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Vol. 46 | No. 51 | December 18, 2020
Town seal, board name change may go on warrant
By Bonnie Adams, Managing Editor SHREWSBURY – After 10 months of a devastating pandemic, history was made this week as Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine was approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Almost immediately, a complicated transportation plan was implemented, using vast networks of delivery companies to get the vaccines to hospitals across the country as soon as possible. As such, a Northborough man played an important role in ensuring the first shipment of the precious cargo was safely delivered to UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester.
By Susan Gonsalves Contributing Writer WESTBOROUGH – A future Town Meeting will decide whether or not to form a committee to create a design for a new Westborough town seal. During its Dec. 8 meeting, the Westborough Board of Selectmen noted there had been a lot of previous discussion about replacing the current seal that features Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin. Some residents regard the cotton gin as representation of oppression because it was a factor in the expansion and continuation of slavery. Others feel that Whitney, a Westborough resident, played a role in American technology history and should be acknowledged. The financial impact of a change was also raised. Selectmen Chair Shelby Marshall said that Natick has been going through a similar process and its representative Town Meeting created a seven-person review committee to come up with a recommendation
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Northborough man delivers first vaccines to UMass Memorial Medical Center
Dave Jacobs loads the vaccines into his van. The vaccines were flown into Logan Airport and then transported to Shrewsbury where Jacobs then took them to Worcester.
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