Westborough – North Star Figure Skating Club is hosting its 2009 Open House Saturday Jan. 3, 2009, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Open House is a day of free ice skating lessons, games, prizes and a skating exhibition. The event will be held at the Northstar Youth Forum, 15 Bridle Lane, Westborough. Registration [...]
Shrewsbury – Oak Middle School eighth-graders and members of the Oak Middle School Select Choir (l to r) Sydney Folsom, Abbey May, Olivia Huynh, Umbreen Majid and Adam Proch perform at the Spring Street School Coff ee House and Craft Fair Dec. 4. The school's Parent Teacher Organization hosted the event, which included a craft [...]
In a move that will save the town $70,000, Shrewsbury Public Schools have hired a clinical coordinator. The new coordinator will provide a variety of services previously provided by several independent consultant agencies, including professional development for staff , consulting district-wide programs, and providing clinical services and support to the town's traditional and Special Education [...]
Westborough – Students at Fales Elementary School in Westborough enjoy the recent science presentation made during the Discover Museum's Traveling Science Workshop. The event encouraged students' curiosity and passion for science by including hands-on experience. The visit was made possible by the Fales Parent Group and Westborough School Department.
Marlborough – Third-grader Isabella Ramos makes her way along the buff et line at the first annual Family Dinner Night, held in November and sponsored by the Richer Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization. The menu included pasta, salad, meatballs, salad, rolls and homemade desserts. Proceeds will benefit the school's Cultural Arts Programs. After dinner, all [...]
Shrewsbury – On the heels of a memo from the Board of Selectmen outlining a bleak outlook for the upcoming budget season, school officials said they are prepared to come forward with a budget with limited, if any, improvements in terms of funding. "We will surface with a budget that is very, very lean, extremely [...]
Region – (l to r) Elizabeth Cahill, 13, of Northborough, Fatima Vakil, 12, of Shrewsbury, and Lucy Li (far right), 16, of Northborough, work with Daisy Fischer, emergency medicine physician from UMass Medical Center, on making splints during an Emergency Medicine Workshop at the Fifth Annual Northborough Junior Woman's Club "Women In Science and Math [...]
Region – Bancroft School in Worcester recently announced the school's 2008 Fall Sports Award recipients. From Northborough, senior Sarah Morris was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) for varsity cross country; middle school student Robert Wetzel was named MVP for varsity golf; Gabrielle DiBenedetto and Alexandra Rains were named Most Improved for middle school field hockey; [...]
Northborough – Daniel Moulton, 68, formerly of Westborough, died Wednesday Dec. 17, 2008, at home. He was the husband of Patricia (Pilecki) Moulton. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his sons, Daniel E. Moulton and Mark Moulton and his wife, Chilli; his daughter, Kristen Morrissey and her husband, Kenny; and his grandchildren, [...]
Marlborough – Cecelia C. (Byra) Chiras, 89, died Tuesday Dec. 16, 2008 at St. Patrick's Manor in Framingham. She was the wife of the late Anthony Chiras, who died in 2001. She is survived by her daughters, Patricia Cassidy, Kathleen Krilovich and her husband, Paul, and Mary Pacific and her husband, David; her brother, Joseph [...]