Region – Here are the six top stories for the week of May 13 to May 19 –
1. The week started off with a sad story as news broke of a little boy drowning in an apartment complex pool in Westborough.
2. At the end of the day, Monday, May 14, Board of Selectmen incumbents in three local elections – Hudson, Northborough and Southborough – retained their seats.
http://communityadvocate.com/2012/05/15/incumbents-win-hudson-selectmens-race/
http://communityadvocate.com/2012/05/14/boland-wins-a-third-selectmen-term-in-southborough/
3. A vote for a debt exclusion for a new Fire Station in Westborough failed in a special election Tuesday, May 15.
http://communityadvocate.com/2012/05/15/westborough-voters-say-no-to-new-fire-station/
4. Controversy is escalating in Marlborough as the teachers union takes a vote of no confidence against the School Superintendent Dr. Anthony Pope.
http://communityadvocate.com/2012/05/17/marlborough-superintendent-responds-to-no-confidence-vote/
5. A story about a new scouting initiative has gotten a lot of attention from C.A. readers.
6. Marlborough's Patty Zilembo was honored in Boston Wednesday, May 15, as one of the commonwealth's unsung heroines.
http://communityadvocate.com/2012/05/17/marlboroughs-patty-zilembo-honored-as-unsung-heroine/