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Vol. 49 | No. 15 | April 14, 2023
An egg-cellent egg hunt
Regal site attracting trash, vandals, according to police
Shrewsbury’s flashlight egg hunt a huge success By Evan Walsh Reporter
PHOTO/MAUREEN SULLIVAN
A mattress was among the trash found at the back of the former Regal Cinemas in late March.
WESTBOROUGH – As the site of the former Regal Cinemas on Turnpike Road remains closed, it’s become an attraction of a different — and unwelcome — sort. Since closing in 2019, Westborough Police Department have responded to nearly three dozen incidents, ranging from illegal dumping to breaking and entering, according to their logs. “We’ve had numerous issues down there,” said police Lt. Michael Daniels. After the theater closed in 2017, the town obtained the property through foreclosure in 2022. Daniels said that when the town first obtained the property, “it probably generated more calls.” The number of incidents decreased during the Regal | 8
Egg hunt | 13
PHOTO/EVAN WALSH
By Maureen Sullivan Assistant Editor
SHREWSBURY – After sunset on April 7, families gathered at Dean Park to participate in the Shrewsbury Parks and Recreation Department’s Flashlight Egg Hunt. Participants turned on their flashlights to find hundreds of colorful eggs scattered throughout the upper field. The event was like a scavenger hunt. Children were given checklists with four symbols — unicorns or ice cream, for example — that they had to find on the eggs. Once all four symbols had been found, participants could trade the checklist in for a goodie bag filled with Easter-related prizes, including slap bracelets and bunny ears. With nearly 150 children participating and numerous parents tagging along for moral support, people scrambled to be the first to complete the egg hunt. The Easter Bunny was also available throughout the night for photo opportunities. Shrewsbury Director of Recreation Laurel Rossiter — just three months into her new position — brought the egg hunt outside this year.
Once the sun set on April 7, families used flashlights to search for Easter eggs around Dean Park. At the end of the event, participants received special prizes.
Developer reduces the number of Beal Commons units By Evan Walsh Reporter SHREWSBURY – Beal Commons developers unveiled a new, scaled-down design of the property during the Planning Board’s April 6 meeting. The new plan calls for a 21,040-square-foot building with a gross floor area of 57,916 square
feet. This design is smaller than the developers’ November 2020 plans that proposed a 26,275-square-foot building with 76,438 square feet of floor area. The plan also cuts the total number of units from 55 to 53. The total number of bedrooms would decrease from 75 to 64 with the creation of 14 studio units.
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