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Next Week at Town Hall
On Monday April 29, at 1 p.m., the Village Center Working Group will hold a meeting via Zoom. There will be a presentation and working session with the consultant, followed by public comment.
Click here for a list of all agendas for the upcoming week, including Zoom links.
Visit boxborough-ma.gov for other calendar and agenda items.
This Week's News
(26-APR-24) On Thursday, April 25, Craft Food Halls opened its eleventh location at 500 Beaver Brook Road in Boxborough.
The day featured an official ribbon-cutting, live music, a “tap takeover” with Zero Gravity Craft Brewery, and a meet-and-greet with Boxborough Police K-9 Koda.
By 6 p.m., tables, lounge areas, and the sunny patio were filled with curious and excited guests of all ages coming to check out the space, try out the “beer wall,” and decide on their first food order...
(26-APR-24) At its meeting on April 22, the Select Board discussed potential changes to Article 42 on the Town Meeting Warrant, “Professional Services for New Fire Station.” The changes, recommended by a unanimous vote of the Building Committee at its April 17 meeting, reduced both the dollar amount of the article and the scope of services.
After much discussion, Select Board Chair Kristin Hilberg’s motion to reduce the dollar amount of Article 42 from $500,000 to $250,000 in accordance with the Building Committee’s recommendation did not pass. Hilberg and Priya Sundaram voted in favor of the motion; Wes Fowlks and Dave McKiernan voted against the motion...
(26-APR-24) At its meeting on April 17, the Boxborough Building Committee (BBC) rewrote Warrant Article 42, “Professional Services for New Fire Station,” and voted unanimously to send the revised language to the Select Board for consideration.
The proposed revisions, drafted by BBC member Larry Grossman, include decreasing the total funds requested from $500k to $250k; funding only a preliminary “conceptual” design instead of a “schematic” design or “construction” design; identifying four properties for which conceptual designs and budgets will be developed; and removing funding for an Owner’s Project Manager...
(26-APR-24) A draft Hazard Mitigation Plan for the Town of Boxborough is available for public comment through April 30. The draft plan can be found on the town’s website at https://bit.ly/3w0jIVr.
“Implementation of this plan will significantly enhance our resilience to hazards such as flooding, snowstorms, high winds, and extreme temperatures,” says Town Planner Alec Wade...
Economic Development Committee Chair Rich Guzzardi presents a small business grant check for $20,000 to Oscar and Dalia Garcia, owners of Oscar's Burritos. The grant program is run by the Boxborough Economic Development Committee and funded by Boxborough’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) appropriation...
(26-APR-24) The Acton-Boxborough Regional School District (ABRSD) has been honored with the Best Communities for Music Education (BCME) designation from the National Association of Music Merchants Foundation (NAMM) for outstanding commitment to music education.
This is the fifth time that ABRSD has received the designation; ABRSD is one of 23 school districts in the state to receive the award...
Community
(26-APR-24) On April 21, 2023, after months of planning and preparation, we published our very first edition of Boxborough News in the Action Unlimited – Boxborough Edition.
Since then, we’ve consistently published news, features, and community announcements almost every Friday, more than 600 stories in total. We’ve also built (and rebuilt) our website, BoxboroughNews.org, and launched (and upgraded) a weekly email newsletter that now reaches almost 450 subscribers...
A Pileated Woodpecker might be seen on the May 4 Boxborough Birders walk at Horse Meadows Knoll in Harvard. Sandy Oxley and Rita Grossman will lead the walk. (Photo by Simon Bunyard)
(26-APR-24) Boxborough Birders invite beginner and experienced birders to enjoy a walk in Harvard’s Horse Meadows Knoll beginning at 7 a.m. on Saturday, May 4. Birders’ steering committee members Sandy Oxley and Rita Grossman will lead the walk.
According to the leaders of the walk, at this time of the year birders at Horse Meadows may see Eastern bluebirds, pine warblers, golden-crowned kinglets, pileated woodpeckers, wood ducks, osprey, brown creepers, and various hawks...
(26-APR-24) Boxborough (and Littleton) was originally the Praying Indian Village of Nashobah, a place of spirit and vision. On Sunday May 5, the Boxborough Historical Society will present Sagamore Strong Bear Medicine of the Nashobah Praying Indians and local historian Daniel V. Boudillion at the Boxborough Town Hall, 29 Middle Road, starting at 2 p.m. They will discuss the Nashobah people, their spirit, their journey of survival, the village, and the sacred landscape that is all around us...
(22-APR-24) The ABCC Our World Film Series returns for four successive Friday nights in late April/early May. Held live and in-person at Boxborough’s Sargent Memorial Library Meeting Room, all programs will start at 7 p.m. The screenings are free and open to the public. Light refreshments provided.
Friday, April 26
A Short Night - The 12th annual Our World Short Film Program, presenting a selection of recent short films produced by film students from Massachusetts colleges and universities. The filmmakers are invited to attend and discuss their work with the audience...
(26-APR-24) Sargent Memorial Library is excited to invite families with children ages 5 and up to a special event on Saturday, April 27 at 1:30 p.m.
Parents’ Choice Award winning storyteller Motoko will regale the audience with delightful folktales from her native Japan, combined with hands-on origami activities...
[This column is written by the Boxborough Well-Being Committee]
(26-APR-24) Message for the Community: Earth Day may be April 22 but residents of Boxborough are working in a wide variety of ways to take care of our environment every day. Want to join in or find out more?...
(26-APR-24) Carly Manion has joined the staff of Town Hall as the new Assistant Accountant for Boxborough. With a background in bookkeeping and previous experience in Stoneham’s assessor’s office, Ms. Manion brings a wealth of expertise to her role.
She says, “I was looking for a position closer to home and with a little more flexibility...
(26-APR-24) Whether you are a Boxborough native, a new resident, or somewhere in between, the Boxborough Annual Report, now online at https://tinyurl.com/2023BoxboroughTownReport, is a great introduction and/or update to how the town operates.
Every spring, the Town of Boxborough publishes an Annual Report much like companies do...
(26-APR-24) Not everyone is garden fit; young or old. Over the years, I have dealt with tennis elbow, trigger thumb, shoulder issues, and a chronic ankle problem. This has made me more careful and strategic in my gardening practices. Perhaps you have a bad knee or back. Here are a few strategies.
Think small; divide your yard up and do a little each day. Make a list and prioritize what needs to be done. Stretch before and after gardening...
(26-APR-24) On April 2, FreeBee founder Heather Fleming held a volunteer appreciation gathering at Dirigible Brewing Company in Littleton.
Over thirty volunteers, from original founders to brand new participants, came together for a relaxed potluck that included a photo slideshow, a regaling origin story, and celebration of the more than 15,000 pounds of food that have been rescued and shared by FreeBee, Boxborough’s volunteer-driven free food network and market, since the project began in 2021...
