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Northborough - ?The Vulcano family?said their beautiful Chocolate Lab has been missing since Monday, June 11. Lacey is a female, 40 lbs., four years...

Shrewsbury - Caitie Coates of Shrewsbury will be competing in the 73rd annual Miss Massachusetts Scholarship Pageant Friday, June 29, and Saturday, June 30,...

Celebrating Flag Day Marlborough - The second annual Flag Day Cookout was held June 14 at the Marlborough Senior Center. The menu included burgers, hot...

By Sue Wambolt, Contributing Writer Southborough - Flag waving residents lined the train tracks at the Southborough train station June 13 in anticipation of the...

Westborough - Students from Seton Hall Preparatory School in West Orange, NJ came to Westborough today to help publicize the season opening of the...

  Marlborough – The fifth annual Taste of Downtown Marlborough & Brewfest was presented June 11 by Olde Marlborough. Musicians provided live entertainment while guests...

Happy Flag Day from the Community Advocate!

Northborough/Southborough - Algonquin Regional High School (ARHS) coach John Healy (left), senior co-captain Lauri Finell (#16, center) and senior co-captain Carly O'Connell (with trophy)...

  Northborough/Southborough - Algonquin Regional High School (ARHS) senior Patrick Murphy (#4, right) tries to dislodge the ball carried by Grafton High School (GHS) junior...

Northborough - Juniper Hill Golf Club hosted a Jimmy Fund "Just For The Kids," golf outing June 8. Attendees donned their golfing finest, sometimes with matching shirts, hats, knickers and colorful kilts. All proceeds from the event will go toward the prevention and finding a cure for cancer in children. For more information on the Jimmy Fund and hosting events, visit www.jimmyfund.org.

Peace, love and Senior Songsters Southborough - Howard Rouse and Connie McDevitt sing a duet in the Senior Songsters production of "The Sizzling 60's Show,"...

Marlborough - Flocks of feathered friends enjoy an afternoon at Hagar Pond. Lucky ducks!

Northborough - Algonquin Regional High School (ARHS) held its Annual Senior Awards Night for the class of 2012 May 21. Representatives from local businesses...

Pedaling with a purpose ? Westborough - Over 200 young bicyclists start the fourth annual Westborough Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Kids Ride, held June 3 at Westborough High...

Shrewsbury - Alice Foster and her granddaughter, Madeline Zawada, 4, enjoy Sparky's Puppets in "Adventures in Dreamland," presented June 7 at the Shrewsbury Public...

Sport: Baseball Coach: Paul Duplessis Notable 2012 Stats: batting - .333; pitching - 3 - 2, 31 strikeouts; and a 1.78 ERA What is your earliest memory playing baseball? "My first game when I was 4 years old. My cousin's team needed a player, and I just got hooked to the game. I also remember going to the field and practicing with my dad."

Westborough - Westborough High School (WHS) senior co-captain Anna Petrunich (left) fires this shot past Tantasqua Regional High School (TRHS) freshman goalkeeper Kendra Dansereau...

Hopkinton - Two of the most well-known athletes in Massachusetts, as well as in the sport of marathon running are the father-son duo of Dick and Rick Hoyt. This past April, Dick, 72, and Rick, 50, completed their 30th Boston Marathon. To commemorate that special occasion Easter Seals Massachusetts commissioned Hopkinton artist Dustin Neece to do a painting of the Hoyts. A limited series of lithographs of the painting are now being sold as a fundraiser for the Easter Seals.

Algonquin moves on to semi-finals Northborough/Southborough - Algonquin Regional High School's (ARHS) Mike Wood (#12, left) passes off the ball despite the defense of Westborough...

Marlborough - Assabet Valley Regional Technical School (AVRTS) softball senior captains (l to r) Megan McMahon from Marlborough, Laurie Demars and Jacqui Orangio, both...