Southborough – Southborough officials have announced that the town will be receiving nearly $50,000 from the Federal Emergency Management System (FEMA) to help pay for the costs associated with two of last year’s major storms. Neal P. Aspesi, the director of operations for Southborough Emergency Management, said that the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) has [...]
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Hudson – Has your child been bullied? Has the school addressed the bullying to your satisfaction? To learn about the new law requiring school wide efforts to create safe and supportive schools, as well as ways to address bullying in your child’s IEP to complement these efforts, come to an informative workshop to be held [...]
“I’ve been playing since I was 4 years old. My earliest memories are playing with my dad out in the driveway. We would play Horse and one-on-one, and it really helped me develop a passion for the game.”
Valuable lessons for all ages Southborough – Second-graders share stories they wrote in their journals with Viola Bigelow Laptewicz, more commonly known as Auntie Vi, during a class at the Woodward Elementary School. Several seniors visit second- and third-grade classes each week as participants in an intergenerational program, made possible by a grant from BayPath [...]
Region – Today is Friday, March 23. On this day in 1839, the initials “O.K.” are first published in The Boston Morning Post. The phrase was meant as an abbreviation of “oll correct,” a popular slang misspelling at the time of “all correct”. In 1775 American Revolution hero Patrick Henry uttered his famous phrase – [...]
Northborough – Tara Aho and her daughter, Lily Guzman, 2, listen to a story read by children’s librarian Laura Brennan during the March 21 session of “Mother Goose on the Loose” at the Children’s Program Room of the Northborough Free Library. Children up to age 2 and their caregivers are learning to use books, rhymes, [...]