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Marlborough Hospital Gets $500,000 Gift For Largest-Ever ER Expansion

A $500,000 gift will fund the largest expansion in Marlborough Hospital's history, according to Marlborough Patch. Mayor J. Christian Dumais announced Monday, August 10, that Battalion Chief Michael Peckham has been promoted to Assistant Fire Chief of Operations, succeeding former Chief…

MARLBOROUGH — A $500,000 gift from a Marlborough-based company is set to fund the largest expansion in Marlborough Hospital's history, according to Marlborough Patch. The news came as Mayor J. Christian Dumais's office named a new leader for the city's fire department and secured fresh grant funding for an ongoing safety study of a deteriorating dam on the Marlborough-Sudbury line.

TOWN HALL

Mayor J. Christian Dumais announced Monday that Battalion Chief Michael Peckham has been promoted to Assistant Fire Chief of Operations, succeeding former Chief Gogan in the role. The appointment rounds out the Fire Department's senior command staff.

COMMUNITY & ARTS

The Marlborough Public Library has three programs on the calendar for Tuesday: an English Conversation Circle at 10 a.m., followed that evening at 6 p.m. by a Great Reads Book Club discussion and a hands-on session called Try a New Tabletop: Be Prepared.

ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS

"New $70K Grant Advances Study Of 'Unsafe' Dam In Marlborough, Sudbury": A new $70,000 grant will pay for further study of an aging, structurally unsound dam on the Marlborough-Sudbury border, adding to earlier funding aimed at determining what repairs it needs, per Marlborough Patch. (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/marlborough/new-70k-grant-advances-study-unsafe-dam-marlborough-sudbury)
"Hospital Campus In Marlborough Gets Largest Donation In History For ER Expansion": A Marlborough-based company's $500,000 gift, the largest in the hospital's history, will help pay for a larger, renovated emergency department at the city's UMass Memorial campus, according to Marlborough Patch. (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/marlborough/hospital-campus-marlborough-gets-largest-donation-history-er-expansion)

COMING UP

Marlborough's Traffic Commission meets Thursday, Aug. 13. The Planning Board and City Council both meet Monday, Aug. 17, followed by the Zoning Board of Appeals on Thursday, Aug. 20. The Traffic Commission's Aug. 26 session has been canceled, per the city's public calendar.


Compiled from official town feeds, community organizations, and local press. Outside reporting is attributed inline.

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