Southborough’s newest Jedi Knights
From the Metrowest Daily News: Police are searching for the car of a man a security guard said pointed a gun at him on Rte. 9 early this morning. At 12:36 a.m., a security guard with the company Securitas came to the station to report that a man had just threatened him. The incident reportedly happened Read the full article → from Security guard: Man flashed gun in Southborough (MWDN)
The Southborough Education Foundation has a mission to help fund innovative programs in the Southborough schools, creative and challenging programs that wouldn’t get funded through the normal budget process. SEF recently awarded $42K in grants for the upcoming school year that will fund things like pedometers, equipment for DNA manipulation experiments, marimbas, and a whole lot of iPads. Read the full article → from Southborough Education Foundation awards $42K in grants for new school programs
There’s still plenty of fun to be had this summer, and the Southborough Recreation Department wants to make sure you have plenty of options to keep the kids entertained. Read the full article → from Recreation programs coming up this summer
The Southborough Food Pantry gets a significant amount of its donations from the Southborough schools. That means during the summer when school is not in session, it can be harder to keep the pantry shelves full. Read the full article → from Southborough Food Pantry in need of donations