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Northborough/Southborough Newsletter

List of posts to be included in the Northborough/Southborough newsletter email.

Northborough approves cutting trees in Edmund Hill Conservation Area

NORTHBOROUGH – The Northborough Conservation Commission agreed earlier this month to spend $4,600 from its conservation fund to remove hazardous trees from 0 Whitney...

Northborough DPW thanks Assabet students for help building new Water Department building

Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School students helped build a new building for the Northborough Water Department.

Plans approved for Northborough Bartlett Street contractor’s yard

Efforts to build a new contractor’s yard on Bartlett Street in Northborough are moving forward after Planning Board approval last month.

Algonquin rugby beats Brookline

By Kelly Burneson, Contributing Writer  NORTHBOROUGH - The Algonquin boys rugby team beat Brookline 26-0 in a game that Brookline called during halftime due to...

Zach Newbould headlines Northborough’s Summer Concert Series

Hundreds of people gathered at Northborough’s Ellsworth McAfee Park on July 23 to see Zach Newbould perform for several hours.

Northborough residents ‘go out doors’ for public art exhibit

The Northborough Cultural Council’s public art exhibit “Go Out Doors – Northborough" is now open at Ellsworth McAfee Park.
Southborough Kindergroup participants of all ages march and stroll in the Southborough Heritage Day parade. (Photo/Ed Karvoski Jr.)

Southborough’s Heritage Day celebration returns for 47th year

By Ed Karvoski Jr., Contributing Writer SOUTHBOROUGH – Columbus Day is a particularly special occasion in Southborough. That’s when fans of parades and pumpkins gather...

Algonquin, Shrewsbury battle on the court until the last buzzer

The Shrewsbury High School boys basketball team faced off against Algonquin Regional High School on Jan. 17 on the Titans’ home turf.

Algonquin welcomes new baseball coach

Ken MacDonald — who works at Algonquin Regional High School — was recently named the school’s varsity baseball coach.

A furry friend in Northborough

      NORTHBOROUGH - A photographer in Northborough recently snapped a photo of a lone fox peering around the base of a tree on a neighbor’s...

Algonquin baseball advances in state championship tournament

Algonquin High School baseball will continue its season tomorrow after a preliminary round victory in the state playoffs.

Singer-songwriter, record collector, Monkees fan shares longtime passions

By Ed Karvoski Jr., Contributing Writer Region – Singer-songwriter and guitarist Mick Lawless, a Southborough native now residing in Milford, began collecting vinyl records as...
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Northborough Planning Board questions planned on-site concrete plant in Steris Corp. expansion plans

By Sara Brown, Contributing Writer NORTHBOROUGH - The Northborough Planning Board opted to again wait to make a decision on a special permit request from...
A property on Main St. in Southborough is at the center of several recent discussions about Southborough’s demolition delay bylaw. Photo/Dakota Antelman

Southborough selectmen tell Historical Commission to stop using documents with ‘potentially illegal’ information

By Susan Gonsalves, Contributing Writer SOUTHBOROUGH – Selectmen recently voted to have town counsel instruct the Historical Commission to stop using certain documents related to...

Coffee shop aims to serve coffee with an international flair 

By Jeffery Theodore, Contributing Writer NORTHBOROUGH - Coffee is king back in Alexis and Osiris Vallejos’ native Nicaragua. Locally, Alexis and Osiris are working to continue...

Park Central 40B project in Southborough revised

A proposed 40B project could see 200 units of housing built on 17.38 acres off Flagg Road, Park Central Drive and Blackthorn Drive.

Northborough selectmen appoint interim town administrator

As the search for a new town administrator gets underway, the Board of Selectmen have appointed Bob Reed as interim administrator.

Northborough resident to play Division 1 football at University of Michigan

By Dakota Antelman, Contributing Writer Westborough/Northborough - Northborough’s Greg Crippen capped a winding road to football fame, Dec. 16, by signing his national letter of...
Esther Valverde Collado leads BINGO at a new world language class Neary. (Photo/Laura Hayes)

Southborough’s Neary school launches new world languages program

SOUTHBOROUGH – Joy Head’s fourth grade classroom at Margaret A. Neary School was filled with excitement on a recent Tuesday afternoon.  The students were playing...

Harlem Wizards come to Northborough for schools fundraiser

Fans gathered to see the Harlem Wizards face off against a team of teachers and staff called the Borough Breakers.Â