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Vol. 51 | No. 21 | May 23, 2025
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SHREWSBURY | 8 Northborough artist shares work for the first time WESTBOROUGH – Westborough’s Big Y has announced its opening date. According to information from the company, the store is scheduled to open on Aug. 14. In January 2024, Big Y announced it would open at a site that once housed a Stop & Shop. The supermarket chain applied for building permits in September. The 41,448-square-foot interior will feature walk-in coolers, shelving, fixtures, and finishes. The supermarket will be located at 290 Turnpike Road. The supermarket will be hiring to fill more than 100 part-time and fulltime positions. Open positions include department managers, assistant department managers, cashiers, in-store deli-kitchen workers, meat-seafood workers, and overnight stock clerks. Big Y Foods Inc. is one of the largest independently owned supermarket chains in New England, and operates locations throughout Massachusetts and Connecticut. The closest Big Y supermarkets are in Worcester, Holden, Milford, and Spencer.
NORTHBOROUGH | 12 Westborough lacrosse takes down rival Algonquin
The Shrewsbury Crew team was on the water at 5 a.m. for practice. (Photo/Evan Walsh)
By Evan Walsh Managing Editor SHREWSBURY – It’s 5 a.m., and Lake Quinsigamond is quiet. The boats that often buzz around the water are docked, and the streets surrounding the lake are empty. There’s no noise — aside from geese splashing through the water — and there’s even less light. A thin fog clings to the surface of the water. But in the boathouse, there’s motion. Oars clatter gently, shells are carefully removed from the racks. Hours before any classmates have woken up, several dedicated high-schoolers are pacing around the Donahue Rowing Center, preparing for another morning of practice. While the world is sleeping — and before the
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sun rises — these Shrewsbury students are putting forth maximum effort. To some, the routine seems grueling. But to these folks, the word “privilege” comes to mind. “It’s been part of the town for a while,” Shrewsbury Crew Program Director Mitch McManus told the Community Advocate after practice that chilly morning. “Unless people come down and try rowing, they don’t really know about it. I think it’s almost a tragedy and a shame that more kids don’t get to experience it. Once you get rowing in your blood, that’s it — you’re hooked.” Hooked indeed. Over the last 88 years, generations of Shrewsbury students have embraced this sport — and this program.
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