Shrewsbury – Thanks to lowerthan expected power costs for 2010, Shrewsbury Electric and Cable Operations (SELCO) is extending a one-time electric rate cut to all customers. In a release, SELCO officials said the community owned and operated utility, “finds itself in an unusually strong financial position” and is “passing the savings on to all SELCO [...]
Shrewsbury – A fund-raiser in Shrewsbury Saturday, Dec. 4 aims to raise $150,000 for a new nonprofit organization that wants to raise awareness about an extremely rare and aggressive form of cancer. The eff ort is being spearheaded by Corrie Painter, an Oxford resident, graduate student and biochemist at UMass Medical School in Worcester. Painter [...]
Region – Sixteen potters from Massachusetts and Connecticut will exhibit their work at the Fire Works Annual Holiday Open Studio Friday, Dec. 3 through Sunday, Dec.5 at the Sprinkler Factory, located at 38 Harlow Street, Worcester. Potters John Bennard of Gardner, Deborah Diemente of Boylston, Mary Edwards of Shrewsbury, Ingrid Hathaway of Leicester, Chris Nevin [...]
The Jones/Sullivan families would like to take this opportunity to express our deepest gratitude and appreciation for all of the love, kindness and thoughtful gestures that have been bestowed upon us. Words cannot express how much we thank you for the expressions of sympathy and all the help provided. Anthony was special since the day [...]
Westborough – Jack M. Wilson was named the Good Scout Award winner at the Westborough Doubletree Hotel Nov. 17. Wilson, a Westborough resident, is also the University of Massachusetts president. He was given this prestigious acknowledgement at a dinner in his honor. Gov. Deval Patrick congratulated him in a letter that said: “I have seen [...]
Westborough – Mulligan’s is a friendly, family-run restaurant with an old-time tavern atmosphere that I had visited earlier this year when the comfortable sun porch off ered a summertime view of the putting green at the Westborough Country Club. This time, a cool, misty rain and the drone of leaf blowers meant fall cleanup at [...]
Just in the last week alone, I’ve been in several multiple-offer situations, in everything from simple 3BR ranches in the mid $200s, to homes over well into the $600s. Sellers, wary that the fall market is coming, have adjusted to the market conditions, worked on their homes to create the perfect product, and have been [...]