Each week we take a look back at the top stories reported in the Southborough Villager 10 years, 20 years, and 30 years ago. Here are the stories that were making headlines during the week of October 17. Read the full article → from The Villager Files: Week of October 17
Each week we take a look back at the top stories reported in the Southborough Villager 10 years, 20 years, and 30 years ago. Here are the stories that were making headlines during the week of October 10. Read the full article → from The Villager Files: Week of October 10
Each week we take a look back at the top stories reported in the Southborough Villager 10 years, 20 years, and 30 years ago. Here are the stories that were making headlines during the week of October 3. Read the full article → from The Villager Files: Week of October 3
Some of you remember a time when Southborough was dotted with family farms and orchards. A time when Blueberry Lane was actually a hill covered with blueberry bushes. When a trolley ran down Route 9, and when there was so little traffic, neighbors could stand in the middle of Main Street and talk. Read the full article → from Local historian collects memories of growing up in Southborough
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Each week we take a look back at the top stories reported in the Southborough Villager 10 years, 20 years, and 30 years ago. Here are the stories that were making headlines during the week of September 26. Read the full article → from The Villager Files: Week of September 26
Each week we take a look back at the top stories reported in the Southborough Villager 10 years, 20 years, and 30 years ago. Here are the stories that were making headlines during the week of September 19. Read the full article → from The Villager Files: Week of September 19
Each week we take a look back at the top stories reported in the Southborough Villager 10 years, 20 years, and 30 years ago. Here are the stories that were making headlines during the week of September 12. Read the full article → from The Villager Files: Week of September 12
Welcome to a new My Southborough series! Each week we’ll take a step back in our town’s history with a look at the top stories reported in the Southborough Villager 10 years, 20 years, and 30 years ago. Read the full article → from Introducing a new series: The Villager Files
Hurricane Irene is drawing some comparisons to Hurricane Bob, which roared through the Metrowest region 20 years ago this month. Read the full article → from Do you remember Hurricane Bob?
The Southborough Public Library was founded in 1852, but it wasn’t until 1911 that it moved into its current home on Main Street. The Library is celebrating 100 years in its lovely brick building with a number of festivities this year. Read the full article → from Southborough Library celebrating 100 years on Main Street
The tornado in Joplin, Missouri has drawn comparisons to the one that ripped through our area in 1953 killing 90 people, including three right here in Southborough. I know many of you are familiar with this chapter in Southborough’s history, but I suspect some of you are not. Read the full article → from Do you remember the Worcester Tornado of 1953?
The Southborough Historical Society will hold its Annual Member Meeting on Sunday and they are encouraging those interested in joining to attend. Read the full article → from Southborough Historical Society invites new members to its annual meeting
On this day in 1776, a weary Colonel Henry Knox and his band of men arrived in Cambridge after hauling 60 tons of artillery 300 miles all the way from Fort Ticonderoga in New York. With few roads along the way, it was a daring and brutal journey over snow and ice, and across lakes, rivers, and mountains. Read the full article → from On this day in history: The journey of General Henry Knox
The Massachusetts Historical Commission recently approved a handful of buildings to be nominated for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places, and Southborough’s South Union School made the list. Read the full article → from State nominates Southborough’s South Union School as historic place