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Vol. 50 | No. 3 | January 19, 2024
Food Pantry works to keep up with demand
Planning Board hears Clinton St. industrial park proposal
By Maureen Sullivan Assistant Editor
By Evan Walsh Reporter SHREWSBURY – Plans to construct two warehouses on land once owned by Worcester Sand and Stone recently went before the Planning Board on Jan. 4. The Planning Board listened as 160 Holden Street LLC — an affiliate of Boston-based developer GFI Partners LLC — proposed to develop 142 Clinton St. into an “Interstate Crossing Industrial Park.” The two warehouse buildings would total approximately 921,728 square feet. Building 100, as site plans detail, would be 540,368 square feet, and the second building, dubbed Building 200, would be 381,360 square feet. The site would be located on 100.5 acres of Planning Board | 4
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142 Clinton Street sits at the northwest corner of Shrewsbury.
WESTBOROUGH – On a cold Thursday morning, people waited just outside the Westborough Food Pantry. The pantry is located in the back of the Forbes Community Building on East Main Street. The door opened, and a few people — no more than five — walked into the small, but well-stocked, space. Once inside, they began choosing the food and other items they needed — canned goods, meats, fruits, vegetables, baked goods, personal hygiene products. In a room off the main lobby, volunteers sorted the latest round of donations, including a homemade dessert from a resident. Volunteers said they like the feeling of giving back to the community and interacting with the clients. “It’s a wonderful cause,” said Frank Bernieri, Food Pantry | 12
Polly Thayer, coordinator of volunteers and food drives for the Westborough Food Pantry, checks the latest donations, including a homemade dessert from a resident.
Northborough to consider purchasing Whitney St. property By Laura Hayes Managing Editor NORTHBOROUGH – The Select Board will hold a hearing to consider exercising the town’s right of first refusal to purchase a property at 432 Whitney Street. The site is 23.77 acres and abuts 51.3 acres of conservation land owned by the Department of
Conservation and Recreation (DCR). The property is owned by Santo Anza, who was convicted in 2013 on charges that he was operating an illegal solid waste dump at nearby 429 Whitney St. Town Administrator Tim McInerney told the Select Board during its Jan. 8 meeting that the property is proposed to be sold to a private develWhitney St. | 5
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