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                                UNITED STATES
                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D.C.  20549
                       ______________________________

                                  FORM 8-K

                               CURRENT REPORT
                   PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                       SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                       ______________________________

       Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): July 29, 2003

                    WESTBOROUGH FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
           (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

        Massachusetts                000-27997              04-3504121
(State or other jurisdiction        (Commission           (IRS Employer
      of incorporation)             File Number)        Identification No.)

                  100 E. Main Street, Westborough, MA 01581
             (Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)

     Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (508) 366-4111

                               Not Applicable
        (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)





Items 1 through 6.   Not applicable.

Item 7.       Financial Statements and Exhibits

      (a)   No financial statements are required to be filed with this
            report.

      (b)   No pro forma financial information is required to be filed with
            this report.

      (c)   The following exhibit is filed with this Report:

            Exhibit No.     Description
            -----------     -----------

            99.1            Press release issued by Westborough Financial
                            Services, Inc. on July 29, 2003, furnished in
                            accordance with Item 12 of this Current Report
                            on Form 8-K.

Item 8.       Not applicable.

Item 9.       Regulation FD

      The following information is furnished under this Item 9 in
satisfaction of Item 12, "Disclosure of Results of Operations and Financial
Condition."

      On July 29, 2003, Westborough Financial Services, Inc. announced its
earnings for the third quarter of the 2003 fiscal year.  A copy of the
press release dated July 29, 2003, describing third quarter earnings is
attached as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 10-11.   Not applicable.

Item 12.      Results of Operations and Financial Condition

      See Item 9 per SEC Release 33-8216, March 27, 2003.





                                 SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                 WESTBOROUGH FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.

                                 By:   /s/ John L. Casagrande
                                       ------------------------------------
                                       John L. Casagrande
                                       Senior Vice President, Treasurer and
                                       Clerk

Date: July 29, 2003





                                EXHIBIT INDEX

      Exhibit                 Description
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        99.1       Press Release dated July 29, 2003.