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More than a crime lab? Project calls for 400 residential units, 3,200 parking spaces on 100-plus acres
Vol. 52 | No. 12 | March 20, 2025
Grafton eyes new ‘bikeway’ that would bring eco-tourism to town
By Evan Walsh Managing Editor MARLBOROUGH – After a competitive bidding process, the state in September announced that its Massachusetts State Police Crime Laboratory would be coming to Marlborough. Now, nearby land is being targeted for development, and a major mixed-used development could be coming to adjacent parcels, according to plans before the City Council. In documents filed with the City Council on March 9, Greatland Realty Partners – a Boston-based commercial real estate developer – outlined its long-term plan to develop an area adjacent to the Massachusetts State Police Crime Laboratory, which it is also developing. The area is near Martinangelo Drive and Simarano Drive,
GRAFTOn | 12 Hudson may create town-owned ambulance service
HUDSON | 25 Fireworks anticipated in Westborough for America’s 250th birthday
WESTBOROUGH | 36 Unified basketball is back in Shrewsbury
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America’s favorite pastime goes high-tech in Northborough By Evan Walsh Managing Editor NORTHBOROUGH – In Mike Donfrancesco’s youth, everyone would use the same baseball bat. But in the 1990s, technology changed. Bats got lighter – thinner walls and larger barrels sent baseballs flying at new speeds, sometimes endangering infielders. Some barrels were designed to “flex” on contact,
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sending the ball farther than ever before in a “trampoline effect.” At his Rhode Island high school’s baseball field – with a large outfield and pushed-back fences – homers were few and far between. When Donfrancesco checked with his coach five years later, there was practically one every game. Just after graduating from Boston University, where he played baseball
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