Westborough - Don Shapleigh and Ziggy Porada, both active Westborough Civic Club members, provide a welcome gift to David Russo and Cam Sowa of the Assabet Valley Pastoral Counseling Center, located at 8 Church St., in support of their work with the community. More...

Northborough - Julie Meininger looks at a book with her children Justin, 8, and Nathan, 6, during the grand opening of the Northborough Free Library March 15. More...

Shrewsbury - Several petition articles on the Town Warrant are seeking change in the way Shrewsbury government does business. More...

Southborough - Currently on exhibit at the Arts Center at Southborough is "Collage: Process and Product." The show explores the rich and unique art medium of collage, which includes pasted papers, altered books, mixed media, assemblage and much more. More...

Marlborough - With the snow melted, Marlborough residents are finally able to clear the down trees and limbs left after the Dec. 12, 2008, ice storm. More...

Hudson - (l to r) Christina McGrath, of Marlborough; Brittney Carnes, of Hudson; Margaret Scheiner, of Maynard; Ryan Gilles, of Bolton; Charles Tocci, of Hudson; Shauna Geagan, of Marlborough; Garrett Wellen, of Sudbury; and Emily Stewart, of Worcester, announce the kick-off of the Mega Raffle 2009. Grand prize is $50,000 and tickets are $50 each. More...

Dear Editor: Some decisions are hard to make. Worthy causes are in desperate need of funds to function well or even survive. How do we, as a caring, sensitive community do the right thing? A while back, I was part of a tour group of Shrewsbury faculty, students, and residents who went to Russia. More...

Northborough/Southborough - Every 15 minutes March 11, a bell rang at Algonquin Regional High School (ARHS), a student left the class and a police office r entere d the class to announce the "death" of that student in an alcoholrelated crash. For the rest of the day, those students' desks were marked by black cloth and flowers. More...

Shrewsbury - It's been almost a fortnight since the events occurred on back-to-back days, but Shrewsbury in particular and Central Massachusetts in general is still basking in the glow of a pair of state championships. For starters, on March 14 the St. More...

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Stop in Sunday March 29, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., for the Spring Open House at Tower Hill Botanic Garden at 11 French Dr. in Boylston. More...

It appears that we may have turned the corner at last, and the first few weeks of March have seen a big job in sales activity here in Central Mass. and several multiple offer situations. More...

Shrewsbury - Lillian E. "Bettye" Brown, 84, formerly of Westborough, died Wednesday March 18, 2009, at the Shrewsbury Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was the wife of the late T. Leo Brown, who died in 1994. More...