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Vol. 49 | No. 25 | June 23, 2023
Crews demolish old Shrewsbury police station
Select Board appoints Minardi as interim Westborough police chief
By Laura Hayes Managing Editor
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Deputy Chief Todd Minardi talks during the Budget Summit in 2022.
By Maureen Sullivan Assistant Editor WESTBOROUGH – The town has taken the first steps to replace Police Chief Jeff Lourie. At the start of its meeting on June 13, the Select Board announced it has accepted the resignation of Lourie, who has been chief since 2018. Lourie will become the police chief in Falmouth; his last day in Westborough will be June 30. Board Chair Sean Keogh read a statement announcing Lourie’s resignation. He cited several initiatives accomplished during the chief’s tenure, including increasing officer safety and adding more staff. “Since joining the department as its chief in 2018, Jeff has worked tirelessly to increase enPolice chief | 9
SHREWSBURY – As residents watched the new Shrewsbury Police Department station be constructed and completed, the project recently passed another milestone – the demolition of the former station. Crews began demolishing the old building on May 22. Although the building is gone, work is still being done on the footprint of the former station site. “The project to follow the tear down will create an open campus and parking between the Town Hall and the new police department building,” Shrewsbury police wrote in a May Facebook post. The department moved into the new building in late February, which is a 41,500-square-foot facility.
Drone photography shows the new Shrewsbury police station.
Select Board discusses tree removal at burial ground By Laura Hayes Managing Editor NORTHBOROUGH – Concerns about trees removed as part of the Brigham Street Burial Ground beautification project were voiced by Select Board members during the June 12 meeting. Member Lisa Maselli said the project was different from what was discussed at Town
Meeting, which she said called for 20 trees to be removed. According to Maselli, between 85 to 90 trees have been removed. She said it was a “little bit of a surprise” in the way they were logged and removed. “There’s been talk of [how] before there was a canopy of trees, and they didn’t have really maintain the property that much,” Maselli said. Burial ground | 7
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