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Remembering: A Holocaust Survivor Shares Her Life

Holocaust survivor Thea Aschkenase shared her story on Sunday, October 22, 2017 at Beth Tikvah in Westborough. Thea chronicled her happy childhood days in Munich, her teenage years in Italy…

October 24, 20171 CommentRead More

300th Parade DVDs Available for Sale!

What a parade! We are happy to announce that we have DVD’s available for purchase of the historic 300th Grande Parade. This is a specially edited version of the parade…

October 6, 2017No CommentRead More

My Westborough Memories – Dorothy Zwicker and Joe Orlando

As part of our continuing series of interviews with some interesting and significant Westborough residents, Dennis O’Neil was in town last week to talk with Dorothy Zwicker and Joe Orlando for the…

October 6, 2017No CommentRead More

Historical Look at Westborough’s Train Depot c. 1899

The spotlight has been on history during the town’s 300th celebration year. This past Sunday, the Westborough Historical Society held a tour of the redesigned Westborough train depot, now the…

September 29, 20172 CommentsRead More

Harvey’s Farm Tour

Westborough TV joined a group for a tour of Westborough’s own Harvey’s Farm on July 19, 2017. Jim and Emily showed the group around and answered a few questions about…

July 28, 2017No CommentRead More

Meet Charlie Fay

Dennis O’Neil, a past resident of Westborough, has a conversation with Charlie Fay, the oldest man of Westborough. Step back in time with Charlie and Dennis as they remember Westborough…

July 3, 2017No CommentRead More

All About Westborough’s Sibley House

Westborough Historical Society presents Jim O’Connor’s presentation on the Sibley House. Learn all about William Sibley’s early life, his service in the Union army during the Civil War and Sibley’s…

June 25, 2017No CommentRead More

Piecing Together Westborough History

How do the images of Westborough items that the Library collected on “Scanning Day” fit into the broader history of our town? On Thursday, April 6, Professor of History at…

May 1, 2017No CommentRead More

Eli Whitney – The Life & Times of an Inventor

In honor of Westborough’s 300th Celebration, the Historical Society took a closer look at one of Westborough’s more famous individuals – Eli Whitney. On Monday evening, March 27, 2017, the…

March 30, 2017No CommentRead More

Historian & Award-Winning Author Stephen Puleo

Did you know that many critical documents were secretly relocated from the Library of Congress and hidden away for safekeeping after the attack on Pearl Harbor? Stephen Puleo, author of…

March 29, 2017No CommentRead More