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Marlborough schools put on an (art) show

Visitors trudged through an early spring snow to warm up to a variety of media, from digital and video to graphic design and ceramics.

Assabet Valley receives $250,000 skills capital grant

Superintendent Ernest F. Houle has announced that Assabet has been awarded a $250,000 grant as part of the Skills Capital Grant program.
A young person smiles while sitting in the cab of a Marlborough DPW truck. (Photo/Jesse Kucewicz)

Marlborough’s Early Childhood Center hosts ‘touch-a-truck’ event

By Jesse Kucewicz, Contributing Writer MARLBOROUGH - A choir of honking horns could be heard from the Marlborough Early Childhood Center (ECC) parking lot on...

From cable to YouTube, Marlborough schools get the word out

Communications Coordinator Jill Morin presented an overview on how students, staff and families use social media and WMCT.

Marlborough schools increase pay rates for substitutes

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Substitutes in the Marlborough Public Schools will now make more money following a unanimous vote by the School Committee last week. 

Marlborough school program offers help for families in need

Last year, Marlborough Public Schools began offering wraparound services to assist less fortunate families.

Marlborough ECC Director takes one for the Jimmy Fund

By Cindy Zomar, Education Coordinator MARLBOROUGH - Andrew Bernabei, Director of Marlborough’s Early Childhood Center (ECC), is not sure where the disposable hazmat suit came...

Costs for Marlborough school HVAC upgrades may exceed projections

Planned upgrades at Marlborough’s elementary schools to relieve heat problems could cost $2 million more than initially anticipated.

Citizen’s Scholarship Foundation of Marlborough is ramping up to increase awards

By Cindy Zomar, Education Coordinator MARLBOROUGH -  In 1989 a group of like-minded Marlborough residents recognized that some students were giving up on their dream...

Marlborough Babe Ruth League awards three scholarships

By Cindy Zomar, Education Coordinator MARLBOROUGH - Three high school graduates were recently celebrated at a short ceremony at Stevens Field in Marlborough, where they...

State grant bolsters Assabet’s HVAC program

The funding will allow Assabet to modernize and expand HVAC instructional lab space to triple enrollment at the school over the next 3 years.
Marlborough Mayor concerned with Phase two of vaccine rollout.

Marlborough teachers’ union welcomes COVID vaccine, administrators warn of dose shortages

Gov. Baker just prioritized teachers to receive COVID-19 vaccines. But school administrators are worried shots may still be hard to come by. 

Marlborough to continue Public Service College Internship Program

Marlborough is bringing back an internship program for local college students. Nearly a decade old, the program paused in 2020 due to COVID.
Marlborough Mayor concerned with Phase two of vaccine rollout.

Public hearing set for 2022 Marlborough Schools budget

By Vicki Greene, Contributing Writer MARLBOROUGH—A final state budget isn’t expected until July 1 at the start of the next fiscal year. But Marlborough Public...

Marlborough resident receives scholarship from Lifeworks

A Marlborough resident attending Worcester State University recently earned a $500 scholarship from Lifeworks.

Contract negotiations delay 2025 fiscal year budgets

Budget season for both the city and Marlborough Public Schools (MPS) has been delayed pending contract negotiations with several unions within MPS.

Foundation funds Green Jobs Academy courses for local students

Green Jobs Academy, the weatherization workforce training program, has received a $50,000 grant from the Foundation for MetroWest.

No settlement in bus driver dispute affecting Marlborough and Westborough

After spending most of Friday and Saturday at the negotiating table, Teamsters Local 170 and NRT Bus appear no closer to a contract settlement.

Marlborough High’s band marches past summer camp and toward fall season

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A yearly tradition, the marching band camp welcomed musicians from eighth to 12th grade for about a week before the start of the school year.

Marlborough High juniors get a dose of financial ‘reality’

Marlborough High School students learned the ins and outs of money management at the annual Reality Fair on Oct. 25.