Politics & Government

5 Things You Need To Know Today: June 30

Here is a list of things going on in and around Marlborough today.

1. We are in for another beautiful day in Marlborough. The National Weather Service is reporting that Thursday will be sunny with a high of 81 degrees. 

2. The Marlborough Chamber of Commerce presided over two ribbon cuttings yesterday to celebrate the opening of new businesses: , and the Breathe Wellness Yoga-Pilates-Zumba-Meditation Children's Classes.

3. Marlborough's Congressman Jim McGovern recently released a statement in response to President Obama's announcement that the U.S. will begin to withdraw troops from Afghanistan by next summer: “The drawdown of American forces that the President announced tonight is insufficient," he said. "The President is right that we need to shift our strategy in Afghanistan. But a counter-terrorism strategy doesn’t need 70,000 boots on the ground, any more than it needed 100,000 boots on the ground. What the president needs to tell us is how – and when – he’s going to bring all the troops home. The American people – and, increasingly, the Congress – believe that instead of nation-building in Afghanistan, we need to do some more nation-building right here at home.”

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4. The Marlborough Rotary Club meets today at Fish, 25 Bolton St., at noon. 

5. See our recently updated story pertaining to the Memorial Beach closure. Half the beach has reopened, and City officials hope to open the rest of it before the Fourth of July. 

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