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Summer
IMAGE GALLERY: Northborough Folks Head to Opening Day at Grafton Farmers' Market
The 2012 Grafton Farmers' Market season got off to a great start Thursday afternoon, with hundreds of residents from in and around Grafton, including Northborough, swinging by the Common ...
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The Neighborhood Files
Treasure Hunt: Yard Sales This Weekend
Perhaps you're looking for a bureau to refinish. Maybe for the kids, a trampoline (or a "trambompaline," as Homer Simpson calls it). Your dad collects plastic cups with mermaids on them? ...
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Sports
U16 Team Wins Tournament at Wachusett
Congratulations to U16 Strike Zone East AAU Baseball Team for winning the Summer Tournament Series championship trophy second year in a row. The Worcester Strike Zone sponsored t...
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Schools
Dream Big—Read! And Win Stuff
The Dream Big—Read! program kicks off on June 25 at the Northborough Free Library. _ The Summer Reading Bags can be picked up starting on June 25, and the program ends on Aug. 18. Si...
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The Neighborhood Files
The Beach, the Beach, the Beach is Back: Swimming in the Neighborhood
Gone are the days where kids run down to the "local swimming hole" to cool off, at least legally. There are fewer public beaches and pools in the area, and it's pretty easy to pick up a p...
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Government
State Advisory on Excessive Heat, Tips For Keeping Cool
The first excessive heat of the summer is expected to hit the area Wednesday, when temperatures across Massachusetts could approach 100 degrees. The National Weather Service forecast...
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Schools
And the Splash Pad is Open!
The fire hydrants are not broken at Assabet Park. If you've noticed kids hopping around madly in sprays and whirls of water, that's because the popular Splash Pad is now officially open.&...
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Government
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Super Walmart Construction Will Affect Business on Otis
Dear Editor, I wanted to bring to your attention the sewer construction that is scheduled to begin in just over one week on Otis street. Walmart, as you may know, is in the ...