Westborough Today - General Town News Written by Webmaster   

Couple of rummage sales continuing this morning, Saturday Oct. 30th:

• Evangelical Congregational Church
  Corner of Church St & West Main St
  9:00 am - 11:00 am
  (fill a bag for $2) 

• First United Methodist Church
  120 West Main St. 
  (across from the Country Club)
  9:00 am - noon

These sales benefit The Festival Ringers, and the United Methodist Women and Appalachian Service Project Team, respectively.

Business - Local Company News Written by Webmaster   

Happy Anniversary to Central One FCU!  Located at 40 South St, they're celebrating their first year anniversary of opening in Westborough! Not your "ordinary bank" by any stretch, they're really nice people with some very cool features at their new branch building.

Stop by if you can today or tomorrow  (Friday, Oct 29, Saturday Oct. 30) for the last days of their week-long celebration, which featured food samplings from local favorites such as Christina’sCafé, Hisa Japanese Cuisine, Creative Catering by Roche Bros., Rotary Pizza, South Street Diner,Tavolino,Westboro Variety & Deli, and Holy Cow Ice Cream & Mini Golf.  They're also having a drawing for one of:

• 32" flat screen TV (a $400 value)
• Detail Combo package (a $159.95 value) from Car Wash & Detailing of Westborough
• Dinner for two at Tavolino ($60 value)

View artwork by Westborough students on display in the lobby all week.  And, please donate a non-perishable item to the Westborough Food Pantry. (They’re in need of breakfast cereals, pancake mix & syrup, cookies & crackers, soaps & shampoo, toothpaste/toothbrushes, canned tuna.)

Here are some of the events:

Friday, October 29th is Westborough Community Day

7:30-11:30AM Enjoy morning refreshments from Roche Bros.
11:30AM-1:00PM Food samplings from South Street Diner
Daylong: Information from various Westborough Community Groups, including Westborough Historical Society display

Saturday, October 30th is Family Fun Day

Daylong: Enjoy refreshments from Roche Bros.
10:00-11:30AM Ice cream tasting from Holy Cow! Enjoy Music by WHS Student Groups
10:00AM-12:00PM Kids can decorate their own mini-pumpkin. Meet Oakie!

For a wonderful writeup of Central One, please see the following blog entry from Dave Crandall who pens The Boroughs Review blog, reproduced with permission below:

Central One FCU - A welcome addition Big banks, local banks, credit unions…with the economy and all the media coverage over the past two years, it is hard to think of a bank with a good reputation. Most of my experience with has fortunately been with credit unions and overall it has been positive. But I too have had my share of frustration.

For the past ten plus years my primary credit union has been DCU. I used to proudly proclaim repeated great experiences with DCU. The last two years my experiences with DCU have gone downhill. Now, I realize there are a lot of regulations that every financial institution needs to follow but every interaction seems less and less personal. For some time I just ignored my frustrations as I knew DCU was better then some of the larger banks.

Then just over a year ago, construction began on the new Central One FCU branch in Westborough. Originally I didn't think much of it, but I was shopping for a new car loan and stopped in to see what they could offer. Their loans rates were as good as anyone else at the time, maybe slightly better, but the things that really got me was the staff. When I entered the branch I was greeted by the branch manager David Kaiser. We got to talking about the community and his thoughts on being in Westborough. David is definitely proud to be part of this community. He and I got to talking about Central One, the community, and how he was eager to be more and more a part of Westborough. All things I was happy to hear as get excited when businesses and individuals look at us as a community and want to involve themselves as much as possible.

Since this first meeting I have gotten to learn more about Central One FCU and experience first hand how they do business. I have to say I think i may have found a new credit union, and what was originally my car loan I want to become more. Things like being open at 7AM. I do sometimes need to stop into a branch but working in Cambridge doesn't make it easy for most banks. Westborough Central One FCU is open Monday through Friday at 7AM. Sure they are open on Saturday as well, but I try to focus my weekends on spending some family time. And I want to add every time I visit the Westborough branch or even talk to them on the phone, I am not treated as a number. There is legitimate recognition in their voices and knowledge of who I am and the accounts I am involved with. To me, stopping at the Central One FCU branch in Westborough is like stopping to say hi to a friend.

The last time I spoke with David he mentioned he was planning a week long one year anniversary celebration of Central One being in Westborough. On my way back from Lazers soccer practice yesterday morning I stopped in to find out what is going on. I am amazed at how much is planned for this week and I wanted to share some of the details. This is all from the flyer I picked up and it is not a complete list of activities. I encourage everyone to stop by on their own and see what else is planned. Overall there is something fun each day. There are breakfast (7:30AM - 11:30AM), and lunch (11:30AM - 1:00PM) food samplings from local favorites such Christina's Cafe, Hisa Japanese Cuisine, Creative Catering by Roche Bros., Rotary Pizza, South Street Diner, Westboro Variety and Deli, and Holy Cow Ice Cream. On Monday 10/26, Tavolino is even doing an evening food sampling from 5:00PM to 6:00PM. There are displays from Westborough school art and design programs, going green initiatives, and many other community organizations throughout the week. On Saturday 10/30 they even have live music planned all morning from some of the WHS student groups.

Central One FCU in Westborough is really trying to stand out and be part of the community. I am impressed with every experience I have had to date and I look forward to more. I encourage everyone to at least check out what they have in terms of services and compare them to what you currently have elsewhere. But most of all I hope everyone gets to find out first hand the personal interest the the Central One FCU Westborough staff takes in each of their customers. In my mind that is what really sets them apart.

Westborough Today - Public Service Announcements Written by Webmaster   

WESTBOROUGH, Mass. — Join us at Westborough TV in honoring Veterans. Broadcast your message of thanks, encouragement, or remembrance throughout the month of November. Messages will run on Charter channels 11,12, and 13. Verizon channels 24, 26, and 28. Visit www.westboroughtv.org for more information or email your message to wtvmessages@westboroughtv.org. Please limit your message to seven lines of text.

For the third year, Westborough TV will remember and honor local veterans by airing eleven consecutive hours of programming on Veterans Day dedicated to the men and women who serve our country in all branches of the armed forces.  Several new programs have been created including personal stories from Veterans, school events, and artwork honoring Veterans and photomontages.

Veterans Day events in town that will be covered include the annual wreath laying ceremonies at the Pine Grove Cemetery and the Vietnam Memorial rededication as well as the parade from the Forbes Municipal Building to the Westborough Rotary. These ceremonies will be recorded and broadcast later the same day on Westborough Charter channel 11 on the Charter and Verizon channel 26.

For additional information

Contact:
Paul Temple
Westborough TV, Inc.
(508) 898-3203 phone
(508) 366-8549 fax
Ptemple@westboroughtv.org
www.westboroughtv.org

Showcase - Poetry Written by Abigail Harnett    The Earth
by Abigail Harnett

The earth and the sky and
moon and the sun,
All come together to help everyone.
The sun rises on one corner
And the moon goes down on the other
The sky is up high, bright and blue,
It's always over me, and always over you.