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Topics Covered At Monday's BOS Meeting

State Senator Harriet Chandler, State Representative Harold Naughton, Jr. and State Senator James Eldridge all attended the Board of Selectmen’s meeting yesterday.

Cell Tower Citizen's Petition

by Kim

Those of you who have been reading NorthboroNews for a while now know there have been cell tower applications on the table recently, and all of them have had setback issues due to proximity to a school, residence, or existing tower, requiring bylaw overrides from the ZBA or Planning Board. This has given rise [...]

Citizen's Petition to be Decided at Town Meeting

by Kim

The dark outlined area is Bigelow Nurseries and this and the parcel to the West are those in question

I spoke to Doug Stone, a lifelong resident and town businessman, to get some detail on his citizens’ petition to be considered at Town Meeting this April. “I see something to be improved upon; this [...]

MSBA Reimbursement Issue Remains Unresolved

By Linda Brenckle

In a letter dated February 18th, Ms. Jean Kitchen, Southborough’s Town Manager, notified Superintendent Dr. Charles Gobron that the Southborough Board of Selectmen have unanimously agreed not to put the Northborough-Southborough Regional School Committee’s proposed compromise regarding the Algonquin Massachusetts School Building Authority’s (MSBA) reimbursement on [...]

Preliminary Budget Presented at the Selectmen's Meeting

Town Administrator, John Coderre presented a preliminary budget on Monday night at the Selectmen’s meeting. The overall budget was $48.6M or a .95% increase over FY2010.

Board of Selectmen's Agenda 2/22

The agenda for the meeting has not yet been posted on line, but the Friends of the Dog Park have asked me to share that their proposal will be discussed next Monday. This group hopes to create a fenced off leash dog park in the unused portion of Assabet Park. If approved, they plan to [...]

Bearfoot Road Cleanup

By Kim

Last night, there was a public meeting with Adam Last of Corporate Environmental Advisors, Inc. (CEA) who presented the 119 Bearfoot Road clean up alternatives for a shooting range of the former fish and game. A portion of the land is deemed contaminated, “due to the detection of lead in the soil above DEP [...]

Wind Committee Newsletter

Courtesy of Maggie Harling of the Wind Committee

Hey Northborough,

As an update to the activities of the Northborough Wind Turbine Committee there is great news that you may have read about in the papers. We won an $85,000 grant from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative to proceed with our feasibility study. This was [...]

Short Takes from the Board of Selectmen's Meeting

On the Agenda: the Memorial Day Parade, PAYT and the Clean Energy Choice Program grant.

Town Election Deadlines

By Kim

Decision time 2010 is upcoming! Any prospective candidates out there? (Drop me an email to set up an interview)

Town Election Nomination papers are available at the Town Clerk’s Office at Town Hall. The last day to obtain papers is March 19th and the last day to submit them to the Registrars of Voters is [...]