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Harlem Wizards to face Borough Breakers in fundraiser for Northborough schools
Northborough - Algonquin Regional High School, 79 Bartlett St., Northborough, will host the Harlem Wizards Thursday, April 12 at 6 p.m. The Harlem Wizards...
‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’ musical to be performed at Hudson High
Hudson - Hudson High School’s fall musical, “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Musical” will be presented Nov. 17-19 and 21.
Birds, bees and butterflies at Westborough Library
Westborough – On Sunday, Feb. 11, from 1:30-2:30 p.m., the Westborough Community Land Trust will present a slide talk on Massachusetts pollinators by Dr....
Antique puzzle exhibit at Briarwood Gallery beginning Sept. 3
Region - The Briarwood Community will feature an exhibition of hand-cut wood jigsaw puzzles dating back nearly 200 years from the private collection of Briarwood resident Bob Armstrong. “The Wonderful World of Wood Puzzles: An Exhibition of Hand Cut Wood Jigsaw Puzzles,” will be on display at the Gallery of Briarwood, 65 Briarwood Circle, Worcester, Sunday, Sept. 3, through Thursday, Nov. 2.
Veterans Inc. to hold 14th Annual Stand Down
Event to support homeless & in-need veterans and their families June 14
Worcester - Veterans Inc., in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs,...
Community Harvest Project hosts 11th fest, fifth 5K
Grafton – Comfortably brisk autumn weather Nov. 5 attracted residents and visitors to the Brigham Hill Community Farm in North Grafton. There, the Community Harvest Project (CHP) hosted its 11th annual Harvest Home Festival.
Immaculate Conception School hosts STEM Night
Marlborough - Immaculate Conception School hosted its second annual STEM Night Nov. 17. Students from preschool to Grade 8 participated in hands-on STEM activities...
Apple Tree Arts to host community ice cream social
Grafton – The public is invited to celebrate the beginning of summer at Apple Tree Arts’ fifth annual Community Ice Cream Social Wednesday, June...
Former Red Sox pitcher Mike Timlin guest of honor at race to cure ALS
Hopkinton - The 10th annual Sharon Timlin Memorial 5K Race to Cure ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) will be held Saturday, June 15, at Hopkinton...
Shrewsbury Democrats to honor local activists at awards brunch Nov. 5
Shrewsbury - The Shrewsbury Democratic Town Committee (DTC) will honor five local activists next month at its biennial Eleanor Roosevelt Humanitarian Awards brunch Sunday, Nov. 5, at 10:30 a.m. at Highfields Golf & Country Club, 42 Magill Drive, Grafton.
Solomon Pond Mall hosts annual ‘Touch a Truck’ event
Roughly 1,300 children and their families clambered through cars and trucks at the Solomon Pond Mall’s “Touch a Truck” event June 3. The annual charity event raised money for Special Olympics Massachusetts and the Simon Youth Foundation.
Friends of Shrewsbury Library to host ninth annual Foreign Film Festival
Shrewsbury – The Friends of the Shrewsbury Public Library have announced the ninth annual February Foreign Film Festival every Sunday in February at 2...
Interact Club’s Painting Rocks for Peace Project inspires community
Northborough – Martin Luther King Jr. once said “Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.” The students who belong to the Interact Club of Northborough-Southborough understand that philosophy. Not only do they understand it, they embrace it while making a positive difference in their community.
Southborough Police Department to offer free workshop on personal safety
Southborough - The Southborough Police Department will offer a free 90-minute workshop at Trottier Middle School on techniques for personal safety involving an Active...
Overdose awareness vigil grows for its third year
Marlborough - Marlborough resident Kathy Leonard has mixed feelings about the growth of the annual International Overdose Awareness vigil she helps to organize in the city.
Local theater troupe to salute WWII women pilots
Westborough – In observance of Veterans Day, the Westborough Players’ Club (WPC) will present “Decision Height,” an award-winning, two-act play with music about a group of Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) who flew aircraft during World War II (WWII).
Northborough community to organize benefit for resident with rare form of cancer
Northborough - For over the past year, Charlene O’Driscoll has struggled with her health. In a lot of pain, she was in and out of the hospital while doctors tried to figure out what was wrong.
Spaghetti dinner to benefit local Boy Scouts
The Friends of Boy Scouts of America Troop 107 will sponsor a Spaghetti Dinner with 50/50 Raffle on Saturday, April 8, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at Grafton Congregational Church, 30 Grafton Common.
Next plastics collection set for March 18
The next Trex Film Plastics collection drive will take place on Saturday, March 18, at Kohl’s Northborough, 7102 Shops Way (back entrance), from 8 to 9 a.m.
Saint Mary Holly Fair to be held Dec. 2-3
Shrewsbury - Saint Mary School, located at 16 Summer St., in Shrewsbury, will host their annual Holly Fair Saturday, Dec. 2, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 3, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Stop by to shop for gifts and handmade crafts from a variety of new vendors, fresh wreaths, greens and cemetery boxes from Danielson Flowers and so much more.