‘Tis the season for the annual Light Up Northborough event hosted by the Northborough Community Affairs Committee on Saturday, December 4 at 4:30 p.m. Countdown to the tree lighting and witness and celebrate the first Menorah to be lit in Northborough. It all happens downtown on the corner of Blake Street/Route 20.
The annual tree lighting began in 1968 in honor of the memory of Neil Ellsworth, an Army private first class, who was killed in Vietnam in 1967 at the age of 19.
Listen to music of the season provided by Women of Note, the Northborough Community Chorus and the Northborough Fifth Grade Children’s Chorus.
Snacks will be provided by Northboro House of Pizza and Metrowest Painting while supplies last.
Donations for the Northborough Food Pantry and new, unwrapped toys for Toys for Tots will also be accepted.
The event will be the grand finale of the local events to Kick off the Holidays and don’t forget to bring your stamped Great Northborough Snowman Hunt passport to receive a prize.
The event’s sponsors include Metrowest Painting and Contracting Inc., Lorna Helms, Realtor, Livian Boston at KW Realty Boston NorthWest, Northboro House of Pizza, and Family Dentistry Jacob Stein DMD.