Events this week (Updated)

Source: My Southborough 3 Sep 2025 8:26 pm

Above: A free Suicide Prevention Awareness Month workshop for “Understanding Depression” and an ice cream social are among the coming week’s highlights. (image) Here are highlights of what’s happening around (or related to) our town this weekend th

Native Plants & Pollinators Art Reception this Friday

Source: My Southborough 3 Sep 2025 8:25 pm

Above: A Southborough gallery is holding a reception this Friday for an exhibit focused on nature and “native” beauty. (images edited from flyer) The downtown art studio is promoting another art reception. This Friday’s event will feature a juried sh

Learn about Cub Scouts this Sunday

Source: My Southborough 3 Sep 2025 7:31 pm

Above: K-5 kids are invited to learn more about joining Southborough Cub Scouts, now all under the Pack 1 banner. (images cropped from 2019 photo by Alan Bezanson and flyer) In my post listing events in town this week, I forgot to include the Cub Scouts’

Affordable Housing Trust seeking to develop Atwood parcel

Source: My Southborough 3 Sep 2025 4:56 pm

Above: This fall, Town Meeting voters may be asked to allow the Select Board to follow through on an offer made by the Affordable Housing Trust for a 1.8 acre parcel on Atwood Street. (image from Google maps) At last night’s Select Board Meeting, the boa

West Nile Virus risk is still “Moderate” in town, but there are high risk communities to the north/east

Source: My Southborough 3 Sep 2025 2:23 pm

Above: An update on the Mosquito-borne illness risk and safety measures for our town and region. (images edited from state website and SFD post) This week, a woman from Middlesex County tested positive for West Nivel Virus. Earlier this summer, the Southbo