Editorially Speaking

Northborough-Southborough – When it comes to the possibility of school choice at Algonquin Regional High School (ARHS), school administrators say there is no choice...

Region – As homeowners prepare to awaken their lawns after a long winter, there is one unwelcome sign of spring in the air –...

Shrewsbury ?In October 2012 voters denied a plan that would have approved funds for a 43,000-square library renovation and expansion that would have been...

Northborough/Southborough – Ever since the 2006 completion of the Algonquin Regional High School renovation/reconstruction project, Northborough and Southborough have been going back and forth...

Marlborough – Although Marlborough residents and officials have agreed since 2002 that the city needs a new senior center, agreeing on its location is...

Northborough – It appears that baseball has gotten to be a very competitive game in Northborough...both on and off the field.? Although there are...

Northborough – Just like surrounding towns, Northborough is struggling to raise tax revenue without raising property tax rates. At a recent Board of Selectmen...

Shrewsbury – Despite attempts to control infestation in the area along the Worcester-Shrewsbury line over the past several years, the Asian Longhorned Beetle has...

Westborough - Although Westborough's chemical health policy has been in place for several years, some School Committee members spoke out against it at a...

Shrewsbury – A shortfall in funds for fiscal year 2014 has led to cuts totaling $90,000 from the town's school budget. To bridge the...

Shrewsbury – It's not unusual for school administrators and town officials to disagree on the budget numbers associated with running the schools. Although there...

Northborough - The dangers associated with second-hand smoke have caused the Northborough Board of Health to consider tightening smoking restrictions on some town properties....

Northborough - Last year's hiring of DPW Director Dan Nason prompted a department review that has resulted in a proposal to re-organize the DPW....

Westborough – When protesters held a sit-in inside the TransCanada Corporation's regional headquarters on Turnpike Road last week, the eight young men and women...

Northborough/Southborough – Although activity fees were imposed on Algonquin Regional High School students this year, not all students have come through with the payments....

On the surface, there would seem to be no connection between two recent events in my life, one momentous (to me) and one apparently inconsequential. But who knows what forces work beneath the surface? First, the momentous event: I became a grandmother. Yippee! (Sorry.) I had waited a long time and believed it would never happen. Then, surprise: Gracie.

By Janice Lindsay, Contributing Writer "We never saw those people, we don's know them, we'se never been where they live, they'se never been here. So...

By Barbara Polan As a news junkie, I spend a lot of my time using Google to hop to news sites. Through the Monday that Sandy visited, most of my searches were regarding locations where I have friends and family; I did hear from family throughout the day, messages along the lines of, "Everything's okay," or "Everything's okay; it's just that the power is out."

Algonquin Regional High School has a reputation for being a top-notch high school that offers its students challenging courses as well as a...

Region - With the risk of mosquito-borne illnesses such as Eastern Equine Encephalitis and West Nile Virus at an all-time high, municipalities across the...