Westborough - Real-time training exercises complete with scenarios police officers are likely to encounter during a shift is just one of the ways the Westborough Police Department plans to use recently received funds from a federal grant program. More...

Northborough - On Thursday May 7 at 7 p.m., the Northborough Action Committee (NAC) will hold its 7th Annual Candidates' Night at the Marion E. Zeh School on Howard Street in Northborough. Candidates in contested races in the Monday May 11 Town Election will off er five-minute presentations and then be available for a question-and-answer period. More...

Shrewsbury - Shrewsbury Public Library is now accepting donations for its Annual Book Sale to be held Friday May 15, from 9 am. to 4 p.m.; Saturday May 16, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Sunday May 17 1 to 4 p.m. The library will accept hardcover books, paperback books, music CDs, DVDs and children's VHS tapes in good, clean and useable condition. More...

Southborough - Voters in both Southborough and Northborough get to choose who sits on the Northborough Southborough Regional School Committee in the Town Election Monday May 11. More...

Marlborough - (l to r) Julie and Pete Binkewicz of Marlborough prepare to run the 2009 Boston Marathon in memory of Erin (on poster), with the support of Erin's parents, Jim and Michelle Roderick of Hudson. More...

Hudson - A food drive to help restock the shelves of the Hudson Community Food Pantry, sponsored by the Hudson Democratic Town Committee, will be held at Town Meeting Monday May 4 at 7:30 p.m. at Hudson High School. More...

Region - On the second Saturday in May - this year it's May 9 - letter carriers in more than 10,000 cities and towns across America will do more than deliver mail as they make their postal rounds. They also will collect food during the 17th annual NALC Stamp Out Hunger National Food Drive, the largest one-day food drive in the nation. More...

Andy MacIsaac is a new kind of candidate for the board of selectmen position that will be voted on this May 5th in Shrewsbury. Andy has been educated locally at Assumption College and received his Master's at Harvard University. In his role as a senior marketing manager with IBM, Andy works with State, County and Local governments from across the country. More...

Region - (l to r) Millbury High student Peter Bott; Shrewsbury High School student Elizabeth Traynor; State Sen. Michael Moore, D-Millbury; and Millbury High Student Christopher Naff gather at the State House April 3 for the 62nd annual Student Government Day. More...

Region - Six Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School (AVRTHS) students lead the list of basketball all-stars named by the Colonial Athletic League (CAL) recently. Named to the girls basketball all-star team were Aztecs Samantha Kerrigan and sisters Vanessa and Chelsea Joubert. More...

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Region - Whether you need downed trees cleaned up, flower beds dug, a patio laid, retaining walls built, regular lawn maintenance or the installation of a 30-foot waterfall, McCarthy's Landscaping has the designers and skilled landscapers needed to get the job done. More...

It happens every April in my home. The fever pitch builds as the last of the Kentucky Derby prep races finishes. My husband says you must be passionate about things in life and one of his passions is horse racing. More...

Lancaster - Robert J. Bodreau, 50, formerly of Northborough, died Saturday April 18, 2009, at UMass/ Memorial Medical Center (University Campus) in Worcester, after a heart attack. More...