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from CA Dec10 2021
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COMMUNITY EVENTS
Northborough celebrates holidays with expanded ‘Light up Northborough’ event
Tree lighting | from page 1 community in the town, every different religion is recognized, not just in December but over the course of the entire year.”
With the annual tree lighting having gone mostly unchanged since its origin more than 50 years ago, Suzanne Cieslica, Chair of Northborough’s Community Affairs
Attendees of this year’s Light Up Northborough event enjoyed songs and spectacle as a menorah and Christmas tree were lit. Committee, was responsible for organizing this year’s expanded event.
“We are very excited about starting something new, and it meant a lot to our community,” Cieslica said. “Our community has become very diverse, and we are looking forward to starting a string of new events across Northborough in the next year.”
The annual tree lighting first took place in 1968 and memorializes Northborough resident Neil Ellsworth who was killed in the Vietnam War.
This year’s event was sponsored by Realtor Lorna Helms, Jacob Stein Cosmetic and Family Dentistry, MetroWest Painting, Northborough House of Pizza and Wegmans.
This year was the first in which Northborough’s familiar Light Up Northborough event featured a menorah lighting
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Shrewsbury holds ‘Yuletide Market,’ Common lighting
By Laura Hayes Senior Community Reporter
SHREWSBURY - With a flip of a switch, Shrewsbury’s Town Common was filled with the glow of holiday lights wrapped around trees, Dec. 4.
That moment was part of a larger evening of celebration in Shrewsbury as the town celebrated its annual “Light the Common” and “Yuletide Market” events, which were hosted by the Shrewsbury Town Center Association (STCA) in the Town Common and at the nearby Chiampa Funeral Home.
“Two years ago when we did this the first time, it was amazing,” said organizer Melanie Petrucci. “We were so excited to do it again, but then COVID hit, of course.”
The STCA still lit its display last year, promising a creation that was “bigger and brighter” than that first year’s display to help lift spirits and bring joy to Shrewsbury residents.
With COVID-19 vaccinations available and the community reopening, this year, the association decided to move forward with its holiday plans.
“Our goal was just to bring the community together,” Petrucci said. “[It’s] a great way to bring people together, celebrate what Shrewsbury is and light up the common with joy and hope. It’s really that simple.”
Individuals gathered in front of the Town Common gazebo, Dec. 4, to watch as artist Eric Fontecchio sculpted two bears out of ice. Nearby, a man juggled torches before he knelt on the ground to blow fire.
Meanwhile, in the Yuletide Market, residents wandered between stalls, sampling mulled wine and beer from The Greater Good Imperial Brewing Company and enjoying food from various food trucks and organizations such as the Shrewsbury Fire Department and Boy Scout Troop 114.
Petrucci thanked the town, Chiampa and the nearby First Congregational Church, whose carillon of bells rang out over the common.
For Petrucci, her favorite part of all this is walking around the event and seeing smiles on the faces of children.
“This is bringing people of all ages together,” Petrucci said. “It’s a family-friendly event and has a little bit of something for everyone.”
Individuals look at the lights of this year’s holiday display at the Shrewsbury Town Common.
Tracy Farber wanders through a stall at the Yuletide Market in Shrewsbury on Dec. 4.
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