NORTHBOROUGH LOCAL NEWS & EVENTS, MA

Northborough- On June 4, students from Nate Uttaro's AP world history class at Algonquin Regional High School launched "Global Awareness Week" to raise awareness and funds to help solve world problems. "The purpose of the initiative was to see how students could creatively relay their message to other students and raise awareness on a world problem," Uttaro said.

  Northborough - Residents gathered in Northborough Monday 28 to honor the town's veterans with a parade and ceremonies at the war memorials. The day's...

Northborough - Northborough Junior Girl Scout Troop 30650 will be holding a pet food and supply drive from Friday, June 1 through Friday, June...

Northborough - Alex Glassman, 3, enjoys making soft pretzels during a session of Pre-K Cook & Create, offered by Northborough Recreation at the Southwest...

By Genevieve Jinson, Community Reporter Northborough ?Two members of the Northborough Lions Club met with the Board of Selectmen May 21 to outline a plan...

Northborough - The Friends of the Northborough Library, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has granted the first Library Service Award to Hayley...

Northborough - Northborough Helping Hands Association, Inc., a local nonprofit volunteer association, voted unanimously to make two significant monetary donations to the Northborough community...

Northborough - The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted at its May 21 meeting to accept a donation from Northborough resident Michael Beyranevand to purchase shade umbrellas for Assabet Park. Beyranevand is employed by Northborough Property Management, which is located across from Assabet Park. He told the board that he noticed last summer visitors to the park were huddled under the park's only tree that provided shade. (That tree was actually destroyed in the Oct. 29, 2011 snowstorm; as a result there is now no shade at the park.) Beyranevand contacted Allison Lane, the town's recreation director, and proposed an idea for an event to raise money to purchase shade umbrellas for the park.

Northborough – The deadline for orders for Phase 2 of the Friendship Brickway at the Northborough Senior Center has been extended until June 1. According...

Northborough Moms and Tots and Northborough Helping Hands Association, Inc. are once again teaming up to for the Fifth Annual Backpack Drive to benefit...

Northborough - Northborough resident and Algonquin Regional High ?School alumnus ("05) Keane Southard has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student grant to spend nine...

Northborough – The town of Northborough has released its status report on the downtown traffic improvement project May 21, 2012: • Currently: Completion of drainage...

Northborough - For midwife Dina Fraize, Mother's Day has a special meaning. In 1998, when Fraize was pregnant with her fifth child, her mother, Juanita Hayward, was diagnosed with colon cancer. Hayward, then 50, underwent surgery at UMass Memorial, performed by a Dana Farber doctor. "When my mother was diagnosed, my world came crashing down," Fraize said. "My insides felt like they dropped out of me. Mom was so young and had small grandchildren who were a huge part of her life. I just can't imagine being without my mom. She is my hero and my best friend. Everyone who knows her instantly loves her. She is so loving and nonjudgmental and kind."

Northborough- Northborough and Southborough teens have a new option for outdoor adventure, called Venture Crew 11. This unit is different from other Boy and Girl Scouts in town because it is co-ed, and its core focus is adventure and even high-adventure. Venture Crew 11 activities include sailing, canoeing, zip lining, backpacking, or whatever the crew decides to tackle. Jeffrey Somers, of Northborough, along with McKinley Hackett, of Southborough, came up with the idea at a BSA training event last year. The two got to talking and found that they had similar situations with daughters in high school who were interested in doing a variety of outdoor activities, and were looking for an organization that would provide that. They then formed a group of like-minded adults and teenagers and have reformed Crew 11 Venture as a joint Northborough/Southborough unit.

Northborough – Incumbents Jeff Amberson and William Pantazis have won their bids for re-election in Northborough's Annual Town Election May 14. Amberson received the most votes, 893, and Pantazis received 781. The two defeated Lisa Maselli and Howie E. Stone Jr., who received 730 and 703, respectively.

Northborough – Workers from the Veron Company, a Marlborough-based landscaping business, donate their time and resources to plant 21 new cherry and crabapple trees...

Northborough - Sarah Rothery and Ann Taggart, co-directors of the Northborough Food Pantry, receive a $2,500 donation from President of the Northborough Lions Club...

To the Editor: Is it time for a change of the guard this May 14 election? To the Northborough Residents that attended Town Meeting and to...

Northborough – The Northborough Senior Center hosted a Men's Breakfast May 10, followed by a presentation from Lt. Col. Steve Johnson, who shared photos and facts about his 25 months in Iraq. Johnson has been a Northborough resident for over 25 years and recently retired from Raytheon, where he worked for 29 years. He retired from the military as a lieutenant colonel in October 2009, after 36 years of service. After serving in Vietnam in 1972 and the first Gulf war in 1991, he was also sent to Iraq in 2003.

The Rotary Club of Northborough recently presented its twelfth annual "Pride in Workmanship Award" to Maurice (Mo) and Phyllis Tougas, owners of Tougas You-Pick...