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Week in Review: Paicos Still Missing, Boyden Library Reopens, and More!

This morning, the Boyden Library reopened, giving residents a chance to enter the library for the first time since 2011.

For those going to the library, the layout is a bit different than what you may remember. The children's library is now on the top floor while the adult area remains on the second level. The first level is reserved for media and new releases. 

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To see what the renovated library looks like, check out our photo gallery in the article.

Patriots In-Stadium Practice Tickets For Local Residents Now Available

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For the seventh consecutive summer, the New England Patriots will thank local residents for their continued support by holding a special in-stadium practice at Gillette Stadium on Monday, July 29.

The free event, which begins at 6:30 p.m., requires a complimentary ticket for entry and is exclusively for Patriots’ season ticket holders and residents of Foxborough and South Walpole. Season ticket holders can find their complimentary in-stadium practice tickets in their season ticket booklets while Foxborough and South Walpole residents can log on to TicketMaster to print their tickets.

After nearly 2.5 hours in executive session, the selectmen had little updates regarding the ongoing situation involving town manager Kevin Paicos. 

"We are going to release a statement in a couple of weeks. I can't tell you more than that," chairman Mark Sullivan said.

For the time being, town clerk Bob Cutler will remain the interim town manager.

Frustration Building Over Town Hall Basement Flooding

As Bill Casbarra brought a canoe into Tuesday’s selectmen meeting, most were naturally confused as to why the object was placed in the Gala Meeting Room. The answer would soon be delivered when Casbarra expressed his frustration with the flooding in the basement of town hall.

“I brought that in to make a point. That was floating downstairs in our town hall basement,” Casbarra said.

Earlier in the day, heavy rain flooded the basement of town hall, forcing Casbarra and interim town manager Bob Cutler to spend time removing the water.

Departments affected by the flooding included conservation, planning, and human resources. 

The flooding is nothing new to the basement which is now dealing with a situation according to Casbarra that is getting consistently worse.

“What happens is we get floods and they get worse and worse,” Casbarra said.

Cutler also commented that the basement is flooded frequently, almost every other month.


Truck Rollover on Route 495 Sends One to Hospital

For the second time in three days, Foxborough fire has responded to a rollover accident on Route 495.

At around 5 p.m. on July 25, a truck went off the highway on Route 495 North between Route 1 and 95 and rolled into the forest area next to the highway. 


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