It’s the first snow day of the year. Schools in Southborough — along with Algonquin — are closed today due to the weather. Forecasts say we’re in for three to six inches. Read the full article → from School canceled today
Weather
Photos: It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
It was the best of both worlds with the snow this weekend: not enough to really mess up the roads, but enough to make things simply beautiful. Take a look. Read the full article → from Photos: It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Fire department members commended for storm preparedness work
Last month I told you that Southborough had earned status as a StormReady community, only the ninth in Massachusetts to meet the requirements. A ceremony at Tuesday night’s Board of Selectmen honored the work of Southborough Firefighter/EMT Neal Aspesi and Fire Chief John Mauro Jr. in achieving the certification. You can read more about the Read the full article → from Fire department members commended for storm preparedness work
The first snowball of the year
More like an ice ball, really. Read the full article → from The first snowball of the year
What month is it again?
This is what those of us in Southborough woke up to this morning. Not very October-like. Read the full article → from What month is it again?
Bring on the storms, Southborough is ready
As New Englanders, we’re no strangers to severe weather — just look to the July flood for a recent example. Thanks to a lot of work by the town’s emergency perparedness groups, Southborough is now even more prepared than ever to deal with weather threats. Southborough recently became certified by the National Weather Service (NWS) and Read the full article → from Bring on the storms, Southborough is ready
Pictures from last Friday’s storm
It’s been a stormy summer, no doubt about it. The latest storm to rumble through brought a big tree down across Oak Hill Road on Friday. A reader who lives nearby sent in these photos. (Thanks, Kris!) Read the full article → from Pictures from last Friday’s storm
Lower level of the library likely closed for several more weeks
The Southborough Library is still cleaning up from the epic storm two weeks ago, and the lower level will likely be closed “well into August” said Facilities Manager Phil Rinehart. While the clean up happens, Rinehart said he planned to meet with library and town officials to figure out how to prevent similar flooding in Read the full article → from Lower level of the library likely closed for several more weeks
Southborough DPW will be ‘cleaning up for weeks’
Repairing streets, stabilizing eroded shoulders, and cleaning up debris after last week’s massive storm will keep the Southborough Department of Public Works busy for weeks Superintendent Karen Galligan told me recently. The storm dumped more than 4.5 inches of rain on the town in just over two hours. “That is a very unusual occurrence,” Galligan Read the full article → from Southborough DPW will be ‘cleaning up for weeks’
Photos from Wednesday’s storm
Southborough resident Nancy Gould took some photos of the storm that rolled through on Wednesday afternoon that left her yard looking more like January than July. That white stuff is hail. Read the full article → from Photos from Wednesday’s storm
Children’s room at Southborough Library likely closed for multiple weeks
The library is a great place to take the kids on rainy days, but not this week. Facilities Director Phil Rinehart told me the lower level at the library — including the children’s section and meeting rooms — was flooded with approximately 2 to 3 inches of water on Tuesday and will be closed indefinitely. Read the full article → from Children’s room at Southborough Library likely closed for multiple weeks
Lightning strikes police station, officer injured
It comes as no surprise that yesterday was a busy day for emergency responders (looks like today might be too), but police and fire crews responded to one call yesterday that was a little too close to home. At around 2:15 pm, lightning struck the police station. An officer who was in the garage at Read the full article → from Lightning strikes police station, officer injured
Wild weather continues
You probably heard the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for Hopkinton, Holliston and Milford. It expired about 45 minutes ago. What are things like in your neck of town? Update: Reports of hail on the south side of town, but no tornado touched down. Read the full article → from Wild weather continues
Heavy rain brings flooding, road closures, lightning strikes
I wasn’t in town yesterday afternoon, but I hear there was quite a deluge. The Metrowest Daily News has a rundown of the damage, including a lightning strike at the police station: In Southborough, flooding led to road closures on Parkerville Road, Main Street at Parkerville Road, and Boston Road, police said. The worst flooding Read the full article → from Heavy rain brings flooding, road closures, lightning strikes