The Town’s legislative branch, Town Meeting, will convene a week from Monday to approve spending, amend local bylaws, and “advise” officials. Read the full article → from Overview of April 7th Annual Town Meeting
Southborough Youth & Family Services, with funding from the Southborough Cultural Arts Council, is offering a night of guided painting. Read the full article → from Register now to enjoy a night of “Mindful Art”
The Neary Building Committee will be holding more presentations and forums to answer voters’ questions about the big project to build a new four grade school.
I’m sharing that information along with updates on the project, including touted benefits and organized opposition. Read the full article → from Neary School Building Project Overview & Update (Updated – Again)
Updated (3/26/25 10:19 am): Since initially posting this story, I discovered that the Town has posted new budget documents. I’ve updated the story to reflect new figures.
At the Annual Town Meeting in just under two weeks, the Select Board is expected to ask voters to pass a budget that would create an estimated 7.47% increase in homeowner’s tax bills next year. It’s the largest spike since this blog has been covering Southborough Town government. Read the full article → from Town Meeting to ask for 7.7% 7.5% increase for 2026 taxes (Updated- Again)
My Southborough accepts signed letters to the editor submitted by Southborough residents. Letters may be emailed to mysouthborough@gmail.com.
The following letter is from a group of 20 Southborough residents. Read the full article → from Letter: “NEARY” PLAN B
Highlights from last week’s competitions and what’s on tap this week in high school sports. Read the full article → from The week in sports
Here is a selection of the committee and board meetings for the week along with my selected highlights from the agendas. Read the full article → from The week in government
Since I last posted an update on the Southborough Town election, more candidates filed signed nomination papers, including a challenger to the Select Board. Read the full article → from Town Election Update: Third candidate files for Select Board race
Richard “Dick” Varney, 93, longtime resident of Southborough died March 19, 2025. Read the full article → from Obituary: Richard F. “Dick” Varney, 93
St. Mark’s School is issuing a community invitation, with a special call out to educators. They will be screening an award winning documentary that “has been garnering a great deal of attention in the education world, but it isn’t freely available to the public.”
The film Counted Out focuses on “a crises of our time” and the need to seriously address issues in math education. The screening will be followed by an informal discussion. Read the full article → from Educators invited to free “Counted Out” screening & discussion — March 30th
The community is asked to sign up for time slots with the travelling blood donation center that serves Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Read the full article → from Donate at the Bloodmobile — March 27th
This Sunday, a “luxury designer pop-up” will be held at the Community House. The “RuvyaRang” event will feature Indian and fusion designs with options for customized orders. Read the full article → from Luxury clothing pop-up shopping event — Sunday
Jay Christopher Akers, known to the community as Bear, died suddenly on March 15, 2025. He was 66. Read the full article → from Obituary: Jay Christopher Akers, 66
As of this morning, all three NSBORO Schools districts have voted to add to, rather than subtract from, holidays in the calendar. Read the full article → from School Committees add 3 new holidays to calendar