By Laura Hayes, Senior Community Reporter NORTHBOROUGH – A local eighth-grader is asking the Northborough School Committee to include Diwali as an observed holiday.  “The Town of Northborough observes numerous holidays — Christmas, Thanksgiving, Columbus Day or Indigenous People’s Day, Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah and many more,” said Ishita Urs during a Nov. 3 Northborough … Continue reading Northborough student asks for Diwali to be an observed holiday