Editorially Speaking

Region – Last summer, an untold number of events were cancelled due to unwelcome guests – mosquitoes carrying the West Nile Virus (WNV). With...

Shrewsbury - Kara Frankian, a first and second grade teacher at the Floral Street School, was recently named as the first recipient of the Massachusetts Environmental Education Society’s Champion of Environmental Literacy Award for her work in helping to utilize a nature trail behind the school into her students’ curriculum.

Region – New Year’s is a time for resolutions but also reflections. As we pause to reflect on the past year, we are filled...

In January 2017 the state is due to finish paying $300 million in bonds. By state law, that means that tolls are no longer to be collected on the Massachusetts Turnpike. However, state officials, including Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack, are recommending that the tolls continue with all proceeds going towards much-needed infrastructure improvements, such as reconstructing the I-495 interchange in Westborough.

Shrewsbury – For several years now, the Shrewsbury Library Board of Trustees has been trying to get approval for monies for a new, expanded...

Northborough voters please support a motion at this year’s April Town Meeting to make Saturday morning Annual Town Meetings permanent.

I am writing to express my support for a new Beal School in Shrewsbury. The current Beal school is too old and too small to...

Shrewsbury – A Connecticut man has announced plans to open a Hooter’s restaurant at the site of the former Chili’s at 378 Maple Ave. (Route 9).

Region - Halloween is a time of year filled with spooky, scary fun. But unfortunately, there is one unwelcome scary component threatening to ruin...

I came down with the measles a few days before my little sister did, so I felt a bit better by the time she was at her worst. Days passed as I lay in my bed across from hers, watching her struggle in a haze of fever and delirium.

I’m one very, very grateful senior citizen of Westborough, thanks to the Westborough Police Dept. and Roche Bros. for their fast, efficient manner in which they helped me recover my lost pocketbook within four hours, saving me from having a nervous breakdown.

Westborough – After an intensive search process that had 31 candidates initially applying for the position of Westborough Town Manager, the winning candidate is...

Hudson’s second annual Juneteenth was a very successful event and enjoyed by a large number of residents and town guests!

To the Editor: "The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else." Anon.

Northborough - As Northborough prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary in 2016, organizers are busy planning a full slate of events to commemorate this...

Shrewsbury – When Kevin Mizikar was appointed as the fourth Town Administrator in Shrewsbury’s history two years ago, he had big shoes to fill....

To the Editor: I am supporting John Samia for Selectman position because John has multiple years of experience working in the Shrewsbury community as member...

Region – Over the last two months, many local restaurants have scrambled to survive while relying on curbside pickup or take-out. The news that...

The names bring unwanted reminders: Newtown, Aurora, Virginia Tech, Fort Hood, Columbine, Washington Navy Yard. These are places associated with some of the most recent and deadliest mass shootings in United States history. Violent incidents such as these never fail to shock the nation and shake our national conscience.

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