Welcome to the unofficial Marlborough Website

Why is this Website "unofficial"?

• There is no connection to the City of Marlborough Massachusetts municipal government other than this forum being about and for Marlborough and it's residents and friends.
  

• Neither the Webmaster nor any moderator receives money from any governmental or business entity to run and maintain this site.
  
• Since The Marlboro Web's SpeakOut pages were discontinued, this forum has been reincarnated (with a slight twist) so the online community can continue to communicate in a similar fashion - the site is provided as a community service.

What is the target participation audience?
Communication is geared to young adults and adults, not children.

What is not allowed on the forums?

1. Consistent targeting of specific individuals for personal attacks and harassment
   

2. Posting insults or slanderous accusations concerning poster's family and/or private life
   
3. Posting personal information about posters or their family members
   
4. Posting threats of any kind
   
5. Sexual harassment (heterosexual or homosexual)
   
6. Posting libelous statements about individuals or businesses
   
7. Posting Announcements or Classified Ads anywhere other than the Bulletin Board and/or the Community Calendar
   
8. Posting e-mail addresses or telephone numbers by or of anyone who is not over 18 years of age
   
9. Posting pornography
   
10. Promotion of White Supremacy, Racism, Hate Speech, or Ethnic Discrimination.
    
11. Posting anything illegal
    
12. Links and/or posts will be removed at Moderators' discretion
    
13. Bashing of our moderators or owners will not be tolerated
    
14. Using multiple usernames/handles. Please choose one unique name and stick with it. If 2 people are using he same computer/IP to make posts, then please let the moderators know.
    
15. Impersonating others; using their usernames or identities will not be tolerated.
    
16. Annonymizing user's IP through Proxy Servers or manual IP changes is not tolerated. Those who employ evasive IP technics are more likely than not to have their posts rejected by moderators.

Other Terms and Conditions of Use:

• You enter and use Common Ground forums at your own risk.
  

• You are fully responsible for the content that you post, or any problems resulting from content which you read.
  
• You are fully responsible for the consequences of posting your private information, such as your name, e-mail, address, phone number, and other details of your private life.
  
• Neither the Webmaster nor the Moderators are responsible for anything anyone posts, reads, and/or links to this website.
  
• As a condition of using this Website you voluntarily agree NOT to hold the Owner(s), the Webmaster, and/or all the Moderators liable for any legal, financial, or emotional damages and/or suffering resulting from Common Ground Forums' content and/or use.
  
• If you are citing text or using work that is not your own, include a link to the original material or a citation of the source somewhere in your post or in the thread.
  
• Sometimes it's helpful to ask first before assuming.
  
• You use the forums at your own risk. By using this website you agree to abide by all the rules outlined here, as well as to abide by the Webmaster's and Moderators' instructions.
  
• If your IP was banned from any CG forums and/or you as an individual poster are asked to leave CG, then you agree to do so, otherwise you agree to accept responsibility for all administrative and legal costs associated with enforcing your banning and upholding CG rules.

If I don't like the tone or content of a message, what then?
You can respond in kind, report the message to the Webmaster or Moderators, and/or, instead, try to encourage a constructive dialogue. Speech can be free, but responsible speech is sometimes better received and debated.

There's a difference between opinion and fact, your own words and cited text, slander and libel, threats and joking about threats, harassment and discrimination, and many other things.

How do I contact the Moderator or the Webmaster?

Please be respectful of others and the law. The Webmaster is not a lawyer and doesn't wish to be sued for trying to allow free speech to live in this City.

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