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Marlborough Hudson An edition of the Community Advocate
Vol. 52 | No. 7 | February 13, 2026
Reed Road Much more than a rock: A Marlborough project’s potential boulder becomes the city’s canvas traffic worries residents By Shealagh Sullivan Reporter
By Paul Hopkins Reporter HUDSON — More than a dozen people were nervous about traffic during the latest public hearing about a potential development at 75 Reed Road, the former Intel manufacturing site. National Development has proposed building a 950,000-square-foot industrial facility. National Development still says it has no tenant(s) signed on. But if the site becomes a distribution center, the developer estimates that it would generate more than 4,600 vehicle trips on a typical weekday. Truck traffic is estimated at 960 trips per day, with 67 trips per hour at peak times. The trucks would be directed toward the I-290 interchange. Residents were skeptical they would actually head that direction. A resident of Marlborough Street said she wanted to understand “how you expect to direct trucks to go a certain way.” “There are signs now about not using engine braking and they don’t do a thing,” she said, noting that the Hudson Police Department can’t be expected to manage that on a regular basis. “Besides signs, how do you expect to manage the traffic on Reed Road?” Randy Hart of Vanasse Hangen Brustlin (VHB), a civil engineering firm that conducted the traffic impact study, said, “We can’t predict end user decisions, but Reed Road | 7
MARLBOROUGH — Driving along Route 85 in Marlborough, it’s impossible to miss an imposing rock that stands beside the road. Sometimes, its colorful paint depicts the face of a loved one. Other times, it may be covered in writing to cheer on the high school’s football team. The changes are random, the timing unpredictable — but that’s all part of the charm. The rock — which has its own dedicated Facebook page with over 6,000 members — is an iconic landmark in the city. “I may have painted that rock more than a lot of people,” said Lindsey Geary. Geary’s painting memories go back to 2002, when she and a few high-school friends went to the rock at night. She still holds fond memories of that adventure. Over 20 years later, Geary still paints the rock every year in an effort to memorialize a friend – who was there that night in 2002
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This Marlborough rock is more colorful than most. (Photo/Courtesy)
As more Marlborough students walk to school, cold weather leads to lower attendance By Shealagh Sullivan Reporter MARLBOROUGH — Last year, Marlborough Public Schools announced it would be reducing its bus fleet from 33 to 25 for the 2025-26 school year, resulting in more students walking to school throughout the district.
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Some students may walk up to 2 miles to school each way — a distance that has proven to be a challenge as Massachusetts is grappling with an icy cold winter. “We had conversations with our families, because we are in direct communication with Cold Winter | 9
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