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Marlborough Hudson An edition of the Community Advocate
Vol. 51 | No. 12 | March 21, 2025
Funding will help Let’s play ball: Hudson actor rounds WMCT-TV upgrade the bases in new film technology By Sarah Freedman Contributing Writer
Ryan Malyar, executive director for WMCT-TV, explains the budget to members of the City Council’s Finance Committee on March 3.
By Maureen Sullivan Assistant Editor MARLBOROUGH – The City Council chambers will soon have upgraded technology to better record what transpires during meetings. During its meeting on March 3, the council’s Finance Committee approved a transfer of $626,812.24 from the Marlborough Public, Educational, and Government Access Channels (PEG Fund) to support the fiscal 2026 operations for WMCT-TV, the city’s public access channel. According to Executive Director Ryan Malyar, a portion of the approved funds will be used to upgrade equipment at the chambers and the School Committee room at 17 School Street. This will include assisted listening devices for City Council members and meeting WMCT-TV | 5
HUDSON – Hudson actor Russ Gannon is swinging for the fences in his latest role in Carson Lund’s film “Eephus.” The independent movie, which was filmed in Douglas, Mass., is set in the early 1990s and takes place in the span of one last baseball game between two amateur teams, Adler’s Paint and the Riverdogs, before the field is torn down to make way for a new middle school. It premiered at the 77th Cannes Film Festival on May 9, 2024, and was released in the United States on March 14 in select theaters. Produced by Music Box Films, the film is about more than baseball — it’s “really about the end of something,” according to Gannon. It’s about the “third space” that people have outside of work and home; the film is an homage to a simpler time. He added, “This is sort of their home away from home. It’s where they can just Play ball | 4
From left to right: Director Carson Lund, Russ Gannon and Writer Michael Basta on the set of “Eephus.” (Photo/Russ Gannon)
New coffee shop coming to Maple Street By Maureen Sullivan Assistant Editor MARLBOROUGH – Andina Café could soon set up shop at 420 Maple Street. The City Council approved a special permit for a coffee shop with a drive-thru on March 10. The special permit is subject to a site plan review.
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The site would become the third location for Andina Café, a coffee roasting company based in Framingham. It also operates a roaster in Saxonville Mills. The applicants, Marlborough Maple Real Estate Trust, will have the coffee shop at the part of the building closest to Maple Street. As part of the conditions for the special Coffee shop | 5
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