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Developer of 300-unit project asks for $4 million in fees waived By Evan Walsh Managing Editor SHREWSBURY – The Wheelock is asking the town to waive certain fees. On Oct. 27, Hingham-based Saxon Partners asked the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) to waive $4 million in project fees. Saxon Partners is seeking to construct a 300-unit 40B multifamily rental development at 104 Main Street, a 5.8-acre parcel wedged between North Quinsigamond Avenue, Main Street, and Interstate 290. The 300 units would include 19 studios, 175 one-bedroom units, 76 two-bedroom units, and 30 threebedroom units. There would be 350,000 square feet of total space.
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Vol. 51 | No. 45 | November 7, 2025
A Vietnam War hero, Paul Keaveney set to be recognized as Veteran of the Year
An update on Westborough’s new, and still nameless, cemetery
WESTBOROUGH | 4 New and popular Westborough restaurant officially opens
WESTBOROUGH | 11 Town Meeting set to consider moratorium
Developer | 10
Northborough bridge deemed unsafe by state
SHREWSBURY | 16 Grafton FD rescues dog from blaze in North Main Street building
By Shealagh Sullivan Reporter NORTHBOROUGH — A bridge on Whitney Street will be closed after the town was informed of safety concerns. The Select Board voted on the closure during its Oct. 20 meeting. The bridge, which is near SA Farms, is owned by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), which inspects all the bridges in town on a cyclical basis, said Director of the Department of Public Works Scott Charpentier. When the bridge was last inspected in 2018, the beams had “exposed strands and rusting,” said Charpentier. Since then, the weight allowed on the bridge was limited to 6 tons by MassDOT. Municipal vehicles had an Bridge | 14
Paul Keaveney (right) and his son Sean. (Photo/Leighah Beausoleil)
By Leighah Beausoleil Assistant Editor WESTBOROUGH — In 1970, Lance Corporal Paul Keaveney was conducting patrol on a trail in the A Shau Valley as a member of a Marines reconnaissance team known as “Snakey.” When his team was ambushed by North Vietnamese Army forces, Keaveney took the first of the shots to his leg. Despite the pain, he pressed on to gain a better vantage point, standing in full view of the hostile force on multiple occasions to deliver his grenade launcher fire, halting the enemy with what was said to be “devastating effectiveness.”
Keaveney took fire with each exposure, taking some shrapnel to the back and a shot to the arm, which has left him with some missing tricep muscle. The bullet to his other arm is still there to this day, “which is real fun at airports,” his son Sean noted. Only two other men on his six-person team made it out. Keaveney had taken the radio off of one to call for rescue. While the Huey helicopter attempted to hoist him up and into the med-evac bird, he fell off and landed on the ground 10 feet below. After a successful second attempt, he
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When Nursing Was Fun: Volume II book signing with Ann Watt
Dog-themed book event with E.B. Bartles, Dr. Karen Fine and Ellen Finnie
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