Community Corner
Around Town: Foxborough Recreation, Boyden Library Receive Generous Donations, Eagle Scout Court of Honor & More
A roundup of news and notes from the Foxborough Board of Selectmen's table.
Masonic Lodge has donated $2,000 to help the Foxborough Recreation Department offset costs to help families who may need financial assistance for their children to attend the town’s summer camp programs.
Boyden Library Receives Over $1K in Local Donations
Boyden Library received $1,050 in donations to its gift fund.
- The Foxboro Lions Club donated $300
- Harvard Pilgrim HealthCare donated $500 for the library’s children’s department
- Foxboro Jaycees donated $250 for the renewal pass to the Children’s Museum in Easton.
Oliver Reappointed to Southeastern Mass Commuter Rail Task Force
Foxborough’s Board of Selectmen renewed the appointment of James Oliver to the Southeastern Mass Commuter Rail Task Force for a one-year term, expiring June 1, 2014.
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Town’s Sign By-Law Review Committee Disbanded
Selectmen accepted Building Commissioner William Casbarra’s request to disband the Sign By-Law Review Committee until the implementation of the town’s Master Plan. Once implemented the committee will re-organize.
Sam Berns’ Eagle Scout Court of Honor to be Held on Sunday, June 2
Foxborough resident Sam Berns, 16, will receive his Eagle Scout during a Court of Honor ceremony Sunday at Lake Pearl Luciano’s.
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For his Eagle Scout project, Berns created a billboard for the Progeria Research Foundation that aired digitally on Route 1 in Foxborough near Gillette Stadium.
Berns is a member of local Boy Scout Troop 32.
Progeria is a premature aging disease, which Berns has been diagnosed with.
For more information, visit The Progeria Research Foundation at www.progeriaresearch.org.
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