Veterans' Advisory Board tackles homelessness, organizes fall, winter programs
Veterans' Advisory Board · Meeting of September 16, 2026
Westborough Veterans' Advisory Board charts expanded fall programs as homelessness persists. Chair Marshall Preston oversaw planning for a November clothing drive, flag placement at veteran gravesites through winter for the first time, and a VFW fundraiser with a $25,000 goal. Veterans Services Officer Jeff Farrell reported on available assistance programs.
Five Westborough veterans are currently homeless, with board members noting that state housing-assistance expansion has sometimes prompted landlords to increase rents.
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Source: the Veterans' Advisory Board meeting of September 16, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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