People and Places

Marlborough - Marlborough Hospital will light the hospital's "Tree of Light" Thursday, Dec. 13, at 5 p.m. Guests will gather in the hospital's Leahy...

Westborough – As a student going through the Westborough Public Schools, Dr. Jeffrey Lucash Cohn was always eager to participate in opportunities that allowed him to help others. Now, even though it has been nearly a decade since he graduated from Westborough High School, Jeff is still helping others, especially children, through his work as an optometrist.

Westborough - A YouTube video posted in 2014 shows Westborough High School senior Andrew Liu hiding his high value pieces behind a wall of low value ones for most of a chess match. Then, in a flurry of moves, he swings all his pieces out from behind his defense and seizes control of the match. Liu’s opponent, then 15-year-old Christopher Gu, saw his own defense collapse and soon conceded defeat, a loser at the hands of a unique and unorthodox playing style that Liu, used to secure six national chess championships in six years.

Shrewsbury – Darci, 2-1/2, plays along with mom Bree while singing "Row Row Your Boat" at a playgroup hosted by the Shrewsbury Child Development...

Southborough - Sarah Cruthers and Katie Monroe check a family's order for the Pilgrim Church Senior High Youth Group's annual Super Bowl Sub Sale,...

By Nance Ebert, Contributing Writer Marlborough - Rodrigo Noronha has a strong connection to his faith and has always lived by the mottos: “Do unto...

Northborough/Shrewsbury - The Shrewsbury Little League will host the 2015 All Star Tournament Saturday, June 27, to Thursday, July 2, at Shrewsbury's Coolidge School field, 1 Florence St. The final game is played at Dean Park, 805 Main St., Shrewsbury. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Mark Fidrych Foundation, an organization which supports children with disabilities and special needs.

Marlborough - Pets Gone Healthy will be hosting an event Saturday, Nov. 1 to introduce Nature’s Logic, a new line of pet food made...

Northborough/Southborough - A dedicated group of girls at Algonquin Regional High School in Northborough is reaching out to help teach other girls. Only the students aren's in Massachusetts, but in a poor country halfway around the world. The girls started a local chapter of Girls Learn International (GLI), a charitable organization that fosters better women's education in countries where girls lag behind boys in access to education

Southborough – Kim Ivers reports to work as children’s librarian with a lifetime of memories and experience at her hometown’s Southborough Library. She’s been employed there for 20 years, the past 18 as children’s librarian.

Westborough – The Westborough 300th Committee has far exceeded its goal of collecting 300 pairs of mittens for local people in need. Children and adults of all ages recently came together to help their neighbors and to commemorate the town’s upcoming anniversary.

By Melanie Petrucci, Senior Community Reporter Shrewsbury – The Massachusetts Beijing Chinese Language School (MassBCLS) presented a family friendly feast for the eyes and soul as...

Region – State Rep. Carolyn Dykema will host a celebration for senior citizens of the 8th Middlesex District Wednesday, Aug. 21. The event will...

Marlborough – When Marlborough resident Joy Wilson was born blind, her parents filled her toy box with every kind of plaything that made sound. She had a toy xylophone, a bunch of toy music boxes, and toy noisemakers galore. But her grandmother had a real piano, and her aunt and uncle (who lived in the apartment below them) had a real organ.

Region – Twins Jack and Abel Cyganiewicz, one month old twins, are ready for the summer fishing season. The babies live in Orange, Mass. Photo/Emily Laffond,...

Shrewsbury - In the midst of holiday preparations last fall, the Shrewsbury Garden Club held their annual Scholarship Tea to raise funds for their...

Marlborough - Angela Scott, 23, of Marlborough, is running the 2017 Boston Marathon with two rods and lots of screws in her back. In 2010,...

By Brett Peruzzi, Contributing Writer Region - It’s been a long year of restrictions imposed by the governor because of the COVID-19 pandemic. One salvation...

By Cindy Zomar, Contributing Writer Marlborough - Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School’s longtime House Carpentry instructor Wayne Coulson has a new title under his...

Team: Westborough Girls Basketball (senior captain). Individual Stats: 9 games, (106 points), three-pointers, (27-65), rebounds, (3.2 percent). Scored 14 points, including 4 three-pointers to lead Westborough (2-6, 1-1) in a MidWach B loss at North Middlesex.