MARLBOROUGH – The developers of a proposed 140-unit apartment complex at the former McGee Farm property on Rte. 20 are trying to convince the state that a traffic signal is needed at the entrance.
Waypoint Residential, a Stamford, Connecticut-based development company, pledged $200,000 to study, design and construct a traffic light at the entrance of the proposed development, which is directly across from the entrance to the apartments at Village Drive.
Members of the City Council’s Urban Affairs Committee stress they are impressed with the plans, but cannot support the project without a guarantee from the state that a traffic light will be installed along the heavily-traveled corridor. Committee members have said it’s the only way to ensure the safety of motorists and pedestrians.
FRAMINGHAM Finance Committee members on Tuesday sparred over a contract to install solar panels on the roof of the Christa McAuliffe Library branch.
After a more than three hours of discussion that was contentious at times, committee members voted to request the city administration get competing proposals, ensuring the proposed contract with Hopkinton-based Solect Energy is the best deal.
Committee members Janet Leombruno, Michael Cannon and George King were in favor of acquiring competing proposals, while Adam Steiner and Cesar Stewart-Morales were opposed.
City leaders worked with Solect Energy through the PowerOptions Program, an energy-buying consortium that operates a solar program available to municipalities, to secure a deal.
HUDSON Opening a play space where young children can have fun and be exposed to different languages and cultures has long been a dream of Tuanny Chase Arruda and her family.
Chase Arruda was born in Brazil and grew up speaking Portuguese. In 1999, she and her family moved to the United States in search of a better education and quality of life. Over the next several years, Chase Arruda and family members Nicolly Voci, Natally Arruda and Domenikky Arruda developed a passion for nurturing young children.
The family started Let’s Bee Kids PlayCenter on Main Street about two years ago to provide not only an activity space for young children, but an outlet to introduce them to different languages and cultures, as well as interact with other children.
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Ashland, like many communities throughout the state and nation, has struggled to secure doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Town leaders have put in requests for the vaccine, but have been denied.
“Obviously, we were struggling like everyone else,” said police Sgt. Ed Burman, the town’s COVID-19 task force manager.
The state Department of Public Health encouraged town leaders to create partnerships with surrounding communities that are also having difficulty getting doses of the vaccine. Hosting a regional clinic could prompt the state to send more doses faster.
“They kept telling us Ashland was too small,” said Burman. “They didn’t want to send us 100 doses, 200 doses.”
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The first significant snowfall of 2021 blanketed MetroWest and Greater Milford with more than a foot of snow in most areas, making travel and cleanup operations a challenge.
Westborough (18.4 inches) and Northborough (15.5 inches) claimed two of the highest snow totals in Middlesex County. But they couldn t reach the heights of Lowell - 24 inches - which had the highest total in both the county and state.
Flakes began to fall Monday morning, then ramped up throughout the afternoon and evening, causing road conditions to deteriorate.
“We had some heavy snow overnight,” said Milford Highway Surveyor Scott Crisafulli. “It snowed hard.