Webster – Shirley Mae (Ballard) Seymour, 84, formerly of Marlborough for many years, died Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2007 at Hubbard Regional Hospital – Transitional Care Unit after a brief illness. She was the wife of the late John Seymour Jr., who died in 1992. She leaves her daughters, Charlene Seymour and Sandy Pepka; her siblings, [...]
Marlborough – Marie Rose (Robert) Comeau, 94, died Monday, Nov. 19, 2007 at Marlborough Hills Nursing Home. She was the wife of the late Alphonse Comeau. She leaves her brother-in-law, Leon Wright, and her nieces and nephews, Doris Josephson and her husband, Arthur; Paul Plante; Robert Plante; Odette Luszcz; Yvonne Whidden; and Marcel Plante. She [...]
Marlborough – Albert P. Vandette, 88, died Saturday, Nov. 24, 2007 at UMass Memorial Healthcare in Worcester after being stricken ill at home. He leaves his wife of 52 years, Dorothy (Remick) Vandette, his children, Mary Ellen Moore and her husband, Kenneth; Philip Vandette and his wife, Joan; and Dorothy Vandette. He also leaves his [...]
Northborough – Marie M. (Brady) Ellsworth, 86, a Gold Star Mother, died peacefully at home Sunday, Nov. 25, 2007, surrounded by her loving family, after a long illness. Her husband, Edward Ellsworth, died in 1973. She leaves her five loving and devoted children, Maureen Sargent and her husband, Charles; Edward Timothy Ellsworth; Sheila Cummings and [...]
Shrewsbury – Judith A. "Judy" (Towns) Defino, 70, died at home Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2007 after her courageous battle with ovarian cancer. Her husband and best friend of 50 years, Robert Defino, died in January. She leaves her daughters, Margaret Dell'Olio, Elizabeth McMullan, Kathy Couture and Diane Rutigliano; her siblings, William Towns and Norma Killeen; [...]
Southborough – Troop 92 of Southborough will host its Annual Holiday Kids' Shop Saturday Dec. 1 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Woodward School cafeteria, 28 Cordaville Road (Route 85). This event provides children a safe and aff ordable place to buy gifts for parents, siblings, grandparents, teachers, babysitters and even pets. All [...]
Southborough – Preliminary approval has been granted by MassHousing for a pair of major Chapter 40B projects proposed for town, as well as for a smaller-scale development. Trammell Crow and AvalonBay have designed plans to construct 200-unit apartment complexes on Route 9 near Interstate 495. Both projects will need the approval of Southborough's Zoning Board [...]
Editor's note: Our Marlborough Community Reporter Doug Grindle has returned from Afghanistan and Iraq, where he was embedded with U.S. troops. While there, he sent us reports whenever he could so that we could provide our readers with a glimpse of what's going on in the region. As always, we are grateful to Doug and [...]
Woman's Club thanks community To the Editor: The Westborough Woman's Club would like to thank the Westborough and surrounding communities for their outpouring of clothing for Abby's House. The message went out and the calls came in. Thank you to everyone for all the business attire that you shared with other women in need. By [...]