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Vol. 47 | No. 12 | March 19, 2021
Northborough officials talk state legislative priorities with State House delegation
11 Shrewsbury scouts attain Eagle rank
By Liz Nolan Contributing Writer NORTHBOROUGH - Senator James Eldridge, Senator Harriette Chandler, and State Representatives Danielle Gregoire and Meg Kilcoyne attended Northborough’s March 8 Board of Selectmen meeting as town Administrator John Coderre presented the town’s state legislative priorities. Town eyes roadway improvements The top priority, Coderre said, is securing increased state funding of the Chapter 90 program, which reimburses towns for eligible roadway improvement projects. Road paving, sidewalks and infrastructure, in general, fall under these projects. Coderre said Northborough needs to spend at least $1.1 million a year in order to maintain its current roadway rating. Anything less than that and the roads will deteriorate. “If you fail to take care of your roads, it costs 3-4 times as much to fix them after the fact,” he Priorities | 11
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An ‘unprecedented’ year, unparalleled achievement By Melanie Petrucci, Senior Community Reporter SHREWSBURY – In spite of the pandemic, Shrewsbury’s Boy Scout Troop 114 had an unprecedented year in 2020 when 11 of the scouts earned the prestigious Eagle rank. Because of the pandemic, many of the scouts did not get the chance to celebrate as they normally would have. But for the scouts - Donald Aicardi, Anish Desai, Grady Fabbri, Sean Hammitt, Jacob Hendricks, Nick Holmlund, Tate Oppenheim, Matt Scearbo, Varun Sabbiah, Vasant Scouts | 15
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