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April 4, 2008
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Art exchange focuses on 'world community'
Shrewsbury - Floral Street School art teacher Robert Wilson and (back, l to r) fourth-graders Luke Xu, Cherise Connolly, Allison Ross, Alexander Dejeu, (front) Harrison Luo and Madeline Konz hold some of the approximately 50 pieces of artwork that are part of the school's Art Exchange program. More...
Northborough 4-H club visits seniors
By Julia Cho Contributing Writer

Northborough - Recently, the Northborough 4-H Rabbit and Guinea Pig Club paid a visit to the Hearthstone Assisted Living Residence in Hopkinton, bringing along a few four-legged friends to visit with some of the residents there. More...

Marlborough streets show signs of spring

Marlborough - A sign of spring is the Marlborough Street Department making good use of the improving weather, making road repairs of potholes and more. On March 21, a downed wire burned a hole into Sudbury Street and required a temporary patch. More...


Selectmen fear future without override
By Melissa Muntz Community Reporter

Shrewsbury - Calling it the worst budget situation he has ever seen, Shrewsbury Board of Selectmen Chair Maurice DePalo set the record straight for people who believe the $2. More...


Committee looks for ways to increase revenue
By Ken Powers Community Reporter

Westborough - In an eff ort to create revenue through currently untapped sources, the School Committee discussed at a recent meeting the possibility of re-instituting a parking fee for High School students who drive to school as well as re-examining the fees it charges to rent building space to More...


Area towns join local Reverse 911 system
By Ken Powers Community Reporter

Region - Westborough, Northborough and Shrewsbury have all signed up to participate in the Worcester Regional Alerting System, better known as Reverse 911. Southborough, Hudson and Marlborough have all been invited to join but have not yet officially done so. More...


Brown family plans to re-open popular store
By Ken Powers Community Reporter

Northborough - When Paula Yankee was growing up in town, she spent many afternoons and evenings sitting in the basement of her 43 Northgate Road home with her brothers, watching one of the six televisions that seemed to be on around the clock. More...


 Westborough
•Student named state volleyball 'Player of the Year'
Westborough - In the hustle and bustle during the five minutes between classes at Westborough High School (WHS), senior Mina Baban, bookbag slung over her shoulder, looks like every other high school student in any given hallway. More...
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 Northborough
•Community rallies around arson victims
Northborough - Fire Chief David Durgin said he was hopeful an arrest would be made soon of the person or persons who set fire to a building at the Northborough Shopping Center, 243 West Main St., March 25. More...
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 Shrewsbury
•Recycling increases allow for larger containers
Shrewsbury - With the possibility of a pay-as-you-throw trash removal on the horizon, town health officials said they expect to see a drastic increase in the amount of recycling that's left at the curb. To help accommodate the increase, the department is now allowing people to use recycling bins... More...
•Get fit while helping Shrewsbury schools
•Children's Fund meets food drive goal for first quarter
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 Southborough
•Trammell Crow withdraws plans to build 40B housing
Southborough - Trammell Crow, which was planning to build a 200-unit condominium development on land in town located north of Route 9 and east of Interstate 495, notified the town last month that it has halted plans for the project. More...
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 Marlborough
•Marlborough prepares for Earth Day celebration
Marlborough - Local environmental activists are teaming up with city officials Saturday May 3 to host a community Earth Day celebration. The event will off er a full day of events, including fun family games like "Toss the Trash" to a citywide clean-up eff ort. More...
•City councilors look for savings
•Girl Scouts send cookies to U.S. troops
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 Hudson
•Playful war gamer wins
Hudson - Pete English, a member of the Old Colony War gamers, watches over Ian Blecker, 12, who won a $10 gift certificate from Papa Gino's for his outstanding achievement playing with miniature replicas March 29 at the Hudson Public Library. The two teams played "Attack of the Terminator" and "A... More...
•Youth group hosts 30-hour fast to raise awareness
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 Region
•Chamber of Commerce focuses on education
Region - Twenty-five high school students were honored as Corridor Nine (C9) Chamber of Commerce's 2008 Scholastic Award Recipients at a March 27 Membership Breakfast at the Doubletree Hotel in Westborough. More...
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 Viewpoint
•Woman's Club to host u upcoming events
To the editor: edito The Westborough Woman's Club would like to thank the community and all who attended our Holiday House Tour. It Ho was a wonderful success thanks wond to the many participants. More...
•Veterans thank community for donations
•Newcomers Club donates to Recreation Department
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 Schools
•Fales Parent Group holds fund-raising raffle
PHOTO/MARY PRITCHARD Westborough - Firstgraders Michaela Clancy and Troy Kanji check out the baskets that were raffle items at the Fales Elementary School's annual Silent Auction and Shoebox Raffle March 15. The Fales Parent Group organized and hosted the event, which included raffles, a silent auct... More...
•Pardees named to dean's lists
•School Committee paints grim picture of override-less future
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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 3/18-3/30/08. Those arrested are innocent until proven guilty. More...
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 Sports
•Local sports roundup
Immaculate Conception basketball team advances to Catholic League final
Marlborough - The seventh and eighth-grade girls basketball team of the Immaculate Conception School of Marlborough reached the final of the Catholic League, where it lost a hard-fought contest, 24-20, to Holy Name of Worcester. More...
•Boys basketball coach Paul Bilodeau retires
•Shrewsbury eighth-graders take championship
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 Business
•Kittredge Insurance Agency
For experienced insurance agents and top-notch service
Northborough - Insurance is one of those products that you don't truly appreciate until you need it. Proper insurance coverage does not necessarily mean the least or most expensive; it's more a matter of carefully matching each client's individual needs to the vast selection of available products... More...
•Marlborough Savings Bank
•Gift for all ages
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 Homes
•Death and Taxes
"In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." This of course is a famous quote from one of our country's founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin. It's hard not to think about taxes as the April 15 tax deadline looms. Most reasonable people understand that local taxes are n... More...
•Werme receives International Diamond Society Award
•Bellino receives International Diamond Society Award
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 Obituaries
•George N. Kalil, 91
Shrewsbury - George N. "Bob" Kalil, 91, devoted husband, father and grandfather, passed away Saturday, March 8, 2008, surrounded by his family, in the University of Massachusetts Hospital. More...
•Warren S. Earhart, 90
•David F. Blanchard, 80
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