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October 24, 2010 - October 30, 2010

October 30, 2010 - Early birds get to the Southborough Youth and Family Halloween party last night.

October 30, 2010 - This Hawk was sitting on Chestnut Hill Farm machinery hunting the hedges.

October 30, 2010 - The Garfield Home will go up for auction November 4 but today it was open house.

October 30, 2010 - An action packed game this afternoon.

Annual Night Hike for Families

Space Weather News for Oct. 28, 2010
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SUN TWISTER:  Earlier today, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) recorded a spectacular eruption on the sun's northeastern limb.  An unstable magnetic filament hundreds of thousands of kilometers long pirouetted and launched a fragment of itself into space.  Earth was not in the line of fire, but the SDO movie is worth seeing anyway.  Visit http://spaceweather.com for cinema. 

ASTEROID FLYBY:  Asteroid 2003 UV11 will fly past Earth on Oct. 29th and 30th at a distance of only 1.2 million miles. Experienced amateur astronomers should have little trouble photographing the 600-meter wide space rock as it glides through the constellation Pegasus on Friday night, glowing about as brightly as a 12th magnitude star. Observers in North America and Europe are favored. Check http://spaceweather.com for ephemerides and more information.

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Memorial Service for Howard D. Kirshenbaum, MD

Marlborough, MA – (October 28, 2010) --Marlborough Hospital will hold a memorial service for Howard D. Kirshenbaum, MD, on Sunday, November 7 at 4 pm in the hospital’s Union Street Café. Dr. Kirshenbaum, a cardiologist, and respected member of the medical staff passed away on May 26, 2010. The service will honor Dr. Kirshenbaum for the dedicated service and care he provided to patients during the 27 years he served the Marlborough Hospital community.

“Marlborough Hospital truly lost a dedicated and compassionate physician with Dr. Kirshenbaum’s passing after a courageous battle with cancer,” said John W. Polanowicz, Marlborough Hospital president and CEO. “Not only did Dr. Kirshenbaum provide great care to his patients, but he also served in numerous leadership roles at the hospital.  He is sorely missed by the medical staff, employees and patients.”

Colleagues from the Marlborough Hospital medical and nursing staff’s will share their memories of working with Dr. Kirshenbaum. There will be a brief reception following the service.

The Marlborough Hospital Board of Trustees will posthumously present Dr. Kirshenbaum with the Chiron W. Smith, MD, Outstanding Physician Award. Dr. Kirshenbaum’s wife, Elaine Kirshenbaum and children, Daniel and Jennifer will accept the award.

The Chiron W. Smith, MD, Outstanding Physician Award is a newly established award from the board of trustees. The award will be presented on an ad hoc basis to members of the medical staff who exemplifies the dedication and commitment of Dr. Chiron W. Smith who was a member of the medical staff for 54 years.

Dr. Smith, considered one of  the last “horse and buggy doctors” at Marlborough Hospital, was dean of the medical staff for many years. He joined the hospital’s medical staff in 1903 and remained on staff until his sudden death at age 86 in 1957. Dr. Smith had the reputation of never refusing to travel to care for a sick patient regardless of the weather or time of day or night.  During the influenza epidemic of 1918, Dr. Smith worked around the clock for days at a time without sleep.

“It is an honor and a privilege to present the first Chiron W. Smith, MD, Outstanding Physician Award to Dr. Kirshenbaum who also was known to see a patient late at night, early in the morning or on weekends,” said Neil Ferris, chair, Marlborough Hospital Board of Trustees. “Dr. Kirshenbaum was an invaluable member of the Board of Trustees and deeply appreciated for his contributions over many years. On a personal level, I am very grateful for his guidance, advice and wise council.”

The memorial service will be held from 4 to 6 pm in the Union Street Café at Marlborough Hospital, 157 Union Street, Marlborough. The public is welcome. Those interested in attending should contact the Marlborough Hospital Development Department at 508-486-5810 by Friday, November 5.

Norfolk Aggies Annual Haunted Hayride

October 22&23, 29&30 7:00pm-11:00pm

$10.00 Adults    

$5.00 for kids

Join us for a 35 minute hayride through the haunted fields and forests of Norfolk Aggie. It’s a hauntingly good time for all.

“Halloween Fantasy Fun”

Saturday, October 30^th 11am -3pm Hopkinton High School

September 20, 2010 --- Bring your children to Hopkinton High School for the HHS Drama Ensemble’s Halloween Fantasy Fun Day, Saturday, October 30, 11am – 3pm (open admission). At this family friendly, non-scary event, princesses, knights and favorite story book characters will come to life and enchant visitors through skits and interactive singing. As you travel along an enchanted journey you will experience unique Halloween entertainment, indoor trick-or-treating, face painting, seasonal arts & craft activities, and games.

Halloween Fantasy Fun is a great way for families to kick-off their Halloween weekend! Wear your costumes! Admission is $7/child with $20/family maximum. To learn more about the event visit: www.hhsdramaensemble.com or contact Barb Timko at hopkintondrama@gmail.com please put “Halloween” in the subject line.

All proceeds from the event will support the HHS Drama Ensemble’s trip to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. HHS drama is proud to have been selected to perform at the prestigious arts festival, as part of the American High School Theatre Festival (AHSTF) in August 2011. For more information about the trip, or to make a donation contact Valerie von Rosenvinge at vvonrosenvinge@hopkinton.k12.ma.us

October 28, 2010 - ARHS Girls Field Hockey took on Littleton today winning 2 - 1.

Purple Pinkie Morning

Polio is a crippling and potentially fatal disease. Fortunately,  although incurable, Polio is easy to prevent. A child can be  vaccinated for just$1, protecting him against this terrible disease for life. Through one of the world’s biggest immunization programs, Polio has  been 99 per cent eradicated – so this is one last push to destroy the  disease for good.

Why is it called Purple Pinkie? When a child is vaccinated, they have  a purple stamp put on their little finger. So each Purple Pinkie  brings us closer to making Polio history.  By supporting the Purple Pinkie campaign, you can help make the pain  and life-limiting effects of Polio a thing of the past. On Friday,  October 29, the Trottier Early Act club , sponsored by the Southborough   Rotary Club will have a Purple Pinkie Morning and color the pinkie of  each student and faculty member who donates a dollar to help  eradicate polio. Please help us by reminding your student to bring a  dollar on Friday.

Southborough Library to Host Laura Prescott, Thursday, November 18 at 7:00 p.m:  Spinsters and Widows – Tracing the Female Lines of Your Ancestry

Laura Prescott  - from her
website = www.lauraprescott.com

 The Southborough Public Library Genealogy Club will host Laura Prescott for a talk on Spinsters and Widows : Tracing the Female Lines in Your Ancestry, on Thursday, November 18, 2010, at 7:00 p.m., at the Southborough Public Library, 25 Main Street, Southborough, MA.
According to Ms. Prescott, “…your female ancestors and their sisters had few public rights, but often wielded an unspoken power in deeds, wills, and personal accounts. Probe the records and discover maiden names, relationships, and the voice of women in nineteenth-century America.”
Laura Prescott is a professional researcher, writer, and speaker. She worked for the New England Historic Genealogical Society for seven years before starting her own research business. Originally from Charleston, West Virginia, she has lived in New England for over thirty years. Laura graduated with a B.A. in History from Dartmouth College. She is the president of the Association of Professional Genealogists, genealogy project manager for the Nickerson Family Association, and a consultant for Footnote.com. Her articles have appeared in Ancestry, New England Ancestors, Genealogical Computing, NGS NewsMagazine, and Digital Genealogist.
The Genealogy Club meets at the Southborough Public Library located at the junction of Routes 85 and 30, at 25 Main Street in Southborough. Meetings are open to the public. All ages and skill levels are welcome. Call the Southborough Public Library at 508.485.5031 to register for the November 18 talk on Spinsters and Widows by Laura Prescott. Bring a friend or relative.

Gobble Wobble Road Race, November 26 – Start your Thanksgiving Day off right!  Get out and join Southborough Recreation for the 4th Annual Gobble Wobble Road Race to begin at the Trottier Middle School at 8:30am.  This year our top sponsors are Long Automotive Group, Roche Bros., Trombetta’s Farm, and NRG Bar.  You can go to http://friendsofsouthboro.com/index.htm to see additional sponsors of this years race.

Runners and walkers from Southborough and surrounding towns are invited to come and enjoy the fun.  Proceeds from this race will benefit the “Friends of Southborough Recreation”, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting recreational activities for youths and families of the community.  Runners may sign up for the 5K road race and medals will be awarded to top male and female runners in each catagory.  The two mile Family Walk will also begin at 8:30am.  Event T-Shirts will be given to pre-registered athletes on a first come first serve basis and babysitting is available at the school from 8 to 9:30am for a nominal fee.  For children ages 3 to 11, there will be a Free Kid’s Fun Run beginning at 9:30.  Kids will race around the track and will be grouped by age.  Registration and a signed waiver are required for all children.  There will be an awards ceremony in the Trottier Gym at 10am.  Registration and Pre-Registration pick-up will run from 7 to 8am.  Registration for the 5K run or walk is $25 per person and may be done by mail or in person at Southborough Recreation, 21 Highland Street, Southborough, MA 01772 or on-line at www.runreg.com or in person the morning of the race.  For more information visit http://friendsofsouthboro.com/index.htm or http://www.southboroughrecreation.com/index.html.    

October 27, 2010 - ARHS Girls JV Field Hockey beat Westborough 2- 0 tonight.

October 27, 2010 -  The ARHS Varsity Girls field hockey fell to Westborough 2 -0.

Karen L. (Scagnelli) Bello, 55, of Southborough, formerly of Tucson, Ariz., died Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010, at MetroWest Medical Center, Framingham. Born and raised in Framingham, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Scagnelli and the late Jean (Tusino) (Scagnelli) Personis and the late George Personis. She was the wife of the late John Bello, who died in 2008. A graduate of Marian High School, Framingham and Biscayne College, Fla., she earned a teaching certificate from the University of Phoenix, and had been employed as a substitute teacher in the Tucson Public School System. She is survived by her sisters, Denise (Scagnelli) Eddy of Southborough and Cheryl (Scagnelli) Turpin and her husband, James, of Naples, Maine, and their families, Christopher Eddy of Southborough and his daughter, Italia J. Eddy, Ian Turpin and his sons, Tucker G. and Tanner J. Turpin, and Ariel Turpin, as well as several aunts, uncles and cousins. Visiting hours will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 26, from 5-8 p.m., at the Slattery Funeral Home, Inc., 40 Pleasant St., Marlborough. A funeral Mass will be celebrated on Wednesday, Oct 27, at 10 a.m., at the Chapel of The Holy Spirit, Bethany Healthcare Center, 97 Bethany Road, Framingham. Burial will be private. Donations may be made to Bethany Healthcare Center, 97 Bethany Road, Framingham, MA 01702.

October 25, 2010 - The Annual Halloween parade brought out all the ghosts, ghouls, goblins, cowboys, sci-fi creatures and more including pizza man above.

Southborough Library  website:  Click here

A message from Prudence Webster, Treasurer of the Friends of the Library:

We are getting ready for the annual Heritage Day Friends’ Book and Cookie Sale on Monday, October 11 from 9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

In preparation for this sale on Monday, October 11, we will be sorting and separating book donations on the mornings of Wednesday, September 22 and September 29. Come and help us and get a sneak preview of this year’s stock!

Please drop off your cookie donations on Saturday, October 9, to the Library staff, or bring them on Monday at Heritage Day!  Thank you.  - Library Friends.

Senior Center Activities

Computers:  We now have two computers in the hall before you enter our main room that are now hooked up to the internet. You will be able to read e-mail and look up information as well as play some fun card games. Feel free to sit down and use the computers. Let us know if you would like any help.

Southborough meetings

October 11 to October 15, 2010

2nd Annual Pet Halloween Party/Open House on Sat., October 30th.  The event starts at 12:00 and will go until 1:30.  We will have a pet costume contest and parade at 1:00.

Save the Date for St. James Harvest Craft Fair on November 13^th

EVENT:                        St. James Harvest Craft Fair

WHEN:                         Saturday, November 13, 2010

                                      9:00 am to 3:00 pm

LOCATION:                 St. James Parish Center (89 Main Street, South Grafton)

The St. James annual Harvest Craft Fair will be held on November 13^th from 9am to 3pm.  Our craft table this year will include handmade holiday wreaths, pumpkin centerpieces and horns of plenty, baby layettes, sweaters, fleece blankets and bird houses among many other items.  There will be a money raffle, theme baskets, white elephant, silent auction, and children’s activities, along with a delicious menu from our kitchen. 

Mark your calendars for Saturday, November 13^th, and join us at the St. James Parish Center located at 89 Main Street, South Grafton from 9am to 3pm.  The event will have something for everyone!

Schartner Farm in Bolton Raises Funds for Marlborough Hospital Cancer Care

Marlborough, MA  (October 18, 2010) – Schartner Farms, a fourth generation farming operation in Bolton turned their personal experience with cancer into positive action by hosting a recent fundraiser for the Oncology/Hematology Clinic located at Marlborough Hospital. Over $3,000 was raised for the clinic in memory of Bob Schartner who lost his courageous battle with myelodysplastic syndrome in 2009. The “Family Fun Day at the Farm” fundraiser brought hundreds of visitors came to the farm to pick apples, pumpkins and raspberries and try out the new Corn Maize. Eric Schartner, Bob’s son, added the new maze feature this year, it covers three and one-half acres and spells out “Schartner Farm.”  

Established in 1902, the Schartner Farm is a family farm run by the family of Bob Schartner. Bob received his treatment at Marlborough Hospital and his family chose to hold a fundraiser for the Oncology/Hematology Clinic as a way of “giving back” to the hospital for the care Bob received during his illness.

Sandee Schartner, Bob’s widow, felt that holding a Family Fun Day at the Farm would be a wonderful tribute to her husband who grew up on the farm and where they raised their own family of five. “Bob so loved having families come in the fall to the farm to enjoy the beautiful orchards so we thought we would dedicate a day and donate the proceeds of the day’s sales to Marlborough Hospital. Our family wanted to show our thanks to the nurses and Bob’s physician, Dr. Steven Salomon and help raise some money for the cancer care at the hospital.”

“We are so privileged and honored to have had the wonderful Schartner Family host this fundraiser for Marlborough Hospital,” said John Polanowicz, Marlborough Hospital’s president and CEO. “It was such a special day for the Schartner Family and for the hospital. We are deeply grateful to everyone who supported this event.”

About Schartner Farm

The Schartner Family emigrated from Austria. In 1902 Julius came to, Bolton which was the start of Schartner Farms. Since then we have gone from a dairy farm to a fruits and vegetable farm. We are currently the 4th generation operating the farm and the 5th generation is coming along.

In 2006 we were able to protect the farm from development when we accepted an offer from the Town of Bolton and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to become an APR (Agricultural Preservation Restriction) Farm. The funds were used to secure the deed to the farm so Robert Schartner and the rest of the Schartner Family could continue the tradition of farming the land our great grandfather once did.

Although we are not a commercial operation, we strive on being a true family operation and devoting our time to making your visit a pleasant one. We invite everyone to enjoy the farm as we have for several generations. Bring a picnic and enjoy a day at our farm in one of our orchards or hayfields. There is also access to the Bolton Loop Trail which is a hiking trail that runs through our property. Or visit: www.schartnerfarm.com

 Three generations of Schartner’s visited Marlborough Hospital to present them with the proceeds from their “Family Day at the Farm” fundraiser to benefit the Oncology/Hematology Clinic. Pictured (l to r) are: Marlborough Hospital’s Ellen Carlucci, development director, John Polanowicz, president and CEO, and from Schartner Farms; Eric Schartner, Jack Schartner and seated, Sandee Schartner.