SOUTHBOROUGH LOCAL NEWS & EVENTS, MA

Southborough – Southborough's town government has traditionally been a three-member elected Board of Selectmen with the voters ultimately approving policies and funding matters at open Town Meetings.

With the town facing a significant financial deficit, some Southborough residents, as well as several officials, believe the community must start to actively court businesses in order to get them to locate to the town. But for this to happen, the Board of Selectmen believes, all other town boards must share the same philosophy.

Southborough - The town of Southborough is currently accepting applications for the position of full-time police officer to be filled in fall of 2017.

Southborough Public Library celebrates centennial Southborough - Recognized with prizes at a Centennial Open House, held Sept. 17 at the Southborough Public Library,...

Southborough – Fay School will present the “Awesome Pirate Show” Saturday, Nov. 18, from 10 - 11 a.m. Captain Robbie Bones will bring his treasure chest full of magic tricks and juggling apparatus. Registration opens Thursday, Nov. 2.

Westborough- The Corridor Nine Chamber of Commerce, along with the DoubleTree Hotel, HYPE9, and local schools and businesses, are joining forces once...

By Tracy Nickerson, Community Advocate Staff Southborough - After a harrowing Saturday night, listening to the wind and the cracking of branches as they fell...

Region – Towns in the Community Advocate readership area are slowly starting to get back to normal but there are still significant power outages throughout the communities.

Southborough - The Southborough Public Library held "Truck Day" July 17. Children were able to climb up into and learn about a variety of trucks. The Southborough Fire Department brought over an ambulance and a ladder truck, which were hits among the kids. Ted's Trucking in Southborough had a wrecker for kids to climb up into. A front loader was also on site for the kids" enjoyment.

Southborough - Southborough Recreation invites the community to the grand opening of the South Union Playground Sunday, Oct. 30, from 2 to 4 p.m....

Southborough - Registration opens Sunday, Jan. 15, for FaySummer, Fay School's summer programs for children and teens ages 3-15. FaySummer Day Camp offers nine one-week sessions that include...

Southborough – Southborough officials have announced that the town will be receiving nearly $50,000 from the Federal Emergency Management System (FEMA) to help pay...

Submitted by Donna McDaniel, Contributing Writer Southborough - It may be hard to believe, but the biggest problem for our very first town meetings in...

Northborough/Southborough – The Northborough/Southborough Special Education Parent Advisory Council (NSPAC) will be holding a Welcome Back Dessert/Coffee Hour Friday, Sept. 30, from 6:30 to...

Southborough – The fate of the Burnett/Garfield property, located at 84 Main St., was discussed with residents at the Nov. 18 Board of Selectmen’s meeting, but it wasn’t until after an executive session later than night that final details of an agreement were reached that will preserve the house and property in perpetuity while restoring the property to its 19th-century splendor. The agreement includes a deed restriction that would ensure that the four structures on the property are never demolished and the overall parcel never subdivided.

Southborough - Pearl Stockwell, 95, a lifelong residence of Southborough, died Monday, Feb. 22, 2016 at her niece's home in Nashua after a period...

Southborough - Girl Scout Troop 89255 will hold a town-wide community service event for Girl Scouts to make blankets for children in a women...

Region - The American Cancer Society's Road to Recovery program is in need of volunteers from central Massachusetts communities to drive local cancer patients...

Southborough - Massachusetts author Maryanne O"Hara has published a novel, "Cascade," and will come to the Southborough Library Wednesday, Feb. 13, at 11 a.m.,...

To the Editor: Article 24 on the Town Warrant of Southborough is proposing a dual property tax rate which would tax business at a higher...