Selected Weekend Events, Week 13 : March 27-28, 2010

Saturday, March 27, 2010

• Free Easter Egg Hunt Fun Day & Food Drive : 11 am - 1 pm
• Westborough Blood Drive : 9 am - 2 pm
• Author Event – Nicholas J. Pappas – “Aristocrat” and “The Community” : 1 pm - 3 pm
• Live Music Series-Susan Levine : 6:30 pm
• Tennis Anyone? Annual Multiple Sclerosis Fund-Raiser : 7:30 pm - 11:30 pm
• Benjamin's Dance Party Mar 20 : 8:00 pm

Sunday, March 28, 2010

• Little League and Softball Clinics for Girls : 4:00 pm

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Have you checked out Mulligan's Taverne and Restaurant lately?  I just learned of their special "Cash only Tuesdays" menu.  Doesn't it look AWESOME?!

And then, today I find a review in a today's Community Advocate about Mulligan's.

Please take a look.  They have a web site, and a Facebook page.

Hurray for Westborough, the Economic Development Committee (EDC), and a big WELCOME to BJ's Corporate Headquarters moving to our town.  That's 900 jobs!

You may have already heard the news, but now it's confirmed.  What great news for the merchants in town -- especially the eateries, huh?

Here's some headlines and links for your enjoyment.

This first one is a great article w/details and comments from the EDC.

BJ’s moving headquarters to Westboro
telegram.com - Priyanka Dayal - Mar 25, 2010
Town courted firm, sees spinoff benefits BJ’s Wholesale Club is moving its corporate headquarters and nearly 1,000 employees from a cramped campus in Natick to more spacious office buildings in Westboro, ...

This one has nice quotes from Town Manager Jim Malloy:

BJ's confirms move to Westborough
MetroWest Daily News - Matt Bushery and Scott O'Connell - Mar 25, 2010
A representative from BJ's said Wednesday the company will move its headquarters from Natick to ... Westborough.  Kelly McFalls, a spokeswoman for the wholesale chain, said BJ's will make the move sometime early next year  ...

From our local Biz journal:

BJ's Moving To Former National Grid Complex In Westborough
Worcester Business Journal - Brandon Butler - ‎Mar 24, 2010‎
BJ's Wholesale Club is moving its headquarters from Natick to the former National Grid office complex at 25 Research Drive in Westborough, ...

This one mentions it's a 15 year lease:

GIRLS SCOUTS SPONSOR FOURTH ANNUAL COMMUNITY FOOD DRIVE 

The Westborough Girl Scouts are proud to sponsor the fourth annual community food drive on April 10.  All donations will be given to the Westborough Food Pantry. Over the past month an average of seventy families are served with an average of one hundred bags of groceries distributed each week.  The spring food drive has been a great success since its inception in filling shelves that are low on food and toiletries.

The food drive is being coordinated by troops 30859, 30633 and 30629 and will be held at the Tufts Machine lot on 55 East Main Street.  Food donations, gift cards to Stop and Shop and Roche Brothers will be accepted from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. A collection bin will be available from April 4-9 at the Westborough town clerk's office.

•  Suggested items for donations are cereal, crackers, paper towels, jelly, 8 oz. mustard, clam chowder, 32 oz. mayonnaise, bottles and cans of juice, Stop and Shop or Roche Brothers gift cards. Check donations may be made payable to the Westborough Food Pantry.
• Please  do not donate out of date, rusty, badly dented or opened products. They cannot be distributed.