Community Advocate

Northborough – An iconic Northborough business for 59 years, O"Brien's 5 & 10, closed its doors for good Aug. 8, according to the store's co-owner Bruce Terry.

Westborough – Debbie Rice, project manager with Borges Construction, Inc., is advising South Street residents, businesses owners and commuters that the final...

Marlborough – Hockey is known primarily as a winter sport, but not at the New England Sports Center (NESC) in Marlborough. At this facility, located at the crossroads of routes 290 and 495, hockey is a sport played all year long, especially for the Boston Junior Bruins, who call the NESC home. And for the first time, this summer the program hosted a special four-day overnight boarding camp for 32 young players from July 17 to 21.

Hudson - The 7th annual Balloon Festival will be held tomorrow, Aug. 13, from 2 to 9...

Shrewsbury – Shrewsbury Parks & Recreation has announced that online fall registration for Flag Football and Tiny Tykes Football is now open. Flag Football will...

Hudson - Richard M. "Red" Reske, 75, died Wednesday Aug. 10, 2011, at Bolton Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Marlborough. He leaves his...

Shrewsbury - Donald J. Mallozzi, 84, a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, died peacefully at home Wednesday Aug. 10, 2011, surrounded by...

Shrewsbury - John M. "Jack" Notarangelo Jr., 78, formerly of Sterling, passed away Tuesday Aug. 9, 2011, surrounded by his loving family, in Westborough...

Westborough - Westborough Health Care Center has been renamed Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation - Westborough to best reflect its participation in the nationwide...

There's a lot to admire about the beaver's industrious and tenacious work ethic. Unfortunately those same traits can be problematic when homeowners discover, thanks to a beaver dam, their property is now flooded. But state laws forbid trapping and killing the critters unless the local board of health deems it an emergency.

Westborough - If one local business owner has his way, Westborough will once again have a local hardware store in town. And if things go according to plans, within a year, Doug Curving will be opening just such a store at the same site where another hardware store - Village Lumber - stood for over 50 years.

St. Mary's Credit Union held a second annual customer appreciation barbecue on Thursday outside their Nortborough location on rte. 20. Quinn Berry, an employee of...

"We do customized personal financial planning and investment management. I specialize in retirement planning and portfolio management," said Mark Russo, owner of Russo & Associates.

Worcester - Helen B. (Blanchard) Cane, 93, died Tuesday Aug. 9, 2011, at Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center, Westborough. Her loving husband, Edwin...

Southborough – A resident of Edgewood Road in Southborough spotted a visitor to her garden Aug. 10: "I just returned home from work when I...

Fitchburg - Jason T. Allain, a very brave and loved 3-year-old child, died unexpectedly Tuesday Aug. 9, 2011, at Leominster Hospital. He leaves...

Shrewsbury - Michael J. Sacco, 90, passed away Tuesday Aug. 9, 2011, surrounded by his devouted family, in the Ichabod Washburn Hospice Residence. His...

Westborough - Lorraine I. Eastman, 88, passed away peacefully Wednesday Aug. 10, 2011, at the Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center. She was...

Westborough/Boylston - Kathleen "Kay" (Lynch) Mitchell, 76, passed away Tuesday Aug. 9, 2011, after a long illness at the home of her daughter Paula...

By Vicki Aubry Misconceptions about the market keep buyers from getting the house they want time and time again! How is this possible you...