TOWN OF MIDDLEBOROUGH
TAX COLLECTOR
PRESS RELEASE

DATE: November 25, 2024

FROM:R. Renee Fernandes, Tax Collector
Ross Lawrence, Assessor/Appraiser

RELEASE:Immediate

The Fiscal 2025 Real Estate and Personal Property tax bills were mailed to Middleborough property owners on November 22, 2024. The fiscal year 2025 residential tax rate is $13.41 and the commercial, industrial & personal property rate is $14.21.  The bills will be due and payable on or before December 23, 2024. Payments received after that date will be subject to a 14 per cent interest charge which would begin on December 24, 2024 in accordance with state law.

Fiscal 2025 Real Estate and Personal Property bills are sent to the assessed owner as of January 1, 2024.  We make every attempt to obtain new owner mailing addresses but if you receive a tax bill for a property no longer owned by you, please either send the bill to the new owner or return it to the office of the Tax Collector advising them of the change in ownership so the bill may be forwarded.  Taxpayers with bank escrow accounts should make certain that the mortgage holder has made arrangements for accurate and timely payments.

By law, the taxpayer is responsible for the tax bill whether or not a bill is received.  If you do not receive your tax bill within a reasonable amount of time following the date of issue, contact the office of the Tax Collector for the amount due and/or a copy of the bill.

Taxpayers who qualify for statutory exemptions such as elderly, disabled veteran (service-connected disability), blind, or surviving spouse and HAVE NOT already filed may come into the Assessors’ Office on or before April 1, 2025 to submit an application. You will be required to supply a copy of supporting documentation including a birth or death certificate, etc. if we do not have one on file or you are filing for the first time.

Abatement applications for both Real Estate and Personal Property may be filed at the Assessors’ Office. The application can be found at the town’s website www.middleboroughma.gov on the Assessors’ Office web page. The comparable sales book is available in the Assessors’ Office.  The deadline for abatement applications is December 23, 2024.

The Assessors’ Office is located at the Town Hall, 10 Nickerson Avenue and is open Monday 8:00 am to 6:00 pm, Tuesday – Thursday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, and Friday 8:00 am to 12:00 PM.  The Tax Collector’s Office is located on the third floor of the Town Hall Annex at 20 Centre Street and is open Monday 8:00 am to 6:00 pm, Tuesday – Thursday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, and Friday 8:00 am to 12:00 PM.

TOWN OF LAKEVILLE
PLANNING BOARD
346 BEDFORD STREET
LAKEVILLE, MA  02347

The LAKEVILLE PLANNING BOARD, acting in accordance with MASS GENERAL LAWS CHAPTER 40A, as amended, will conduct a public hearing on Thursday, December 12, 2024, at 7:00 P.M. in the LAKEVILLE POLICE STATION, 323 BEDFORD STREET, upon the petition of JH Taylor Realty Corp.  A Special Permit is requested under Section 270-7.4 (12) to allow a commercial parking facility.  The property site is 160 Bedford Street and is located in the Business District.

The application and assorted documents can be viewed in the Planning Department by appointment.

Michele MacEachern, Chair

Nemasket Week
November 28, 2024 and December 5, 2024

MIDDLEBOROUGH SELECT BOARD
PUBLIC HEARING

The Middleborough Select Board will hold a public hearing in the Select Board’s Meeting Room at the Town Hall, 10 Nickerson Avenue, Middleborough, MA on Monday, December 9th at 7:40 PM, for the purpose of discussing an application filed by Michael O’Shaughnessy, Esq. on behalf of VMD MB Industrial, Inc. for a Special Permit under the Water Resource Protection District By-Law to allow for the filling and replication of wetlands, roadway construction and grading, installation of stormwater management systems to allow the construction of Canopy Drive and Timber Drive as shown on the definitive subdivision plans. The property is located at West Grove Street, off West Grove Street, off Center Street and 293 Center Street, in the Commercial Development and in Water Resource Protection District (WRPD) Zone 4. This is shown on Assessors Map 48 Lots 533, 3042, 3165 &3832 & Map 49 Parcel 955. Anyone wishing to be heard on this matter should appear at the time and place designated.

Publish: November 28, 2024 and December 5, 2024 Nemasket Week

Mark Germain, Chair
Brian Giovanoni, Vice Chair

Teresa Kelly Farley Thomas White
William C. Pike Jr.
SELECT BOARD

MIDDLEBOROUGH SELECT BOARD
PUBLIC HEARING

The Middleborough Select Board will hold a public hearing in the Select Board’s Meeting Room at the Town Hall, 10 Nickerson Avenue, Middleborough, MA on Monday, December 9th at 7:30 PM, for the purpose of discussing an application filed by Zenith Consulting Engineers, LLC for a Special Permit under the Water Resource Protection District By-Law to allow for per 8.2.7.3.A an alteration of a non-conforming use within the Z2 District. The existing non-conformance is lot coverage greater than 25% per 8.2.7.3.j (100% existing – 86.5% proposed).  Per 8.2.8.3.A to allow an alteration of a non-confirming use within the Z3 District. The existing non-conformance is lot coverage greater than 40% pr 8.2.3.3.J (88.1% existing – 49.7% proposed). The property is located at 70 Cambridge Street, in the General Use (GU) and in Water Resource Protection District (WRPD) Zone 2 and Zone 3. This is shown on Assessors Map 50E, Lot 2674. Anyone wishing to be heard on this matter should appear at the time and place designated.

Publish: November 28, 2024 and December 5, 2024 Nemasket Week

Mark Germain, Chair
Brian Giovanoni, Vice Chair
Teresa Kelly Farley Thomas White
William C. Pike Jr.
SELECT BOARD

TOWN OF MIDDLEBOROUGH
STORMWATER COMMITTEE

The Middleborough Stormwater Committee will hold a Public Hearing for a General Stormwater Permit as required by the Storm water Bylaw for the construction of a 150’ x 75’ industrial warehouse, parking lot, and associated utilities.  The proposed project is located at #1 Clayton Road, Middleborough, MA.  Map 38 Lot 5489. The Hearing has been requested by the applicant Mel-Dina Realty Trust.  The Hearing will be held December 18, 2024 at 11:00 AM in the Select Board’s room, Middleborough Town Hall, 10 Nickerson Avenue, Middleborough, MA 02346.

Stormwater Committee
James McGrail, Town Manager
Christopher Peck, DPW Director
Patricia Cassidy, Conservation Agent
Leeann Bradley, Director of Planning & Economic Development
Robert Whalen, Building Commissioner
David Blanton, Assistant Highway Superintendent
Kayla Smith, Health Officer
Michael Ohrenberger, Town Engineer
Joseph Mandile, Town Planner
Jim Mulcahy. Stormwater Coordinator