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Your community. Your news. Your paper. Vol. 50 | No. 14 | April 5, 2024
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Eggstravaganza! Egg hunt draws hundreds of local kids Shrewsbury residents gathered at Dean Park to collect eggs as part of the “Eggstravaganza!” event on March 30. (Photo/Evan Walsh)
Article requests $1.7M in CPA funds to purchase Whitney St. parcel NORTHBOROUGH | 6
Beal Commons appeal will head to trial shrewsbury| 7
By Evan Walsh, Reporter SHREWSBURY – The Easter Bunny wasn’t the only thing hopping on March 30. Hundreds of energetic, eager children gathered at Dean Park for an “Eggstravaganza!” The event — hosted by the Shrewsbury Recreation Department and sponsored by Shrewsbury Federal Credit Union and Thrive Real Estate Specialists — featured
over 10,000 brightly colored plastic eggs strewn throughout the park. The Recreation Department started planning the event in January, but with thousands of eggs to stuff, it took help from dozens of volunteers from around town. “It was a community effort. The Senior Center’s Council on Aging stuffed almost 2,000 eggs. The RISE students also stuffed Eggstravaganza | 14
Westborough officials ponder possible sewer moratorium Bellofatto propels Westborough baseball past Grafton westborough | 26
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By Maureen Sullivan and Laura Hayes WESTBOROUGH – As local communities try to accommodate more housing and commercial development, a major component could impact present and future plans. The town of Westborough is currently assessing its ability to keep up with both existing and future sewer demand. Existing demand consists of actual daily flow combined with “promised” capacity in the form of sewer credits. The town recently completed an inventory of every commercial property in town to see what has been promised in order to assess what future capacity is available. This data, compiled by Town Engineer Lisa Allain, has been supplied to an infrastructure consulting firm, AECOMM, to make recommendations on a path forward.
The Westborough Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) is at 238 Turnpike Road. It has a design flow of 7.68 million gallons per day (mgd) that is shared by Westborough, Shrewsbury and Hopkinton. According to the treatment plant, the average daily flow for Westborough is 2.27 mgd; for Shrewsbury, it’s 3.69 mgd; and for Hopkinton, it’s 0.32 mgd. The daily flow limit, per the Intermunicipal Agreement, is 2.89 mgd for Westborough; 4.39 mgd for Shrewsbury; and 0.40 for Hopkinton. On paper, that leaves about 620,000 gallons per day for Westborough; however, that number cannot be verified until an assessment of the promised capacity is complete. “That is what we’re trying to figure out,” said DPW Director Chris Payant. “We’re not at our limit. We need to reassess what capacity is still available.” Sewer | 5