Region – As the coronavirus continues to spread throughout the country, many local schools, businesses and organizations are postponing or cancelling events until the threat is more under control. If you would like us to share news of your organization doing so, please email the details to [email protected].
The following events have been cancelled or postponed as of March 17.
March 14 – Marlborough – Marlborough Democratic Caucus – cancelled. New date still to be determined.
March 14 – Northborough – The Algonquin Regional High School’s Student Council Putting for Patients Event in coordination with the Jimmy Fund – postponed. For more information contact Will Hurley, ARHS Student Council at 508-471-0831 or email [email protected].
March 14 – Marlborough – Mayor’s Charity Ball – postponed.
March 14-15 – Thimble Pleasures Quilt Guild, Blackstone Valley High School, Upton – cancelled. himble Pleasures Quilt Guild will reschedule their 2020 Quilt Show. If you purchased tickets for the Raffle Quilt, hold onto them, the drawing will be held on the new date. Visit https://thimblepleasuresquiltguild.blogspot.com/p/quilt-show-2020.html for the new dates when they become available
March 14-15 – Marlborough – Paradise City Arts Marlborough – postponed until June 12-14
March 15 – Marlborough – Marlborough Girl Scouts – the 100th Anniversary Celebration – postponed.
March 15 – Assabet Valley Mastersingers concert – cancelled
March 19 – Northborough – Algonquin Regional High School Best Buddies Coffeehouse – cancelled
March 20 – Westborough – Corridor 9/495 Chamber of Commerce – membership breakfast cancelled
March 20-21, 28- 29 – Shrewsbury – Regatta Players “Over the Rivers and Through the Worlds” postponed to May 30-31 and June 5-6
March 21 – North Grafton – Central Mass Regional Drive-Through Recycling & Reuse Event – cancelled. Future dates for this event in 2020 include: April 4, June 13, August 8, and November 7. The events are hosted by WECAN and the communities of Grafton, Northborough, Shrewsbury and Westborough, and is open to all surrounding communities. It will be held on the grounds of Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University. For more information and map, visit wecan-ma.org or contact Irene Congdon at 413-348-9353.
March 21 – Westborough Women’s Club – Rabies clinic – cancelled
March 21 – Shrewsbury Boy Scott Troop 114 16th Annual Community Pasta Supper – cancelled
March 21 -Westborough Community Land Trust “Snakes of New England and the World” – cancelled
March 22 – Westborough – Democratic Caucus – cancelled
March 24– Marlborough Historical Society “No Irish Need Apply” – cancelled
March 25 – Marlborough – Spaghetti Suppers, planned by the Men’s Fellowship of the First Church in Marlborough, Congregational – cancelled
March 25 – Shrewsbury Historical Society – “Doctor Edward Austin Flint: Physician of the American Revolutionary War” – cancelled
March 26-28 – Northborough Free Library Book Sale – cancelled
March 27 – Westborough Women’s Club Ladies Night Out – cancelled
March 27 – Marlborough Regional Chamber of Commerce “Boot Scooting Awards – postponed to June 5
March 28- Southborough – Town Meeting postponed until April 16
March 28– Baypath Humane Society of Hopkinton Fur Ball – cancelled
March 28 – Shrewsbury Education Foundation Trivia Night – postponed
March 29 – Rotary Club of Marlborough pancake breakfast – cancelled
April 1 – Westborough – Corridor Nine/495 Chamber of Commerce Business Expo – postponed to June 15.
April 3 – Worcester – Gala for Love benefit for the Mary Beth Bennison Foundation
April 3 – Marlborough – second annual Dodgeball Tournament to benefit the Hudson Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition – postponed
April 4– Worcester – Big Brother Big Sister of Metrowest/Central Mass. “Big Celebration” – cancelled
April 4 – Shrewsbury – First Community Walk for Mental Health – postponed to June 6
April 4-5 – Marlborough – Annual Spring Rummage Sale at First Church in Marlborough – cancelled.
April 26 – Westborough – 11th annual Walk to Benefit the Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Cure – cancelled