The annual town election this spring will feature races for selectmen (two seats), for board of health and for housing authority if no nominees withdraw or have their nomination papers successfully challenged by the March 31 deadline.

First-year selectman Lorraine Brue has lived quietly for months with the knowledge that she and family members had been stalked and had their lives threatened.

Asked during a press conference Tuesday for examples of the political issues that may have incited threats against her last April, when she was a candidate for selectman, Lorraine Brue named two:

With help from Foxboro's planning department, the MBTA is currently studying the "feasibility" of opening a commuter rail station next to Patriot Place.

Two ducks that found a pond in the front yard at 56 Baker St. looked happy Monday afternoon, but days of wind-driven rain brought little joy elsewhere in town.

Lorraine Brue, a member of the Foxboro Board of Selectmen, read the following statement Tuesday during a press conference at the Public Safety Building.

Residents won't remember how fast the town hires new town manager.

Two teenagers, including one juvenile, have been charged with felony counts of vandalism and conspiracy for defacing three vehicles in separate incidents this month on Fox Hill Drive.

Chris Mitchell hopes that Foxboro never forgets the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

(This update appeared in The Sun Chronicle on Friday, March 12; orignal story from The Foxboro Reporter below)

Faced with a tough road reconstruction dilemma, selectmen Tuesday voted 5 to 0 to alter the Payson Road and North Streets intersection to slow speeders without resorting to a major redesign that would chop a piece off one resident's yard and substantially reduce her property value.

Six-year finance director Randy Scollins this week confirmed that he has applied for the position of town manager.

Selectman Larry Harrington convinced his colleagues Tuesday to seek a summit with town unions to see if the unions are willing to reopen their contracts and forgo raises in an effort to avoid layoffs in the new budget year, which begins on July 1.

Foxboro Police arrested a suspect breaking into a car on Spring Street early Friday morning, and were able to add an additional charge over the weekend thanks to a news group alert by Police Chief Edward O'Leary.

For the price of one cup of coffee per week per household, the town can avoid major layoffs and help keep Foxboro a well-maintained town, attractive to businesses and residents alike, selectmen chairman Paul Feeney said.

Route 1 Liquor Mart tipped off police Friday afternoon to a minor attempting to buy alcohol with a false identification.

For the past three decades, members of the Stratis family have commuted a roughly 100-mile round trip between Worcester to Foxboro to operate the Foxboro House of Pizza on Bird Street.

School officials are turning their attention to the Burrell Elementary School as the department's next major repair and renovation project.

The Planning Board is scheduled to continue its public hearing at 8:30 tonight (March 11) in Town Hall on a plan for the construction of 24 housing units at the former state hospital site.

A four-way race for two seats on the board of selectmen is taking shape, along with a race for housing authority and board of health.