Boro or borough: What's the proper spelling for Massachusetts towns?
BOSTON - From Foxboro to Southborough, Northborough to Westborough, if there is a borough, we are thorough in being thoroughly confusing. In Marlbo...
BOSTON - From Foxboro to Southborough, Northborough to Westborough, if there is a borough, we are thorough in being thoroughly confusing. In Marlborough, you'll see two spellings on the same street. One sign says Marlborough the other reads Marlboro. We saw that oddity in every borough except Attleboro. Mayor Cathleen DeSimone spelled it out for me: "A-t-t-l-e-b-o-r-o." "We dropped the u-g-h a long time ago," DeSimone said. "1914 to be exact." There are 11 boroughs in Massachusetts. Ten of them officially spell their name with an "o-u-g-h.