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Southborough Town Meeting lowers voting age to 17
The 2024 Town Meeting is likely to feature many younger faces aftee the voting age was lowered for municipal elections and town meetings.
Government
Southborough voters approve articles opposing regional dispatch
Southborough voters at Town Meeting approved consecutive citizen’s petitions, pertaining to the town’s plans to join a regional dispatch.
Education
Town Meeting: School requests approved
Under Article 4, operating budgets, the School Department's request for $63,539,476 for fiscal 2024, was approved, 175-74.
Business
Lions Gate Spiritual and Wellness Center opens its gates
Seven months after it opened, Lions Gate Spiritual and Wellness Center held a formal ribbon cutting and open house on March 22.
Clinton Savings Bank opens seventh branch in Shrewsbury
Clinton Savings Bank has officially opened its doors for its new branch in Shrewsbury at Edgemere Crossing at Flint Pond.
Former Chateau in Westborough to become Asian restaurant
Plans filed with the town earlier this month would renovate and alter the space that was most recently the Chateau.
Zarape in Marlborough reopens after renovations
After being closed most of the winter for renovations, Zarape Mexican restaurant on Maple Street will re-open at 11 a.m. on Friday, March 24.
Sports
Marlborough resident leads Massachusetts Senior Games
For the first time in six years, there is new leadership at the Massachusetts Senior Games. Dennis Pollard was recently elected as chairman.
Colonials hockey team wins state championship
Shrewsbury High School captured its first-ever girls’ hockey State Championship with a 4-1 win over top-seeded St. Mary’s of Lynn, at TD Garden.
Grafton’s hockey title hopes dashed by Norwell in semifinals
The Grafton hockey team’s championship hopes were dashed in the MIAA Division 4 semifinals with a 5-1 loss to the No. 1 seed Norwell.
Shrewsbury hockey more than semi-tough, reaches D1 Final
Trailing 2-0 after one period, No. 3 seed Shrewsbury hockey team dug deep and rallied for a 4-3 win over No. 2 Notre Dame of Hingham.
Obituaries
Paul R. Zenaro, 56, formerly of Shrewsbury
Paul Richard Zenaro, 56, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, formerly of Sturbridge and Shrewsbury, passed away on March 15, 2023, surrounded by loved ones as he ended his extended battle with a rare cancer, malignant Myoepithelioma.
