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Region - The Boys & Girls Clubs of MetroWest invites you to support the "No Show Ball" by not attending. That's right. Go online...

Westborough - The Friends of Westborough, Inc., are sponsoring the third Community Yard Sale Saturday, Sept. 12, with over 13 tables of household items,...

Shrewsbury – This spring, the Shrewsbury High School (SHS) crew team will, once again, be selling tickets for its annual fundraiser – the May...

Region - RTN Federal Credit Union has announced the 2015 recipients of its James A. Burley Jr. Scholarship Award. The monetary prizes totaling $10,000...

Region – The Grand Hall at Union Station in Worcester will be rockin" and rollin" Saturday Sept. 17 as a sock hop is held...

By Melanie Petrucci, Senior Community Reporter Region – Patrick Ssenyonjo, founder of Raising Up Hope for Uganda (RUHU), recently visited the local chapter of Days...

Shrewsbury/Westborough – Commuters west of Boston who wish to travel to the city will continue to pay tolls if they wish to use the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90). But a major project that will dismantle the toll plazas and instead collect tolls via All Electronic Tolling (AET) should eventually make the process less painful.

Where do you call home? “I’m from the Grafton/Upton area. I have three kids, two girls and a boy,” Gary Pizzillo, the owner of ATC Services Junk Removal & Disposal, said.

Region - Webster Five Cents Savings Bank announces an addition to the Retail Lending Department and has named Nicholas Lynch a mortgage loan originator. Lynch brings 10 years of experience working with customers in multiple communities in and around Worcester County within the financial services industry. Having worked in all areas of consumer banking, he brings a vast amount of business insight to the team. In his new role at Webster Five, he will actively cultivate business relationships with members of the community to ultimately obtain residential mortgage loans.

Northborough - Northborough Helping Hands Association, Inc., (NHHA) will be collecting new and gently used winter coats, snow pants and boots through early November...

By Melanie Petrucci, Senior Community Reporter Region - The Police Departments from the towns of Northborough, Westborough and Southborough recently collaborated on their second annual...

Worcester - Celebrate the arrival of spring and bring hope to cancer patients in your community by purchasing fresh-cut daffodil bouquets. Daffodils will be...

By Melanie Petrucci, Senior Community Reporter Region – Justin Sousa, director of central Massachusetts Veterans’ Service District, recently gave an update regarding Veteran’s Day, Wednesday,...

Region - Avidia Bank, a $1.3 billion community bank based in Hudson, has made considerable strides regarding its employees' overall wellness. During the beginning of 2016, the Human Resources Department held a “Biggest Loser” competition where they asked employees to create teams and help each other reach their weight loss goals over the course of three months. They had 76 participants which is 37 percent of the bank’s employees. Overall, employees who participated lost a total of 574.3 pounds or 7.5 pounds per participant.

Region - For the past 12 years, almost every week, Brian Thomson, 57, of Hopkinton, a software project manager at BOSE, has volunteered with the Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Central Mass./Metrowest (BBBS of Central Mass/Metrowest). First with Jesse and then Jon, Thomson has fulfilled the organization’s mission: “… to provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one relationships that change their lives for the better, forever.”

Region - Local cyclists are invited to join the American Cancer Society's fourth annual Bicycles Battling Cancer Ride, which will be held Sunday, June...

Region - Maintaining a community's public ways – and the associated costs - is often at the top of a municipality's priority list. This point was stressed by local town and city officials to state legislators who gathered at a meeting sponsored by the Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission (CMRPC), at Union Station in Worcester May 18. The meeting brought together nearly 100 local legislators, municipal officials and leaders from other community groups to discuss the topic of transportation.

Lancaster - Legendary television cowboy Rex Trailer will help kick off the warm-weather season for the Lancaster Marketplace, the year-round indoor flea market on Route 70. Trailer, who hosted the children's television show "Boomtown" for almost two decades and has been proposed as the state's "official cowboy" in a bill filed in the Legislature,

Hudson – Singer, songwriter and musician Gregory McConnell of Hudson interacts with a network of performers while actively participating in the region’s open mic circuit. Now, he’s inviting them to perform at a weekly entertainment showcase known as Market Music in conjunction with the first season of the Hudson Farmers’ Market.

Framingham - New England Wild Flower Society has announced that a new photography exhibit has been installed in the Gallery at Garden in the...