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Happy Mother's Day
May 11, 2008 - A new calf born last night rests on the grass in the pasture at Davco Orchard Conservation Land. |
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Mooove em out
May 11, 2008 - Volunteers helped move earlier this morning the Belted Galloway cows from their winter pen across Mt. Vickery road to the north pasture with good grazing. |
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Scenes from yesterdays New England
Center for Children Race
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If it weren't for Volunteers
May 11, 2008 - The president, Co-chairs of the annual plant sale and workers line up for a photo yesterday at the Southborough Gardener's plant sale. Many other volunteers manned various tables and assisted with sales of plants and flowers. |
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Firefighters
May 11, 2008 - Shift four firefighters pose in front of the former Southborough Engine 25. The now privately owned truck is scheduled to leave for restoration soon. |
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Good Day for a Hike
May 10, 2008 - Members of Den 4 Pack 921 took a hike today at Chestnut Hill Farm, led by Southborough News editor/owner Linda Hubley. The hike will allow the scouts to earn outdoor and media badges. Linda is a former Massachusetts Forest and Park Supervisor with a degree in forestry & park management. The scouts learned a lot about the insects and wildlife we found in the fields and wooded paths that we walked through today. On the media part they were shown what I look for when I take photos and how it goes from the camera to the computer to come up on this website.
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And their Off
May 10, 2008 - Runners and walkers head out on the second annual 5K race held by the New England Center for Children. The race has become a key fundraiser for NECC.
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There were plenty of Plants for everyone
May 10, 2008 - There was quite a selection of plants, flowers and hanging plants on display for sale earlier today. This is an annual event for the Southborough Gardeners. They also have cookbooks available for sale and are holding a water garden tour in June.
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A Mass for Peace, a compelling contemporary composition by Karl Jenkins, has been chosen for the final concert in the Assabet Valley Mastersingers 30th Anniversary season. As a reflection of the present-day yearning for global peace, Jenkins’ work is based on a popular 15th century song L’Homme Arme (The Armed Man) and includes sacred and secular text from Tennyson, Kipling, The Koran, Hindu Mahabharata, and others within the framework of the traditional Christian mass. The power of full orchestra will accompany the combined voices of AVM, mezzo soprano Jacque Wilson, and the Algonquin Regional High School Chorus—all under the direction of Robert P. Eaton, Artistic Director and founder of AVM. In addition, Algonquin Choral Director Joshua Miller will lead the Camerata and Chamber choirs in two selections. Saturday, May 10th, is the date for the 8 PM concert at Algonquin Regional High School, 79 Bartlett Street, Northboro. This location is accessible to the physically challenged. Assistive listening systems, courtesy of Crossroads Community Foundation, are available at all concerts for use by hearing impaired audience members. Large print programs will be offered to those desiring enhanced readability. Tickets may be purchased at Robinson Music Company, Westboro; Shattuck Pharmacy, Northboro; Danielson Flowers, Shrewsbury; English Garden Florist, Southboro; Joy-Den Jewelers and Main Street Café in Marlboro; and Hudson Area Arts Alliance. Advance sale tickets are discounted $1 (one) from the regular price of $15 (fifteen) and $12 (twelve) for students and senior citizens. For further information please call (978) 562-9838 or reference www.avmsingers.org. Partial funding for the Assabet Valley Mastersingers, a non-profit organization, has been provided by the Roblee Foundation and the Massachusetts Cultural Council through local Arts Lottery Boards. |
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![]() May 10, 2008 - The Southborough Gardeners Annual Plant Sale will be held at its usual place at the Community House at the Route 85 and 30 intersection. |
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Sudbury Valley Trustees: Invasive Species Identification and Control Saturday, May 10, 1:00 PM-4:00 PM Sudbury Valley Trustees Director of Stewardship Laura Mattei will be leading a workshop on invasive species. Invasives are the second greatest threat to biodiversity, just behind habitat destruction from development. Learn how to identify the region’s top 10 invaders and how to control them – in your backyard or on conservation land. This will be a hands-on outdoor workshop. Please wear long sleeves, long pants and closed shoes. Workshop is free but please register in advance. Call 978-443-5588 for information and registration. Further information on other outings and SVT properties are available on SVT’s website at www.svtweb.org. # # # Sudbury Valley Trustees is a non-profit association of individuals, families, and businesses committed to protecting wildlife habitat and the ecological integrity of the Sudbury, Assabet and Concord River valleys. SVT currently owns, through gifts and purchase, more than eighty properties in fifteen towns, totaling over 2,100 acres. In addition, SVT holds conservation restrictions on nearly 900 acres, and has been instrumental in preserving more than 6,000 acres now protected by public agencies. |
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Strike another for the Bridge
May 9, 2008 - Police investigate an accident involving a Ryder truck and the CSX railroad bridge on River Street late this afternoon. Trains moved slowly over the bridge while Ted's Towing hauled the vehicle out from under.
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Work in progress
May 9, 2008 - Work continues on a garden to the late Neary School teacher and a friend to many, Linda Moran. Volunteers have worked tirelessly through rainy weekends and hot weekdays to make the garden a shining memorial to the wonderful and well loved teacher. A formal dedication will be held later this month. |
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May 9, 2008 - A Silver 2009 Camry LE provided by Bernardi Motors is just one of several exciting prizes for the St. Mark’s Episcopal Church outreach raffle. Also included in the drawing are Red-Sox Yankee tickets, A Fenway Park VIP package, VIP tickets to the MFA, a magnum of Hess Select wine, a dozen filet mignon steaks, and two airline tickets. The money raised from the raffle will support two very worth y programs. For the last two years, St. Mark’s of Southborough has sent money and donations to St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Gulfport Mississippi to support parish families in need. The church and many parishioners’ homes were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in September 2005. The church, like so much of the region, has been at work re-building while also reaching out to parish families in the Gulfport community still in need. Money raised by the raffle will go to help re-construction efforts. For the last six years, St. Mark’s has sponsored the school children of St. Mathias in Haiti through an annual fundraising drive contributing $6,000 - $10,000 every year. This has helped to construct a new trade school and build a solid educational foundation for the children of this small village. Through the commitment and generosity of St. Mark’s parishioners and friends, over 300 children in Haiti are able to attend school for a full day, eat a nourishing meal, and study with new books. Money raised by the raffle will go to scholarships for children to attend St. Matthias. Father Craig Lister is hoping the raffle brings added attention to these critical programs. “St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Southborough is committed to community outreach. For many years we have supported community programs and sister churches that help those in need. This year, we chose to hold this raffle to increase awareness of these two exceptional programs”. Only 500 raffle tickets will be sold. A raffle ticket can be purchased for $100. Simply send in a check to St. Mark’s Church at 27 Main Street, Southborough MA 01772. Write RAFFLE in the memo line. The raffle tickets will be sent right out to you. Tickets are also sold in the St. Mark’s Parish Hall on Sunday mornings, or contact the church at 508-481-1917. The drawing will be held on May 31 at 7:00 pm. |
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Time's Running Out
May 9, 2008 - Mother's day is this weekend, May 11. Don't have your flowers ordered or a gift yet? Don't wait. Get over to Gulbankian Farms Garden Center and Florist Shop. There are still plenty of flowers and plants to choose from. Located across from the post office and Dunkin Donuts at 40 Mt. Vickery Road.
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Editorial May 9, 2008 - by Linda Hubley - At this year’s Southborough Annual Town Meeting voters were asked in Article 53 “to see if the Town will vote to place a certain question upon the official ballot of the Annual Town Election as follows: Shall the Town of Southborough continue to be a member of the Worcester Regional Transit Authority?” This article was sponsored by the Board of Selectmen. They support NOT continuing to be a member of the WRTA. In summary This ballot question is required for the Town to remove itself from the Worcester Regional Transit Authority. The Selectmen would like to join a new district, Metrowest RTA, which has recently been formed and includes the communities of Marlborough, Framingham, Ashland, Holliston, Natick, Wayland, Weston and Wellesley. Our local transit ( The Lift and the Local Connection) would be provided by this new authority rather than by Worcester Transit. At Town Meeting we had to vote yes to have the question put on the ballot for election day which is this Monday, May 12, 2008. The question as written on the ballot is “Shall the Town of Southborough continue to be a member of the Worcester Regional Transit Authority?” Your choices are yes or no. A no vote will allow the town to enter into agreement with the new local and more regional transportation authority known as the MetroWest Regional Transit Authority (MWRTA). A bit of history on the Regional Transit Authorities. Previously the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) controlled the transit authorities within regions and the monies were dispersed direct to the MBTA. In 1999 the state legislature changed the formula for funding transit authorities and the MBTA no longer served as the whole functioning body. These original 14 transit authorities were funded in part by communities within their district and the Commonwealth Executive Office of Transportation. However, communities currently not in authorities could not join nor could they form a new transit authority. It took legislators of the 495/MetroWest delegation in June of 2006 to convince their peers and become successful for securing statutory reforms. This led to the formation of new transit authorities or a community could join an existing authority. Framingham took the lead and formed the new MetroWest Regional Transportation Authority in December of 2006. It was up and running by July 7, 2007. Previous to Framingham initiating the MWRTA, there were several smaller transportation services based on social, senior needs, medical and work related needs all working independently of each other. These smaller, irregular and spotty transportation made up a patchwork system that created many inefficiencies, underutilized capacity, sometimes inadequate levels of service and lack of stability. The Metro West area is a region of marked growth with a very inadequate transportation system, clogged roads and capacity filled MBTA parking lots. Currently, Southborough is a member of the MBTA and the Worcester RTA. The RTA have assisted in providing the TLC service and soon to be defnct AVCOA service. The newer MetroWest Regional Transportation Authority will be able to better serve Southborough and the surrounding areas by providing a much more comprehensive and coordination of services. Southborough can join other communities now on board with the MWRTA such as Framingham, Ashland, Holliston, Hopkinton, Natick, Sherborn, Sudbury, Weston and Wayland. Marlborough recently became a member of the MWRTA and currently has bus route #7. The pluses are many for Southborough to disengage itself from the Worcester Regional Transit Authority and join the MetroWest Regional Transit Authority. In order to do so, a voter must vote at the May 12 election and vote NO in order for the town to remove itself from the WRTA. For more information on the MWRTA click here. |
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Like a giant Pencil
May 8, 2008 - A beaver felled tree along the Sudbury River. |
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LAX Clinic Held
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![]() May 8, 2008 - Colorful flowers await buyers at Gulbankian Farms Garden Center and Florist Shop conveniently located across from the Southborough Post office and Town Centre plaza. |
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Mama Bird and Eggs
May 8, 2008 - Turkey Vulture sits above her cave where her eggs lay. This will be the fourth year out of five that a pair of Turkey Vultures have nested at the cave.
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The Alzheimer's Association Auction Is Officially Open!
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