Westborough, Ma. will come to be a better place to stay.

I attended a Meeting last Night that was very well put together and well done. It was all About programs and politics in Westborough, Ma. here. It was interesting in many ways, and many subjects were discussed. From, Community Volunteer Programs, to The new being built Community Center and it’s Swimming Pool repairs and costs, to How Town Meeting are run. Each area was well covered for sure, by those who spoke and the questions afterwards were few. The Westborough Community portion, showed how they community is trying to include all generations in it’s programs and help all they can. While I approve of it, and admire that it is there, they do not make clear, where to go to get involved for these activities, dates or times, or where to even get their handouts or information on the events they do. what locations thay are in, or dates or times. They talk about interactions, clubs, and events, but no specifics.

More Specifics were put out on The Community Center Swimming Poll and it’s costs to repair it all. Which was good because it was broken down into plain english, due to the town meeting coming up, and the fact it has to be voted on to fund it all. The Warrants were brought up and what may be voted on and how the Town Meetings are Moderated and controled. All Good Information for the public to have. The best part of this was the Speaker, who moderates the Town Meetings, he is knowledgeable, personable and kind, but firm on the operation he moderates. As it went he handled it well in all aspects in my opinon but, I am just one person who attended.

While I admire, all, trying to get people involved in our Community in Westborough, Ma. here, the specifics on who to see, where to go, and get involved is always cloudy. There needs to be more clarrity on the locations, times nad dates of the programs. Are these at The Senior Center, The Library, Town Hall or where? What dates and times? and who do you contact if interested in attending or volunteering? What if you came up with an idea to get all involved, but, needed a platform or place to launch said idea and wanted to do so, but needed help in, announcing it or getting someone to come? There were questions of course, but, as i know and i think many do, we don’t always ask, do we?

Anyway, Westborough, Ma. is trying and i agree to include all Generations and ages, I understand that now. Yet, what is lacking is communication of all of these events and programs. Westborough doesn’t have it’s own newspaper, or radio programs or even TV news about it’s town, facilities or programs. It seems they are depending on just word of mouth. If that is the case in a town with over 21,000 people, who don’t communicate well, it is going to be rough. I heard of Farmer’s Markets, haven’t seen one in three years i have lived here. Some spoke of Flea Markets where? Some talked of gaming and dances and more, where folks, when, and times and dates so people can attend?

In many ways, Westborough, Ma. reminds me of the home town I grew up in, in Connecticut. It is loaded with banks and money, it is loaded with churches, and funny, enough bars and taverns. It does notc ontain a movie theater, It does not contain it’s own Bowling Alley, or Roller Rink. They don’t hold Singles Dances or Meetings anywhere, either. They do provide a Senior Center for the Seniors, yet, it is basically boring and hidden in the corner, like an embarassment in my opinion. Life is about interactions, communications, and getting along in life. It’s not about hiding in a corner of the town, huddled like old people, waiting to die, and just occupying space and playing cards or board games.

Where can one fish, hike, walk, meet others? Where is the Arts for those who like theater, or plays, where is the place to learn new things for all of us? Some as we age would love to learn to play instruments, or draw or paint, or show hidden talents to the world we aquired over our lives. where can that be done in Westborough, Ma.?

We pay taxes, for improvements and operations in town here. And we keep the town going as businesses come and go and the economy improves or slows. I know things cost money, and time and effort, but you can’t get people to get involved, if the communication is not open, loud and clear. Nor, is it helpful that many do not talk to each other here. If your new in town, you come to learn, you can’t walk into a bar or tavern or store and just talk to just anyone. many, shut you out and do not even say hello. why, they don’t know you, yet, if you attempt to know them, they walk away and don’t talk. It is a problem in American Society these days. Look I know it is great to be cautious and careful in the world or else I would not be alive at 69 going on 70. But, learning to still interact, converse and talk to people is vital in life. somehow, we all need to loosen up just a bit, if for no other purpose, just to get along and be polite.

I lived in a small town in Connecticut as a kid. I learned that even with a bad economy at the time, we still had parks for children, we still had places to play sports. We still found ways to interact, whether it was in diners, or other places of business. I move about in Westborough, go shopping, here, which is big. people rushing to and fro through a store, yet you can feel the tension and stress of the fear of interacting with strangers you don’t know. It’s just a fact I have felt and understand. How does one overcome this folks? Well, I try to talk to people in stores, or bars or tavens if I can. I even talk to bowlers when I go bowling, with them. Common interests go a long way. some are into sports, some into nature, some into arts and more. But, as my dad said many years ago, if you don’t take a chance and say hello, you shall miss more in life, than you will ever know. Be friendly, be polite, and if someone says something you don’t like, you can always walk away, we are not gonna like everybody we meet each day. Yet, if you do not take a chance, you can’t find joy, love, romance or fun. You can’t belong if no one will let you! You can bang on a wall, but if it doesn’t break or fall, you can’t get by, unless you find a way around it can you? Communication is the key to life, it’s how we get a husband or a wife and children to repopulate our world. No interacting, no communication, makes us boring, and like automations, like in the old movie The StepFord Wives. We are humans, we have faults, differences and not all will agree, but, if you don’t interact and communicate, you will feel nothing but loneliness and hate. Open up folks, take a chance, thats all I can say. And hopefully, Westborough, Ma. will come to be a better place to stay.