Town Has One of the Best High Schools, and Is Best Place to Live: Top 10 Westborough Patch Stories Of 2016

WESTBOROUGH, MA — Westborough readers were subjected to, and gravitated to a wide variety of news and events this year, ranging from the negative to the positive to the necessary. Among the top clicked stories included fatal crashes and a father-son team convicted of tax evasion.

But Westborough readers also were happy to read that the town is one of the best places to live, and has one of the best high schools.

Those are just some of the stories Westborough Patch readers gravitated to over the past year, with more than 610,000 clicking on to news, events, profiles, features, weather, police logs and more throughout 2016.

Here are the ten most read stories on Westborough Patch in 2016:

1 Dead, 5 Injured in Overnight Pike Crash

A woman is died and five others injured after an overnight single-vehicle crash on the Mass. Pike in Westborough.

Frozen Vegetable And Fruit Recall Expands To Walmart And Other Brands

The company has expanded a Listeria-based recall to include all brands it produces. Potentially deadly threat cited, including in Mass.

What to Expect When the Mass. Pike Toll Booths Are Demolished

There are four informational meetings provide information about what to expect as the toll booths are eliminated.

UPDATED: School Bus Crash With Van Kills 1

The 80-year-old driver of the van has reportedly died.

Westborough Named One of the Best Places to Live in the Country

Money Magazine listed its new list of "Best Places to Live." Westborough is mighty attractive.

3 Vehicles Collide With Moose on Route 9, 1 Injured, Moose Killed

A moose who had wandered onto Route 9 in Westborough was struck by three different drivers early Thursday morning.

Father and Son from Westborough Sentenced for Tax Evasion and Fraud

A Westborough father and son team were sentenced for reportedly hiding more than $3.5 million from the IRS with their payroll company.

Westborough Man Who Locked Verizon Worker in Vault Gets Probation

A Westborough man was given probation after pleading guilty to kidnapping, and ordered not to abuse Verizon workers.

Officer Finds Armed Robbery Suspect in Westborough

A Hudson man has been arrested and charged with a robbery that occurred in West Boylston last week, and a chase over the weekend in Berlin.

Westborough High Named Among Newsweek's Top 100 Public High Schools in 2016

Westborough High School is among the best in the state, and the country.