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Vol. 50 | No. 42 | October 18, 2024
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TM article would revamp Highway Business District
‘Unreal’ talent, real ambitions
Planning Board extends lapse period for Gutierrez warehouse
By Maureen Sullivan Assistant Editor
Lindsey Brown leads Algonquin field hockey forward
NORTHBOROUGH | 6 Police Chief Normand Crepeau retires from the force
WESTBOROUGH – A warrant article in this fall’s Special Town Meeting seeks to introduce more mixed-used and creative designs to Turnpike Road. Sponsored by the Planning Department, the article, if approved, would replace the town’s zoning bylaw, “Multifamily Housing in Highway Business District,” with a new bylaw, “Highway Business Zoning District Development.” The district includes the majority of land fronting Route 9 lying west of Connector Road. The area is highlighted by a series of shopping centers; restau-
Grafton | 13 Southborough celebrates Heritage Day
Highway Business | 9
Negotiations ongoing as paraeducators work without contract
Southborough | 14 Possible violations bring Westboro Mobil back before board
Lindsey Brown stands beside the turf field at Algonquin High School. (Photo/Owen Jones/Jones Photo)
By Evan Walsh Reporter SHREWSBURY – Shrewsbury’s staff of over 200 paraeducators is currently working without a new contract as the group negotiates with members of the School Committee. The discussions — ongoing for months — have recently entered the public sphere, with paraeducators advocating for change and voicing frustration at School Committee meetings. The paraeducators’ latest contract — ratified by the School Committee on Jan. 5, 2022, after a lengthy contract negotiation — expired on Aug. 26. In the absence of a new contract, paraeducators continue to work under the terms of the expired deal. Paraeducators | 5
By Evan Walsh Reporter NORTHBOROUGH – After competing in a camp one summer day in 2023, Lindsey Brown and her mother, Karen, were escorted into the Northwestern University athletic offices located 12 miles outside of Chicago. Three coaches flanked the mother-daughter duo and changed Brown’s life forever. “They’re like, ‘Lindsey, we want you to be a part of this program. We’re offering you,’ ” Brown recalled. When students — not just athletes — look at colleges, they have their “reach school.” That was Northwestern for Brown. She was honored just to be contacted by the school — a perennially
strong field hockey program and a top academic institution – but remained cautiously optimistic about the prospect of playing for Northwestern. Brown left the Northwestern campus in disbelief. While she had many institutions vying for her field hockey talents, the allure of Northwestern simply couldn’t be matched. Two months after the Northwestern offer, Brown woke up one Sunday morning with an announcement to her parents – she was going to be a Wildcat. The family dialed Northwestern Head Coach Tracey Fuchs. “It was just the best feeling ever. This was going to be my family for the next four years. It’s going to be my team for four years. I was just so proud of myself
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