As of yesterday, seven petitions qualified for placement on the Warrant for the March 25th Annual Town Meeting. Read the full article → from Several Citizen Petitions headed to Town Meeting (Updated)
Tonight, the Southborough Select Board is holding a special meeting. The main purpose is to consider, and potentially vote on, the IMA (Inter-Municipal Agreement) to set up a Dispatch Center other MetroWest towns.
Now they’ll be discussing what to do with the number of Towns whittled down to just three. Read the full article → from Select Board tonight on Regional Dispatch IMA (Updated)
More jobs available in Southborough. Read the full article → from Job listings
Power outages in the region included an area of Pine Hill Road that impacted hundreds of residents during a record low freeze wave Friday and Saturday. Read the full article → from Large power outage left many in the cold over weekend
Today, the Southborough Police Department issued a press release about a joint “operation” at a Southborough hotel that resulted in four arrests. Read the full article → from Police announce arrests made in sex “trafficking” sting
Tonight, the Select Board is scheduled to appoint the Police Lieutenant with the recommendation to promote Sgt Sean McCarthy. Officer Kevin Landry’s retirement has been announced. Read the full article → from Police Update: Lt Appointment; School Officer retiring and more
The police are searching for a missing man from Ware, last seen nine days ago in Marlborough near the Southborough border. Anyone with information is asked to contact Marlborough Police. Read the full article → from State Police searched reservoir in Southborough for missing person
I’m rounding up some of the work the Southborough Fire Department has been up to between headlines I’ve already covered this winter.
That includes promoting their Adopt-A-Hydrant program — something that, for the first time this winter, might require volunteers to step up today. Read the full article → from Fire Dept Updates
Southborough Police are investigating an incident of an apparently kicked (but not kicked-in) front door. It’s one of the many updates I’m sharing related to the SPD.
Another item I should highlight is tonight’s Select Board vote on an agreement to work with 3 other Towns to establish a public safety Regional Dispatch Center for in Westborough. Read the full article → from Police Alert & Updates
This morning, a reader alerted me that there was a lot of activity on Cordaville Road around 4:30 am this morning, involving state troopers, K-9s and a search helicopter. I was able to find a story by Boston 25 News that sheds light on the incident. Read the full article → from Boston 25 News: “Wild Chase” ends with arrest of treed suspect in Southborough
This letter to the editor from resident David Parry is his open letter alleging corruption related to the St Mark’s Street and Park project and pushing for a police investigation. Read the full article → from Letter: Asking for Investigation into Corruption (Updated)
A GoFundMe has been setup to help a Southborough family with two young children who were displaced by a house fire. Read the full article → from GoFundMe for family displaced by fire
Above: The Town issued guidance information on respiratory illnesses in children, including a video featuring an Epidemiologist and a BOH member discussing RSV. (image from video) With a rise in respiratory illnesses in the state, including 4 children transported by the Southborough Fire Dept to the hospital in the past 2 months, the SFD and Public Read the full article → from SFD and Public Health issue info on respiratory illnesses impacting children
A state grant will help the Southborough Police Department purchase body-worn cameras. I followed up to get more details. Read the full article → from SPD to adopt body cams next year