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Marlborough Hudson An edition of the Community Advocate
Vol. 51 | No. 24 | June 13, 2025
What’s happening Over 450 antique vehicles hit at Hudson’s Intel Marlborough’s Main Street property? By Paul Hopkins Contributing Writer HUDSON – The former Intel manufacturing facility on Reed Road will be razed to make way for new development now that Intel has completed its exit from the property. Intel had maintained a skeleton crew since 2020, although it announced in September 2013 it would close the computer chip plant. ”The buildings on site are obsolete and beyond their life cycle,” said Hudson Director of Planning and Community Development Kristina Johnson. She said the demolition may be completed as early as this summer. There is no proposal for the property’s use at this time. National Development, which manages the limited liability corporation that purchased the site from Intel in 2023 for $12 million, is conducting pre-demolition work on the buildings that made up the manufacturing facility, said Johnson. The structures are decades old and, as is typical, need hazardous materials remediation before they can be torn down. Intel moved most of its Hudson operations to a new site in Boxborough as demand for products changed. In 2022, Atlanta-based Portman Industrial withdrew a proposal to build a 1.28 million-square-foot distribution warehouse on Reed Road following pushback from residents, including the abutting Villages at Quail Run and Westridge Condominiums. The proposal was “on speculation,” meaning Portman had not named a tenant. Intel | 2
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Patriot Ambulance ends 45 years of service By Paul Hopkins Contributing Writer HUDSON – Patriot Ambulance has been absorbed by PrideStar Trinity EMS in an arrangement that ends Patriot’s 45 years of services to Hudson and Marlborough. PrideStar started services on May 16. In May, Patriot founder David Walton spoke before the Hudson Select Board to say
it was time to wind down the service and to compliment the “great people” Patriot has employed over the decades. Walton said his wife is being treated for breast cancer, and “it’s time to take care of her.” The couple has been together for 51 years. Walton and Maurice “Moe” Ryan (now retired) founded Patriot Ambulance in 1979. “We started with one ambulance operating Patriot | 17
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