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Vol. 48 | No. 40 | October 7, 2022
Shrewsbury native competes on ‘The Voice’
Temporary traffic, safety committee formed
By Caroline Gordon Reporter
By Laura Hayes Managing Editor
SHREWSBURY - From singing with the Shrewsbury High School Acapella Choir to now performing on “The Voice,” Cara Brindisi continues to follow “the greatest honor of her life.” Brindisi said she enjoys singing because of the way it impacts others. “Whether it’s an audience of 100 or 1000, or I am doing my work as a music therapist… To be able to be a vehicle [for music] is the greatest honor of my life,” she said.
NORTHBOROUGH - The Board of Selectmen has established a temporary traffic and safety committee. Approved Sept. 26, the committee was charged to return to the selectmen in no more than six months with a recommendation whether to form a permanent committee, including ideas for its membership and charge. The temporary committee will be made up of five residents, one selectman and one Planning Board member. It was approved with a 3-2 vote with Selectmen Jason Perreault and Scott Rogers voting against. During the meeting, residents advocated for the formation of the committee. Suzanne Cieslica said with Northbor-
Meet Cara Brindisi Brindisi first picked up a microphone when she was two years old. When she was seven, Brindisi began taking singing lessons and participating in musical theater camp. As she grew older and entered Shrewsbury High School, she became involved with the Acapella Choir, the school
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Cara Brindisi performs in front of The Voice audience.
Board of Health proposes changes to plastic reduction bylaw By Maureen Sullivan Senior Reporter WESTBOROUGH - Residents will have another chance to decide on a plastic reduction bylaw at the fall Town Meeting. Westborough currently has a bylaw on
the books outlawing single-use plastic check out bags. Changes to that bylaw went before Town Meeting in the spring to have it address plastic reduction in general. It was petitioned by Zero Waste Westborough and ultimately referred to the Board of Health.
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