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Power of Water
July 10, 2009 - The Sudbury River runs fast and furious over the dam at the MBTA station location. |
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Full Bloom Flowers
July 10, 2009 - Daisy plants are in full bloom at the Linda Moran garden at the Neary School. |
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Things to do: July 13 Southborough Police Junior Police Academy The Southborough Police 10th annual Junior Police Academy will run through July 17. Applications are available at the Southborough Police Department, the Algonquin Regional High School office and the Trottier Middle School office. Open to ages 12-16 years, the $40 fee includes 2 shirts, a hat, water bottle and trip to Water Country. For more info, contact Office Kevin Landry at (508) 485-2121. The ABC's of Table MannersJuly 14, 2009 Tuesday, 5:00pm to 7:30pm, $100 per child “Which butter plate is mine?” “How do I cut this? “I don’t know what to say!” Dinnertime brings its share of awkward moments for children. The ABCs of Dining Etiquette will teach children ages 8-11 to be comfortably polite at any table. Topics will include setting a table, handling silverware, cutting meat, restaurant etiquette, and more. Etiquette consultant Janet Parnes, trained by the Protocol School of Washington, will conduct the workshop. Reservations required and limited to 20 participants. Phone (978) 443-1776 for reservations and more information. Atwater-Donnelly Folk DuoJuly 14, 2009 7pm in the Martha-Mary Chapel This award-winning duo performs a unique and thrilling blend of traditional American and Celtic folk music and dance, along with original songs and poetry. The highly praised husband-wife duo blends gorgeous vocals with an astonishing array of instruments including the mountain dulcimer, old-time banjo, tin whistle, guitar, limberjack, mandolin, harmonica, and more! Tickets are $14. Special dinner package for $37.95 includes dinner, concert, strawberry shortcake, tax, and gratuity. Reserve by calling 978/443-1776. July 15 The Willows Summer Concert Series – Westwood Swing Band The 2009 Summer Concert Series at the Willows at Westborough, 1 Lyman St., continues at 7:15 p.m. rain or shine, with the Westwood Swing Band. Bring your own lawn chairs and blankets. Free parking available across the street at the Hastings School. July 17 “A Year With Frog and
Toad, Kids” Performance July 18 Viking Invasion at Higgins Armory Museum Meet William Short, author of “Viking Weapons & Combat Techniques” from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Higgins Armory Museum, 100 Barber Ave., Worcester. The day will also include “Women in Viking Times” from 11:30 a.m.-12 p.m.; “Vikings in Arms!” at 12:45 p.m. and 2:45 p.m.; “Axe, Sword and Shield!” at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.; and a Viking Warrior presentation from 2-2:30 p.m. Programs and events are free with general admission. For more info, call (508) 853-6015 or visit www.higgins.orgJuly 18 Worcester Tornadoes New
Summer Skills Clinics Following an overwhelming response to their 2009 summer camp offerings, the Worcester Tornadoes have announced that they will host a series of skills clinics this summer. The clinics, taking place from 9 a.m.-noon July 18, Aug. 1 and Aug. 15, will give young players the opportunity to work on baseball fundamentals with Tornadoes players and coaches. Each clinic will be limited to 50 attendees and provide players a unique chance to work closely with players. The clinics will be open to boys and girls ages 6-15 at a cost of $50 per participant. Also included in the cost of the clinic will be two Flex Tickets, allowing the young players to attend a Tornadoes home game with a friend in 2009. More info and registration forms are available at www.worcestertornadoes.com or by calling the Worcester Tornadoes Front Office at (508) 792-2288.July 18 Devine Kitchens Kitchen Remodel Seminar at Divine Kitchens Divine Kitchens, located on Lyman Street in Westborough, will be holding a free design seminar from 10:30 a.m.-noon on “How to save thousands on your kitchen remodel.” Also Aug. 8. For info or to register, call (508) 366-5670 or visit www.divinekitchens.com. The Heatons: Irish FolkJuly 21, 2009 7pm in the Martha-Mary Chapel Matt and Shannon Heaton combine passionate singing and stunning instrumentation using acoustic guitar, bouzouki, and Irish flute. Their appealing show moves from imaginative, traditional-sounding originals to centuries-old Irish ballads that sound modern. Their songs move masterfully from full harmony singing to driving wood flute riffs to lush guitar lines, creating a layered, modern sound. The Boston Globe called their 2006 CD Blue Skies Above, "masterful and inventive." Tickets are $14. Special dinner package for $37.95 includes dinner, concert, strawberry shortcake, tax, and gratuity. Reserve by calling 978/443-1776 |
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Fisher Kits
July 10, 2009 - Known for their taste for cats, Fisher babes are out for a photograph the other day.
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Possible New Public Safety Home?
July 10, 2009 - Southborough Town, Fire and Police are taking an active look at the former High Speed Video building on Route 85 directly across from the DPW. Southborough needs a new police station and other departments are running out of space. The building recently came up for lease or sale. Earlier this year the town had put out an RFP looking for land or buildings to expand or build new the police station. One huge plus is that if this building were to be purchased it would mean that the south side of town would once again house a fire truck. The geographical location of this building practically puts it right smack in the center of town. Currently all fire and police personnel respond from Main Street to incidents south of route 9 and/or the MA pike. The High Speed Video building is conveniently located near the route 85/9 interchange making for a fast response time in any direction of town. Fire Station two located at Harrington Court off Southville road has been unmanned now for several years and has only a basic equipped rescue truck in the station. The station is now shared with the DPW facilities employees. When an motor vehicle accident occurs on the MA Pike or Route 495, roads become nearly gridlocked along the major town routes and back roads. Station two has sorely been missed by area residents and has been the topic of a Southborough Forums discussion this month.
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Southborough Made Several TV stations
July 10, 2009 - Southborough made several television stations news channels earlier this week. Many of them did actual nightly news broadcast from various locations in town. Fox, channel 4 and channel 5 were all here. The next day they were in Hopkinton for the damage from that storm. For photos of the storm damage in Hopkinton check out www.hopnews.com |
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It's Sunny Out and time to Clean that car
Visit Southborough News advertiser Choice Car Wash today and get the car washed by using either the Touch Free System or the Rite Touch System. Easy to use and very convenient right here in town. While there drive on over to Southborough Auto Tech and have your car fluids checked or make an appointment for that loud muffler. Fill up the car's fuel tank for that long weekend trip. It's all here right in Southborough on Route 30/Boston Road.
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Sports and Recreation Caged Batter
July 10, 2009 - Batting practice in the cage. |
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Getting there First
July 10, 2009 - A Summer league player makes it to first at last nights' game. |
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Finally
July 9, 2009 - Sunshine illuminates a building along Route 9, Southborough. Still waters holds a near mirror image. |
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Things to Do Friday July 10
2009 Miss Massachusetts Scholarship Pageant at The Hanover Theatre, 570 Main St., Worcester, will hosting the 2009 Miss Massachusetts Scholarship Pageant at 7 p.m. (also July 11). Tickets: $27-$37. Visit www.thehanovertheatre.org for more info. Saturday July 11 Tower Hill “Golden Anniversary” Lily Show Enjoy hundreds of lily flowers at the 50th Annual Lily Show, presented by the New England Lily Society through July 12 at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Dr., Boylston. Visitors will find new hybrids and may discover a favorite variety among those on display. The New England Society of Botanical Artists will display botanical drawings of lilies and there will also be educational displays, a staffed membership table with helpful hints, book sales, and other related information. For a schedule of events, visit www.towerhillbg.org. Free with admission, which is $10 for adults, $7 for seniors, and $5 for youth aged 6-18; members and children under 6 are admitted free. Customer Appreciation Day at Green Thumb The Green Thumb Garden Center, Route 9 west in Westborough, will be celebrating a Customer Appreciation Day with live music (from 5-9 p.m.), moonwalk, clowns, face painting, cotton candy, food and drinks, raffles, games and more. Green Thumb is open 8 a.m.-9 p.m. seven days a week. Tatnuck Live Music Series – A to Z The free Live Music Series at Tatnuck Bookseller, 18 Lyman St., Westborough, continues at 6:30 p.m. with A to Z, the music of Rich Arsenault and Ed Zaloom. For more info, call (508) 366-4959 or visit www.tatnuck.com. Wildlife Volunteer Day - Monarch Larva Monitoring Become a citizen scientist and contribute to a national study of the monarch butterfly population. Participants will search Worcester’s Broad Meadow Brook butterfly garden from 10 a.m.-noon for monarchs in their miniature forms and be trained to recognize the monarch’s life cycle stages, as well as record findings. Supplies will be provided and volunteers will aid in conserving monarchs and their threatened migratory phenomenon. For ages 8 and older. For more info and to register, call (508) 753-6087. Free. |
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Still Here
July 9, 2009 - Hail from yesterday still remains in our garden this afternoon. |
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Soda or Chips
July 9, 2009 - The food booth at Mooney Field is very well manned tonight. |
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Speed Bump
July 9, 2009 - This deer takes her sweet time crossing Parkerville Road this evening. |
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Sports and Recreation Dry Day for Tennis
July 9, 2009 - A rare dry non rainy day brings out the athletes. |
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Getting on Base
July 9, 2009 - Just happy to make it to third base during the Southborough Summer league 10 year old competition. |
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And the Weather of the Day is....
July 8, 2009 - Today started out just like any of the other days this spring/summer. Cloudy, a little sun and than bam the thunderstorms and rains come along again. This time besides a severe thunderstorm warning a tornado warning had been issued. Weather professionals are calling the wind damage in the Fruit Street/Saddle Hill area of Hopkinton and Westborough a severe super cell microburst. Above photo is hail at Southville Road at the Westborough town line.
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"Snow Train"
July 8, 2009 - The MBTA commuter rail rolls through town about an hour after the severe thunderstorm had hit. |
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 Beginning on July 14th hours the Veterans Agent will be open are every Tuesday from 4 -6 PM |
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TD Garden Golden Ticket Contest On July 16 the TD Banknorth Garden will become the TD Garden and you can win big. click here for more information
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Backyard Boating
July 8, 2009 - Wood St. after yesterday's deluge. Wood St. residents Jean Anderson, Debbie Costine and Wilson the cat survey Debbie's back yard. The Sudbury River has been rising steadily with every rainstorm. (contributed photo) |
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Helping Hand
July 8, 2009 - Cliff Templeman offers assistance to the Fitzgerald's General Store employee who is trying to unclog the drain in yesterdays deluge. |
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Forest Futures Visioning Process Public Invited The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) is inviting interested sportsmen and women, foresters, land trust and watershed association members and other conservationists who care about state forests to participate in their Forest Futures Visioning Process at a two-part public forum in the Berkshires on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, from 3:45 – 8:30 p.m. The first part of the forum will be a Walk-in-the-Woods at Savoy State Forest. The second part of the forum will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Mass. College of Liberal Arts in North Adams. If you plan to join DCR for the Public Forum on July 14, please RSVP to MODR@umb.edu. 4:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. Walk-in-the-Woods, Savoy Mountain State Forest DCR State Lands Manager Bill Hill will lead the group to several locations at the Savoy Mountain State Forest to discuss and view examples of the forest conditions, management practices, and recreational uses of some of our state lands. Interested participants will meet at the MassWildlife Moran Wildlife Management Area, which will serve as a staging area for car pooling to the State Forest, located 9/10 mile north of the junction of Rte. 9 and Rt. 8A (Savoy Rd) on the left-hand side. Please dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes. If possible, please car pool to the staging area. 5:45 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Travel to Mass. College of Liberal Arts, North Adams Forum Location: Murdoch Hall, Sammer Dennis Room on 375 Church Street, North Adams. Directions: http://www.mcla.edu/Admissions/visiting_mcla/directions/ 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Public Forum (Light Food and Refreshments Available) Please join the DCR public forum designed to elicit feedback on public values, goals, and concerns about the management of DCR forest lands. The program will begin with approximately a half-hour of presentations that will provide an overview of the Forest Futures Visioning Process, basic facts about forests, and key issues. DCR will collect questions for the subject experts and presenters and answer as many as time allows. Then, working in small groups, there will be an hour of organized discussion. The groups will report back to the group at large about what is important about Massachusetts forestlands, from their perspective. |
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Sail Boston 2009
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Inundated Again!!
July 7, 2009 - Motorists traveling route 30 between Parkerville Road and Deerfoot Road were met by running water. Below photo the yard across from Parkerville Road.
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Waterlogged Library
July 7, 2009 - The Southborough Library sustained severe water damage this afternoon on the entire lower level. Luckily a great staff saved many of the books by moving them to higher shelving as the water rushed in. The children's library will be closed indefinitely. The staff at the library is unsure if and when the upper library can reopen.
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Stranded
July 7, 2009 - Motorists that tried to go through "Lake Cumberland Farms" at Flanders Road, Westborough were stopped in their tracks. Traffic including me the photographer were rerouted up Washington Street which soon closed due to erosion and power lines down. Over a thousand Southborough residents lost power.
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Out of Power
July 7, 2009 - Traffic had to be directed by Southborough police at the intersection of route 85 and Southville Road during the power outage. |
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In for a Landing
July 7, 2009 - A dragon fly lands in the Neary Skating pond earlier this week in sunshine. |
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"Lakeside"
July 7, 2009 - The view from White Bagley toward McNeil Drive. |
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Morning View
July 6, 2009 - Following a beautiful morning this balloon was spotted along route 9 and attempting to land at Greenhill Park in Worcester. |
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Selectmen seeking volunteers for
Payment in Lieu of Taxes committee - contact the Selectmen's office for
information. PILOT programs are set up in towns to negotiate compensation from non profit or exempt land owners instead of actual taxes. For instance in Southborough we have the Center for Children, Fay School, St. Mark's School, Harvard Primate and book depository and a few others. Times are tough and this is an important committee to assist with the direction the town would like to handle these properties that are off the tax rolls but still utilize town services. |
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Southborough meetings July 6 - July 10, 2009
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Library Schedule July 5 - July 11, 2009
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PEACE CORPS HOLDS JULY 23 PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING IN SOUTHBOROUGH BOSTON, MA, July 6, 2009 -- A representative from the New England Regional Peace Corps office will hold an informational meeting at the Southborough Public Library on Thursday, July 23, 2009. The session, which is free and open to the public, begins at 6:30 p.m. Recruiter and Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Daniel Birdsall (Ecuador, 2004-06) will provide information about serving as a Volunteer and answer questions about the Peace Corps application process.
Peace Corps Information Meeting Thursday, July 23, 2009 Southborough Public Library 25 Main Street Southborough, MA 6:30 p.m.
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Northern New England begins to ban Firewood from
Massachusetts State officials from Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont along with National Forest Service personnel have have begun public service announcements to educate people not to bring in firewood, especially from Worcester County. Meanwhile in Massachusetts officials warn residents to be on the alert for the beetle and not to move firewood outside of the quarantine area. Worcester County is now notorious for the Asian Long Horned beetle which has been found in Worcester in August 2008. The quarantine extends to Holden, West Boylston, Boylston and Shrewsbury. There are several look alike bugs that have had officials scattered over Massachusetts to check to see if there is indeed A L Beetles outside of the immediate Worcester area. To date they have only been found in the above mentioned communities. If you think you have seen the beetle or have an infested tree you should notify the USDA/DCR office at 866-702-9938. Click here for Vermont Restrictions Click here for New Hampshire Restrictions Click here for Maine Restrictions USDA Asian Long Horned Beetle site Massachusetts Asian Long Horned Beetle info National Forest Service Another Massachusetts site Printable Pest Alert poster Lookalikes Below photos from Worcester, Massachusetts 2009 Beetle eradication program.
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Sports and Recreation Land in Littleton Protected by Sudbury Valley Trustees, Town of Littleton, and Littleton Conservation TrustFifty-three acres of ecologically significant land in Littleton has been permanently preserved as open space and agricultural land by the Sudbury Valley Trustees (SVT) and the Town of Littleton, with the assistance of the Littleton Conservation Trust. The George and Lucy Yapp Conservation Land on Newtown Road was purchased by the town on June 29th. A permanent conservation restriction was granted to Sudbury Valley Trustees. “This parcel has been a high priority for SVT and the Town of Littleton, not only because of its size and importance as wildlife habitat, but also because of it’s adjacency to other conservation land,” commented Christa Collins, SVT’s Director of Land Protection. Littleton residents voted nearly unanimously to approve the $930,000 purchase at Annual Town Meeting on May 4th, using a combination of Community Preservation Funds, other town open space funds, and a $500,000 state LAND grant. Keith Bergman, Littleton Town Administrator, acknowledged his appreciation to all those who contributed to this success: “We are grateful to the voters of the Town of Littleton for their support of this latest open space land acquisition, and to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for its half-million-dollar grant award. We are delighted to partner with the Sudbury Valley Trustees in permanently preserving this important 53.6-acre property.” The George and Lucy Yapp Conservation Land will be open to the public for passive recreation activities. A small parking area has been established on Newtown Road, which provides access to a network of trails that links to adjacent conservation property owned by the Town and by Littleton Conservation Trust.
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David
F. Schnare, 88, died Monday, July 6, 2009 at Oak Knoll Healthcare
Center in Framingham following an illness. David was predeceased by
his wife, Louise (Rice) Schnare, who died in 1999.
WHAT'S
FOLLOWING THE ISS? Sky watchers are reporting a "mysterious satellite"
following the International Space Station (ISS). It trails the ISS by about
one minute, relatively faint, but definitely there. Mystery solved: The
follower is Progress 33, a Russian supply ship. On July 12th, it will come
within meters of the space station to test a new automated docking system.
Check the Simple Satellite Tracker for flyby times and get two spaceships
for the price of one:
