Northborough/Southborough Newsletter

SOUTHBOROUGH - As 2021 winds down, the Community Advocate is taking a look back at major stories that shaped the past 12 months.  From COVID-19,...

NORTHBOROUGH – Northborough residents may be facing an average tax increase of $561 in the 2023 fiscal year, or 6.8 percent, according to a...

By Susan Gonsalves, Contributing Writer SOUTHBOROUGH - Southborough’s Board of Selectmen has reverted back to using its former name, at least until the Attorney General’s office...

NORTHBOROUGH - As 2021 winds down, the Community Advocate is taking a look back at major stories that shaped the past 12 months.  From COVID-19,...

By Susan Gonsalves, Contributing Writer SOUTHBOROUGH – A working group to develop Southborough's planned St. Mark’s Street pocket park will be composed of seven at-large members...

NORTHBOROUGH/SOUTHBOROUGH – The Public Schools of Northborough and Southborough’s Medical Advisory Team outlined recommended criteria to consider flexible masking at Algonquin Regional High School. One...

NORTHBOROUGH – Developers say they may be headed back to the drawing board after the Northborough Planning Board expressed hesitancy Dec. 7 to change...

REGION - A "rapid uptick" in COVID-19 cases has forced Algonquin Regional High School to ban student spectators from a slate of basketball games...

NORTHBOROUGH – Santa Claus, indeed, did come to town Dec. 18, although he wasn’t riding in a sleigh led by reindeer.  Residents throughout Northborough gathered...

NORTHBOROUGH - A longtime Hudson-based a cappella choir has relocated to Northborough. Now, Women of Note is planning a guest night to take place...

NORTHBOROUGH - Drone photography recently captured an aerial view of Northborough’s decorated tree overlooking the downtown area. Northborough celebrated its tree lighting earlier this...

REGION - The Algonquin High School boys hockey team ran away with a dominant 8-1 victory over Westborough, Wednesday night, notching a win in...

NORTHBOROUGH – Longtime Northborough Town Planner Kathy Joubert announced her retirement during a Dec. 7 Planning Board meeting. That marked her last meeting with the...

By Kevin J. Stone, Contributing Writer  NORTHBOROUGH/SOUTHBOROUGH - The Algonquin gymnastics team was in the process of making history when the world shut down due...

The Public Schools of Southborough is recommending that the district start its own extended day program next school year.

REGION - Local firefighters faced a complex scene Thursday as they responded to a series of "vehicle and structure fires" all on Fifth Avenue...

NORTHBOROUGH – Superintendent Gregory Martineau presented a preliminary budget of $26.9 million to the Northborough School Committee during their Dec. 2 meeting.   It called for...

NORTHBOROUGH - Representatives of the UMass Medical School Police Department set up shop in Northborough, Dec. 4 for a "stuff-a-cruiser" donation drive to benefit...

SOUTHBOROUGH – Families flocked to St. Mark’s School field on Dec. 4 for the return of a spectacular sight at Southborough’s 44th annual Santa...

NORTHBOROUGH – All of the playgrounds at Northborough schools will now be equally accessible after the school district helped build a ramp to a...