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March 28th, 2008
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Promoting peace
Westborough - The Peer Leaders at Gibbons Middle School are (clockwise from top center) Ben Ridley, Jesse Blackwell, Nick Nunez, Michael Colbert, Colin Lees, Shane Anable, Eugene Jang, Amy Haskell, Anna Petrunich, Alison Strand, Stephanie Leach and Annie Loughlin. Missing from the photo are Michae... More...
Mahjong, anyone?

Shrewsbury - Shrewsbury residents Mary Needels, Anita Grell, Nancy Gallagher, Gloria Ross and Elayne Gilbert prepare to begin a game of Mahjong at the Shrewsbury Senior Center Feb. 29. The group is looking for people interested in playing the game, a Chinese tile game, Monday and Friday afternoons... More...

Folk dancing sessions celebrate Portuguese culture

Hudson - (back, l to r) Desirae Chaves, Nicole Breton, Victoria Sutherland, Grace Lopes, Haley Chaves, (front, l to r) Lexie Lopes and Nathan Chaves rehearse a folk dance March 13 at the first of two Thursday sessions at the Hudson Portuguese Club. More...


Ready for summer

Region - Splashing in the pool March 16 are Michele Quattrin and Kendall, 10 months, at a Pool Party hosted by the Assabet Valley Area Family Network (AVAFN) and held at the Boroughs Branch YMCA in Westborough. Other AVAFN swimmers attended a swim party the previous day. More...


School takes steps against online bullying

By Melissa Muntz Community Reporter Shrewsbury - Most parents keeping an eye on their children's computer conversations know what it means when their child is LOL (laughing out loud) at something they've read or that their friend will BRB (be right back) after dinner. More...


DOE, DOR support Assabet Valley Regional

Marlborough - School administrators at Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School (AVRTHS) can breathe a sigh of relief after recent statements issued by the Department of Education (DOE) and the Department of Revenue (DOR). More...


 Westborough
•CSX offers to help pay for signage
Westborough - Police Chief Alan Gordon said he received a nice surprise recently when he answered a call at his office and it was a representative from the railway conglomerate CSX offering financial assistance for signage to help divert trucks from the beleaguered East Main Street bridge owned b... More...
•Rare-book expert to speak at Willows
•School Committee discontinues late bus service
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 Northborough
•Stroll down Main Street, circa 1854
Northborough - The Northborough Historical Society will hold its monthly meeting Friday March 28 at 7:30 p.m. The evening's program will be A View from Dr. Ball's Porch," presented by Pat Doyle. More...
•Selectmen honor salon owners for generosity
•Yoong Tong Thai Restaurant
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 Shrewsbury
•'Road Scholars' fund-raiser scheduled
Shrewsbury - As the school budget tightens each year, many people have been looking for a way to help out. Now they'll have their chance. Organizers of the Shrewsbury Road Scholars 5K/ Fun Run said the event is designed to bring the community together to support Shrewsbury schools while promotin... More...
•Ski Ward Race Team continues its winning ways
•Sandra Fryc joins race for School Committee
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 Southborough
•Registered offender restrictions to be decided
Southborough - Town Meeting voters will be asked to decide if Southborough's bylaws should include restrictions for registered sex offenders. The Board of Selectmen received a presentation of the article from Southborough Police Chief William Webber and Officer David Hagen at its March 18 meetin... More...
•'Coolhead Luke' creators visit Southborough
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 Marlborough
•Council plans 'interfaith dialog'
Marlborough - On Sunday April 27 at 2 p.m., the Interfaith Council of Marlborough invites anyone in the Marlborough/Hudson area to an educational event that introduces Islam, the religion of Muslims. The format of Islam 101 will be an interview; Saadat Syed will be interviewed by Rev. Karen Nell... More...
•Committee sponsors two competitions to promote recycling
•Library hosts Irish Magic Show
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 Hudson
•Longtime tradition continues
Hudson - Bryan Hureau (right), of Hudson Boy Scout Troop 235, works at the 35th Annual Boy Scout Pancake Breakfast, held March 16 and enjoyed by (seated, l to r) Rory Callum-King, 5; father, Andrew King; and Connor, 9. According to Bryan, lines were already waiting in front of the Hudson Elks Ha... More...
•Hudson High faculty to hold recital
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 Region
•Lily and the Easter lilies
Region - Lily, Mugford's Flower Shoppe's friendly mascot, and Claudine Arujo from Southborough enjoy the colorful Easter display in the Westborough store March 14. More...
•AV Chamber auction slated for March 28
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 Viewpoint
•Convoys in Iraq safer, but stressful
Editor's note: Doug Grindle, our Marlborough community reporter, has returned to the Middle East and is currently embedded with U.S. troops in Iraq. 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. More...
•The $6 million dollar slam
•Letters
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 Schools
•Shrewsbury resident studies life of Walter J. Paton
Shrewsbury - Who was Walter J. Paton? On Wednesday April 2 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Shrewsbury Senior Center, Erica Bodden will be addressing just that question. Bodden, a 19-year resident of Shrewsbury, has recently become an amateur historian. She caught the history bug when her two son... More...
•Peer leaders recognize classmates for peace eff orts
•Shrewsbury High celebrates Black History Month
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 Police Log
•police log
The information in the police log is obtained directly from the official records maintained at each police station in our circulation area. It contains arrests and a sampling of police activity from 3/11 to 3/23/08. Those arrested are innocent until proven guilty. More...
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 Sports
•Girls lacrosse team seeking back-to-back titles
Shrewsbury - A dozen veterans from last year's Central Mass. Championship girls lacrosse team return to the fold for Shrewsbury High and fifth-year coach Becky Moisan. "We have a good nucleus back: a lot of kids who were on the team last year and know what to expect and want to be a part of it a... More...
•We are the champions!
•We are the champions: Part II!
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 Business
•Dolan, Maloney & Melfa
Westborough - With the next generation getting ready to come on board, Dolan, Maloney & Melfa Insurance and Financial Services illustrates an important feature of insurance and investments - stability. More...
•Select GMAC Real Estate
•Woman's Club to host fashion show
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 Homes
•The Real Estate Market is Back!
Let me be the first to announce that the real estate market we'd all come to love may actually be back in force at last. Contrary to what the media chooses to report on a day-to-day basis, I can tell you that things here in the trenches have really been amazing over the past few weeks. More...
•Durkin receives top real estate awards
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 Obituaries
•Elizabeth M. Moffitt, 84
Northborough - Elizabeth M. (Bannon) Moffitt, 84, died at home Friday, March 14, 2008 surrounded by her loving family, following an illness. More...
•M. Patricia Gibson, 73
•Ann E. Jablonski, 77
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