WMCT-TV had a four person crew at the Inauguration Day ceremonies at the Whitcomb Middle School. We’ll start running it at 8pm tonight.

Arthur Vigeant being sworn in as Mayor of the city of Marlborough by Steve LeDuc

‘Tis the season at the Marlborough Public Library! The internationally known A Cappella Jazz Vocal Ensemble Syncopation stopped by the library recently to spread some holiday cheer. Here’s a clip from their performance. You can see the concert in its entirety on WMCT-TV. Go to our schedules page for play times.

On Friday, the annual Tree Lighting Ceremony took place at Union Common. WMCT’s cameras were there catching the tree lighting, Santa Clause and the Marlborough High School Combined Chorus! You can see the full video on our Facebook page next week!

On Monday night Paul Brodeur and the Marlborough Historical Society gave a presentation at Marlborough High School’s Little Theatre of the John Brown Bell and it’s travels. WMCT’s crew of Mike Lawton and Vanessa Gallant were there taping. The multiple camera shoot will be edited next week and on the schedule shortly after. Check back here for the premier date as well as additional play times.

The Downtown Village Association’s trip, sponsored by Olde Marlborough and the Marlborough Economic Development Corporation, was a success, according to City Councilors and downtown business owners. While comparing Haverhill’s downtown and Marlborough’s downtown is like comparing apples to oranges, the group feels that they came away with some great ideas on how to revitalize the downtown area here in town.
WMCT Reporter, Meaghann Mellen was on scene and you can catch her report on Marlborough This Week next weekend starting at 6pm on Friday.

The newly formed Downtown Village Association has been searching for a community somewhat similar to Marlborough that has been successful in revitalizing it’s downtown.  That community is Haverhill!

This Saturday, City Councilors and members of the Downtown Village Association will be traveling to Haverhill as guests to see all the wonderful work they have done to revitalize their downtown area.  WMCT’s Meaghann Mellen and Dan Guindon will be riding along too!  They will be back with a full report for Marlborough This Week and The Magazine!

Marlborough’s own Bobby Butler brings the AHL’s Calder Cup to the New England Sports Center:

WMCT-TV is now offering severe weather warnings in several locations; here on the website, our Facebook page (have you become our friend yet?) and during WMCT-TV programming.
“If we get word of severe weather heading our way we’ll run a scroll over any programming that is running,” said Program Director, Rob O’Keefe.
Such a situation came up last week with the tornado warning. The city wanted to let residents know that the public schools were being opened up as a shelter alternative. WMCT-TV was running a scroll over their programming to let viewers know.
“We also posted the news on our website and Facebook page for those who weren’t watching us at the time,” reported Executive Director Dan Guindon.
“We want to be there for the community in situations like these and it’s great to have that opportunity to do that through our viewership and web and Facebook,” added O’Keefe.

No, we didn’t do anything wrong!
Yesterday, Producer Mike Lawton chased down a story in Marlborough. A Funeral Home van, which transports flowers to and from funerals, was stolen from in front of the IC Church. The Marlborough Police gave chase and busted the suspect. We ran it on our Facebook page, our web site and on the air at WMCT-TV. Channel 7 ended up using Mike’s footage! Pretty cool, so we thought we’d mention it!

As part of Marlborough’s 350th Celebration and Labor Day Weekend festivities, a 60 year old time capsule was unearthed at the Marlborough Public Library.