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Vol. 50 | No. 43 | October 25, 2024
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Town Meeting votes down borrowing for Golf Club
DeManche reflects on four decades at Senior Center
Recreation Dept. to move to Legion building
By Maureen Sullivan Assistant Editor
shrewsbury | 9
WESTBOROUGH – Voters at Town Meeting on Monday, Oct. 21, decided to sideline the Westborough Golf Club building project, and proceed with plans for the Community Center. Article 10, which would have provided $200,000 for schematic designs, and to obtain a restaurant consultant and owners project manager (OPM) for the Golf Club, was defeated, 122228. A request to reduce the request to $50,000 was also defeated. Some residents said they did not want a restaurant at the golf club. “I don’t think we need to be in the restaurant business,” said Steve Buttigl-
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northborough | 12 Police seeks suspect in local business break-ins
Town Meeting | 10
Following odor complaints, AG sues Feedback Earth
Alma DeManche will be retiring after 41 years as director of the Westborough Senior Center. (Photo/Dave Bagdon)
By Laura Hayes Managing Editor
By Maureen Sullivan Assistant Editor
GRAFTON – The attorney general’s office has filed a lawsuit against Feedback Earth, which processes unwanted food into ingredients for animal feed. “These fetid odors have woken neighbors from their sleep, forced them to close windows at their homes, caused businesses to send employees home, kept children from their backyards, and caused nausea, headaches, and difficulty breathing,” Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell wrote in the complaint. Her office announced that the lawsuit was filed in Suffolk Superior Court on Oct. 17.
WESTBOROUGH – After four decades at the helm of the Westborough Senior Center, Alma DeManche has seen many chapters open and close – hundreds of programs, the big move to their home on Rogers Road, her son growing up around the center and plans for the center to move into the new Community Center. Now, DeManche’s own chapter at the Senior Center is coming to a close as she is retiring. Her last “official” day will be Dec. 31, but her final day in the building will be Nov. 8. “I have had so much support over the years from some amazing people,” said DeManche. “The COA Board is a real
Feedback Earth | 7
Westborough | 20
working board and they got things done. I have fond memories of so many who helped and encouraged me and that goes for my own family as well.” A time for reflection When looking back on her career path, DeManche says she ended up in senior services almost by chance. In college, she originally wanted to work in early childhood education but due to availability she ended up teaching an art class to seniors - turns out she loved it. On a recent October morning, DeManche sat in her office, four decades’ worth of memories adorning the walls and shelves around her. “I’m trying to divest my stuff,” she said. She said the hardest items to pack will
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