(11-Jun-26) With just about a week left until Fifer’s Day on June 20, the Boxborough Public Celebrations and Ceremonies Committee (PCCC) has been busy with preparations for the annual Fifer’s Day parade and ceremony. Fifer’s Day is a collaboration between the Boxborough Minutemen, who organize the annual road race, festival, and volleyball tournament, and the PCCC, which coordinates the parade and the presentation of the Golden Fife and Parade Marshal awards...continue reading

(11-Jun-26) At their meeting on June 8, the Boxborough Select Board conducted their annual reorganization. Bob Stemple will replace Kristin Hilberg as Select Board Chair, and Sam Anderson will replace Stemple as Select Board Clerk. Outgoing Chair Kristin Hilberg opened the reorganization process by stating that she would not seek to continue serving as Chair. “I am grateful for the opportunity I had to be Chair for three years,” she said. “It is now time to pass the baton.”...continue reading

(11-Jun-26) On Monday, June 8, the Boxborough Design Review Board (DRB) met for the first time in over four years. The meeting was convened to review the design of a proposed sign at 25A Stow Road, the antique brick building at the corner of Stow Road and Route 111 (Mass Ave). The building is owned by Debra Jeanson and is in the Town Center zoning district.  Barbara Shapokas Taglier, Jeanson’s tenant and owner of the The Art Studio, submitted an application for a Special Permit to the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) to install a new sign at the property...continue reading

(11-Jun-26) At the Fire Station Building Committee (FSBC) meeting on June 11, Chris Long of Context Architecture presented a new set of conceptual fire station design options to the committee for their feedback. The committee undertook a similar process at its last meeting and will continue to do so as Context collects more feedback and refines the design options...continue reading

(11-Jun-26) Over 400 seventh-grade students participated in the fourth annual Civics Fair at R.J. Grey Jr. High School on Tuesday and Wednesday June 9 and 10.  

A civics fair is similar to a science fair; students display their work on civic-related issues and real-world problems. According to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, “student-led civics projects support the development of civic knowledge, skills and dispositions that are necessary for informed civic participation.”...continue reading

(11-Jun-26) Under the scorching sun on Friday, June 5, 2026, 413 seniors dressed in blue marched around the Leary Field Track to Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance," some keeping perfect time with the music while others struggled to match the rhythm. 

“I couldn't help but feel a bit sad,” said Henry Wang, a junior and National Honor Society Vice President who led the graduating seniors...continue reading