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Northborough - Lorraine Stucchi toots a noisemaker Dec. 30 while attending the Almost New Year's Eve Party at the Northborough Senior Center. Guests enjoyed...

By Melanie Petrucci, Senior Community Reporter Shrewsbury – Town Manager Kevin Mizikar discussed the recent Annual Town Meeting with the Board of Selectmen at their...

Westborough - These gigantic hay bales sit inside the dog training area of the Tufts Farm Field on Glen Road. Photo/Sue Wambolt

Northborough - This season, many Northborough seniors who are alone or impoverished will receive some holiday cheer thanks to the “Be a Santa to a Senior® “ program. Sponsored by the Northborough Home Instead Senior Care® office, the program brings together businesses, volunteers and members of the community to provide gifts and companionship for lonely and isolated seniors.

Shrewsbury comes close Shrewsbury - Shrewsbury High School (SHS) junior Yiming Li attempts to clear 4'6" (1.37m) during the Mid-Wach A League Championship high jump...

Shrewsbury - Sam Belinsky had just returned from his trip to New Jersey, where he participated in the powerlifting competition at the 2014 Special Olympics Summer Games. The 20-year-old Shrewsbury resident was tired but triumphant. He had come in second place in his weight class and had been awarded four silver medals, one for each lift: squat, bench, deadlift, and one for overall accumulated weight.

Marlborough - Marlborough High School (MHS) senior Willy Cowdrey said the team's Aug. 21 football practice started out rough, with the team messing up assignments and communication. It didn't get any easier when a group of soldiers from the U.S. Marine Corps showed up and took over practice. “We didn't think they were coming because it took a while, and then they came and we were just like, ‘damn,’” Cowdrey said.

Marlborough – Kevin McCombs of Marlborough graduated from Euro/NATO fighter pilot training at Sheppard AFB in Texas in May. He was then sent to...

Northborough – The Mark Fidrych Foundation held its third annual Make Your Mark softball tournament Saturday, Aug 24. The foundation supports nonprofit organizations that give children with physical, mental and emotional challenges the chance to play sports, and is named for one of Northborough's best known and most loved residents. In 1976, he was named Rookie of the Year while playing with the Detroit Tigers.

Northborough/Shrewsbury – The marching units of the recent Spirit of Shrewsbury Fall Festival parade included over 40 volunteers of Donate Life New England. The group consisted of transplant recipients, donor families and others touched by donation. While their reasons for marching varied, they shared an understanding of the powerful message emblazoned on their T-shirts: "Donate Life."

Northborough/Southborough – There is much more gained than is lost in the translations when a group of Chinese-speaking senior residents of Northborough meet every other week for a conversation circle with bilingual students of the Community Action Program (CAP) at Algonquin Regional High School (ARHS). Kelly Burke, director of the Northborough Senior Center, reached out to CAP while seeking assistance for residents who speak only Chinese. This is the second year that CAP students have been visiting the center to help seniors learn new technology. Burke approached the CAP faculty advisor, Eileen Palmer, who found students fluent in Chinese and interested in the idea of a conversation circle.

Shrewsbury - With a little help from a "friend," John Martello, the grand knight for the Shrewsbury Knights of Columbus Adelphi Council #4181, makes...

Region – This week, while communities mark the anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, rather than commemorating the events themselves, they focus on those who...

Northborough - Kids of all ages flocked to the Splash Pad at Assabet Park July 25 to enjoy a reprieve from the hot and...

Hudson - In December 2008, Hudson resident Paula MacMillan found out that she had breast cancer, a disease that affects 100 out of every 100,000 women in North America according to www.ww5.komen.org, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure website.

Shrewsbury - (l to r) Jocelyn Baumann and Sophia Bucciarelli, both of Worcester, and Catherine and Cameron Samara of Shrewsbury, deliver Halloween treats Oct....

Northborough - President of the recently formed Corvette club "The Good Guys" Allan "Big Al" Obshatkin (right) stands with other club members during the...

Region – Shrewsbury High School (SHS) girls" hockey battled Algonquin Regional High School (ARHS) at the DCU Center in Worcester Jan 26.? The first...

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