(20-MAY-26) The 244th Boxborough Annual Town Meeting (ATM) was called to order by Town Moderator Dennis Reip at 7:05 p.m. on Tuesday May 19 with roughly 160 intrepid voters plus town staff in attendance in a very steamy Blanchard Memorial School gymnasium. 

When the meeting ended three hours later, the budget and 47 other articles had been passed, most as part of consent agendas. No articles failed; out of the fifty articles in the warrant, 48 were passed and one was “passed over” with no action taken. Article 1 is the election of town officers, which will take place on June 2...  continue reading

20-MAY-26) It’s Spring in Boxborough, and that means the Public Celebrations and Ceremonies Committee (PCCC) has been busy planning two town parades: the annual Memorial Day parade on Monday, May 25 and the annual Fifer’s Day parade on Saturday, June 20. 

PCCC members coordinate with town staff, volunteers, and community groups to organize these back-to-back parades in May and June, which feature both Boxborough Police and Fire Departments, Select Board members, state representatives, Boxborough Minutemen, Boxborough scouting groups, and the Blanchard band under the direction of Chris Baird...  continue reading

(20-May-26) This Spring, the Boxborough Birders has collaborated with Fivesparks, a community arts collaborative in Harvard, to present the art exhibit “Birds!”, a collection of 236 works by 97 artists from across the country. 

In connection with the exhibit, the Boxborough Birders have led several bird walks on Harvard conservation lands and have also installed a display at Fivesparks about “practical actions anyone can take to help birds thrive, such as “plant native species, drink Bird Friendly certified coffee, make windows safe, and avoid using pesticides and rodenticides,” said Boxborough Birders Steering Committee member Charlotte Russell...continue reading

(20-MAY-26) On Tuesday, June 2, Boxborough voters will go to the polls to fill ten town positions. Offices on this year’s ballot are Select Board (two seats), School Committee (two seats), Planning Board (two seats), Library Trustees (two seats), Board of Health (one seat), and Town Moderator (one seat). There are contested races for Select Board, School Committee, and Planning Board, with three candidates running for two seats in each race.

Boxborough News reached out to all thirteen candidates and asked them to answer the question “Why are you running?” in 150 words or less... continue reading