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Your community. Your news. Your paper. Vol. 50 | No. 25 | June 21, 2024
Shrewsbury, Grafton review proposed 845,500-SF UPS warehouse
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Westborough boys tennis wins MIAA Division 2 championship
By Evan Walsh. Reporter
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SHREWSBURY – A new warehouse facility may be coming to the GraftonShrewsbury town line. On June 10, the Shrewsbury Planning Board and Grafton Planning Board held a joint public hearing to review the site plans for a proposed warehouse and distribution facility. The project, which would be developed by Prologis, Inc., would be split between the two towns, requiring approval from both government bodies. The 845,500-square-foot warehouse would be located on a 212-acre lot on 12 Centennial Drive, or 414-428 Cherry St. The site, which is locat-
Committee recommends moving Town Hall to White Cliffs
Northborough | 9 Former Select Board chair arrested on fraud charges
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School Committee to audit investigation into mock slave auction, racial slur at Neary By Laura Hayes, Managing Editor SOUTHBOROUGH – Following news that a fifth-grade teacher at Margaret A. Neary School held a mock slave auction and used a racial slur while discussing a book, the Southborough School Committee voted on June 12 to conduct an external audit into the investigation. ‘Empty words are not enough’ During the Southborough School Committee meeting, community members read a petition that was signed by 121 people. According to resident Andrea Hamilton, the petition comes from an ad hoc group.
Grafton | 16 Westborough celebrates winning the MIAA Division 2 championship. (Photo/Evan Walsh)
St. John’s baseball falls to BC High
By Evan Walsh, Reporter CAMBRIDGE – It had been a long time coming. For the last three years, Westborough’s boys tennis team made it to the title game, and although the Rangers came extraordinarily close on several occasions, championship glory escaped them. In 2021, the team dropped a 4-1 contest to Brookline. In 2022, the team fell 3-2 to Concord-Carlisle, and in 2023, the Rangers dropped a 3-2 heartbreaker against the Duxbury Dragons. But it was clear from the beginning that this 2024 team was different. With a renewed training routine, an improved attitude and a fresh outlook on the season, Westborough players — hungry to finally “cross the finish line,” as they said April 9 — knew they had something special from the start. They were going to give everything they had to win it all. As crowds gathered at MIT’s duPont Tennis Courts on Saturday, June 15, the team did just that, exacting revenge on No. 3 Duxbury to — at long last — claim the MIAA Division 2 championship. The 3-2 win wraps a 19-2 season for the top-seeded Rangers. The team had 11 straight-set victories over the course of the season, with its only two losses against Division 1 opponents. “It feels great. It really does feel great. It does not change how I feel about the boys, and it wouldn’t have changed. They worked hard — they really have worked hard. They’ve done a lot of running, we’ve played a lot of hard teams throughout the season just to prepare for a match like this. We’ve played a lot of three-and-a-half-hour matches this
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