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Vol. 50 | No. 29 | July 19, 2024
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Ice cream shop may be coming to Shrewsbury Center
Historian publishes book on Anthony ‘Spag’ Borgatti
Northborough Police holds swearing-in ceremony for officers
By Evan Walsh Reporter SHREWSBURY – Community members visiting Shrewsbury’s Town Center may soon be able to get a frozen treat. The Planning Board on July 11 considered plans to build an ice cream shop in the Town Center. Applicant Keller Real Estate LLC filed site plans and stormwater-related documents with the Planning Board. The shop would be located at 6 Maple Ave., currently owned by Keller Real Estate. The 0.1-acre parcel of land is located between Maple Avenue and Main Street, directly across from the Ice cream shop | 5
Options for Westborough Golf Club building presented to committee By Maureen Sullivan Assistant Editor WESTBOROUGH – Initial ideas for a new building at the Westborough Golf Club were presented during the Municipal Building Committee meeting on Thursday, July 11. Arthur Love and Lauren Mitchell of BFE Architects brought forth four options for the building. Love said the options were created based on a walkthrough of the site, along with input from the committee. Option A1 – One floor. The pro shop and storage would be moved into a separate building. A kitchen/dining Golf Club | 5
By Evan Walsh Reporter SHREWSBURY – A local historian is sharing stories about Shrewsbury legend Anthony “Spag” Borgatti. In his new 84-page book, “Spag — His Life and Legacy,” lifelong Shrewsbury resident and Town Historian Michael Perna Jr. recounts Spag’s life with anecdotes, recollections from community members who knew him and stories about his famous superstore that gave countless people reason to visit town. “I started a couple years ago when one of [Borgatti’s] daughters passed away. The other daughter had me come over to her house. It was full of Spag’s photos and plaques and stuff like that. She said that anything I wanted to take a copy of, take a photo of — feel free… That kind of planted the seed. The more people I talked to, there’s so much more to know,” Perna said. “Spag — His Life and Legacy” marks Perna’s seventh book on Shrewsbury’s history. A 1968 graduate of Shrewsbury High School, Perna is involved with the Shrewsbury Historical Society and has published over 1,000 articles in the Shrewsbury Chronicle and Community Advocate. His work includes “Shrews-
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Michael Perna Jr. stands with his new book beside a picture of Anthony “Spag” Borgatti located at the Shrewsbury Public Library. (Photo/Evan Walsh)
bury in the Civil War” (1986), “Remembering Lake Quinsigamond — From Steamboats to White City” (1998), “Images of America – Shrewsbury” (2001) and “Shrewsbury Through Time” (2014). “Even as a kid, I’ve always liked history. It started with military history, Civil War history, and then I thought, ‘What was Shrewsbury’s role in the Civil War?’ So that kind of morphed into Shrewsbury history,” said Perna. Perna spoke to several people who knew or worked for Spag and combed through archives to research the book. Despite living in Shrewsbury for his entire life,
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