WESTBOROUGH LOCAL NEWS & EVENTS, MA

Westborough - Some students excel during their four years of high school, others start to shine when they are in college and some don's really hit their stride until later in their adulthood. No one knows this better than Lydia Goldblatt. A dedicated Westborough town official for over 20 years, she is quite candid when she notes that she was "not the most inspired student" while in high school. And although she took a number of college courses, she never attained a degree. But there is no disputing that this Westborough resident has anything but a strong work ethic, commitment to public service and love of town and country.

Westborough – Students from the Annie E. Fales Elementary School perform in their production of "Going Buggy" May 23. Each year this play is...

Westborough – Hundreds of Westborough residents either participated or came to view today's Memorial Day parade in the downtown area. Crowds lined the streets...

By Fallon Keenan, Contributing Photographer Westborough – Students in the Westborough High School's? (WHS) Choral Music Department presented their 2013 Spring Dinner Concert May 21...

Westborough – Now that some time has passed since the town's massive Annual Town Meeting, which was held over 10 hours in March, officials are seeking ways to help expedite the processes during future town meetings in the hopes that more voters will participate. They are also cognizant of the fact that not all voters feel comfortable publicly voting on an issue either by show of hands or by a standing count.

Westborough -Westborough's downtown may soon have a new energy to it, thanks to a makeover at part of an iconic building. For years, the three-story brick Arcade building, located adjacent to the rotary in the heart of the downtown, has been home to a number of businesses and restaurants, including the popular Piccadilly Pub. When that restaurant shuttered a number of years ago, that space and others in the 3-5 Milk St. portion of the building stayed dormant.

Westborough – Police Chief Alan Gordon released this statement today: On 5/21/13, at approximately 9:30 AM, the Westborough Police Dept. received a call reporting a...

Westborough – Children at Miss Tanya's Longmeadow preschool celebrated "Plant Something Day" May 15. The children helped plant flowers from Hi Hill Farm and a shrub from Wishing Wells Perennials into the area in front of their school on Longmeadow Road. They were also given a six-pack of annuals to take home to plant in their family's yard.

Westborough-As the Kotosky family, like much of New England, was waiting out the infamous Hurricane Sandy last October, they received a phone call that shook their home on a more personal level. Mark Kotosky, an eighth-grader at Gibbons Middle School had been diagnosed with leukemia and needed to start chemotherapy almost immediately.

Westborough-Westborough High School 2013 graduates will be the 23rd class to celebrate the milestone as part of Project Graduation. Students have the opportunity to...

Westborough – Herb Chambers may soon need to add one more thing to his "We'se got it" jingle: competition. That's because the Planning Board heard the development plans of CarMax Auto Superstores – a nationwide used car retail franchise – to become the latest auto dealer along Westborough's Route 9 strip during its May 14 meeting. Seeking to utilize a plot at 170-178 Turnpike Rd. - the site of the former driving range next to Bertucci's - CarMax requested an excavation permit from the Planning Board to begin developing 16 acres of the 50 total acres they intend to purchase at that location.

Westborough-The 13th annual concert of the Vivaldi Cello Festival Orchestra will be Saturday, May 25, in the Sarah W. Gibbons Middle School auditorium, 20...

Westborough-The Westborough Public Library's next monthly movie for adults will be "Les Miserables" and will be shown on Tuesday, June 4, at 11 a.m....

Westborough – The Mass. Flower Growers Association and the Mass. Landscape and Nursery Association have designated Wednesday, May 15 as "Plant Something Day" throughout...

Westborough – Presented by the Rotary Club of Westborough, the 11th annual Westborough Spring Festival concluded with a day full of activities at various...

Westborough - After getting her face painted, Abigail Padilla, 6, throws a ball from inside a parachute while attending Healthy Kids Day, held May...

Westborough - As Westborough's school liaison officer and treasurer of the Massachusetts Juvenile Police Officers Association, Officer Chip Dapolite is able to combine his interest and background in child psychology with his long-time desire to be a police officer.

Westborough - Visitors to the Westborough Public Library are invited to participate (in a book discussion, a workshop or story time), enjoy (a film, a great book or a speaker), use (computers, e-readers or online reference sources), discover (their genealogy, a new author or a travel destination) or learn (a new language or local history). Now, the library also invites visitors to view the work of local artists at the rotating art show currently located in the meeting room on the lower level of the library. Library Director Maureen Ambrosino hopes that upcoming artists will use some of the walls on the main floor for their work as well.

Westborough - Colonel Brent E. French has been named as the Grand Marshal for Westborough's Memorial Day commemoration this year. French serves as the individual mobilization augmentee (IMA) to the director of training within the office of the assistant secretary of defense for reserve affairs. In this capacity he advises the deputy assistant secretary of defense on training matters related to the seven members of the reserve component.

Westborough – Plans are now being finalized for the 11th Annual Westborough Spring Festival, which will be held Friday, May 3, through Sunday, May 5. The festival is hosted by the Rotary Club of Westborough, but Co-Chairs Carol Burtt Borglund and Betsy Moquin said it has become an event that "truly involves residents, organizations and businesses from all sectors of the town."