Over-staying its welcome?
      Shrewsbury - Local residents are up in arms against a building project that has been proposed for a two-acre wooded lot at the intersection of Route 9 and Lake Street. The plan calls for a four-story 121-suite extended stay Value Place Hotel. The door was opened for this last year when the parcel...
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Correction
      In the article "Yolanda Cellucci to be guest speaker at upcoming luncheon" in the Sept. 7 issue of the "Community Advocate," the phone number listed for the Marlborough Regional Chamber of Commerce was incorrect. The phone number to call to register for the event is 508- 485-7746.
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Report from Afghanistan: Trying to convert Afghan villagers
By Doug Grindle Community Reporter
      Editor's note: For six weeks, our Marlborough Community Reporter Doug Grindle is again embedded with U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. While there, he plans to send us articles whenever he can to provide our readers with glimpses of what is going on in the region.
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