Assabet graduates gift 9/11 sculpture to police shrewsbury | 6
Local voters head to the polls for state primary REGION | 16
School enrollment increases by over 80 students Northborough | 20
100% local content
100% FREE
Locally owned and operated since 1974
Your community. Your news. Your paper. Shrewsbury · Westborough · Northborough · Southborough · Marlborough · Hudson · Grafton
Vol. 48 | No. 37 | September 16, 2022
New location a success for Westborough Farmers’ Market
Route 20 improvements coming to Shrewsbury
(PHOTO/CAROLINE GORDON
Congressman Jim McGovern speaks in front of Al-Hamra.
By Caroline Gordon Reporter
By Laura Hayes Managing Editor WESTBOROUGH - It’s been a couple of months since the Westborough Farmers’ Market moved to its new home at Congregation B’nai Shalom on East Main Street. “It’s been great,” said market manager Jeanette McCarthy of the move. “They [B’nai] have been a really wonderful partner.”
SHREWSBURY - Town and state government officials and students from AlHamra Academy gathered in the parking lot of the school for a long-awaited announcement on Sept. 7. Thanks to $15.4 million in funding from the federal infrastructure law and the recently signed MassTRAC legislation, there will be Route 20 corridor and
Rotary takes over the market For years, the farmers’ market had been located at the Congregational Church and was organized by Dismas House. According to McCarthy, the group didn’t run the market in 2020 because of COVID-19. In early 2021, Dismas announced that they didn’t intend to pick the market back up. The Westborough Rotary Club stepped in, saving the market.
Route 20 | 10
Farmers market | 14
Bryce Genderon reaches for an onion during a farmers’ market earlier this month.
Ideas pitched for former Regal Cinemas By Maureen Sullivan Senior Reporter
Road, which has been vacant since 2017 and is now owned by the town.
WESTBOROUGH - Three proposals, three different concepts for the former Regal Cinemas property. During its Sept. 6 meeting, the Select Board heard presentations on what could be done for the Regal site at 231 Turnpike
A business ‘beehive’ First up — Ferris Development Group LLC in Southborough. CEO David Ferris said he envisions a “beehive” where local entrepreneurs can network, store
Westborough volleyball defeats shrewsbury
sports | 25
Regal | 11
5 WAYS TO TREAT
SHOULDER PAIN 508-861-1010 | Shrewsbury + Sutton
conciergephysicaltherapy.com
youth + adult athletes scan code or visit bit.ly/3HskzyD
PHOTO/LAURA HAYES