Community Advocate

When Kelsey Reilly, a sophomore at Shrewsbury High School, started planning her 16th birthday party, she decided that she didn's want to be like everyone else. She wanted something unique, something very special, and something that would be lots of fun.

A touch of the Olde Sod livens up the restaurant scene on Route 9 in Northborough. The Celtic Tavern has both the look and feel of a traditional Irish pub, although the lunch and dinner menus are skewed toward American.

The Northborough Education Foundation (NEF) is gearing up for its second annual Quiz Night, a fund-raiser, to be held at Cyprian Keyes Golf Club in Boylston Friday, April 1, to benefit Northborough Public Schools.

Voters will be asked at the May 14 Annual Town Meeting to approve a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Agreement between the town and eClinicalWorks, a Westborough-based business that develops software for the medical industry.

Marlborough - Step dancers from McInerney School of Dance of Auburn perform for guests at the seventh annual St. Patrick's Day Dinner,...

Marlborough - After 18 years on the Marlborough City Council, seven of those as president, is Arthur Vigeant now considering a run...

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.

By Seth Stutman Community Reporter Northborough - The Northborough Board of Selectmen welcomed three guests to its meeting March 14 – State Senators...

Art Simas Community Reporter Marlborough - Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School was one of four schools in central Massachusetts last month to...

By Matt Taylor Contributing Writer Northborough - It has been nearly 100 years since John and Walter Wegman opened the Rochester Fruit and...

By Joan Goodchild Community Reporter Shrewsbury - The sixth-grade students on Judith Avery's Purple Team at Sherwood Middle School have enjoyed this year's...

Shrewsbury - St. John's High School junior center Matt Palecki (#44, left) drives toward the basket against Fitchburg High School senior center...

Peabody - Mary Constance (Baxter) Pardee, the beloved wife of the late Lt. Col. Harry W. Pardee Jr. (USAF, ret.), died Sunday...

Marlborough - Alfred J. "Pepere" Bouvier Sr., 98, died at home Saturday March 12, 2011, surrounded by his loving family, after a long and...

January 18, 1957 - March 3, 2011 Shrewsbury - Donna M. ( Adua) Johnson, 54, passed away Thursday March 3, 2011, surrounded by...

Marlborough - Arthur A. Croteau, 82, died Sunday Feb. 27, 2011, at Clinton Hospital. He was the beloved husband of Lorraine (Blais)...

January 29, 1943 - March 1, 2011 Shrewsbury - Joseph F. "Joe" Panarelli Sr., 68, passed away Tuesday March 1, 2011, in St Vincent Hospital...

Northborough - During a scramble for the loose ball, Algonquin Regional High School's junior guard Carly O"Connell has firm possession although Westborough...

Westborough - While her stellar Westborough High School swimming sports career is over – she contributed to eight school records - senior Diana Zeng is just getting started. She has two academic scholarship offers from Northeastern and Babson, while MIT, UPenn, NYU and several schools in California are also in the mix.

Shrewsbury - Thirdgrader Isabella Sciplini receives instruction from Paula Toti, the assistant coach of the Shrewsbury High School Field Hockey team, during...