Legal Advertisements - Week of January 16, 2025
Town of Middleborough
Request for Qualifications
Library HVAC Replacement – Owner’s Project Manager
The Town of Middleborough requests qualifications from firms or individuals to provide Owner’s Project Manager (OPM) services for the Middleborough Public Library HVAC Replacement Project. Contract work includes the oversight and management of Project engineering and construction. The individual or entity serving in this role must be engaged in the practice of providing project management services for building construction and supervision. In addition, the individual serving in this role must either: 1) be a registered architect or professional engineer with at least 5 years of experience in building construction and supervision; or 2) possess at least 7 years of experience in building construction and supervision. The Request for Qualifications (RFQ) may be obtained beginning at 8:00 AM on January 16, 2025 by contacting Emily Surette (surettee@middleboroughma.gov; 508-947-0928), between the hours of 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM on Mondays, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Tuesdays - Thursdays, and 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM on Fridays (holidays excepted). Existing conditions, preliminary design options, and construction cost estimates are included in the RFQ documents. An optional pre-submission site visit and briefing session will take place at 10:00 AM on January 29, 2025 at the Project site, located at 102 North Main St., Middleborough, MA. Sealed applications will be received in the Town Manager’s Office, located at 10 Nickerson Ave., Middleborough, MA until 4:30 PM on February 13, 2025. Contract work shall begin within 30 days of award and end upon the completion of project construction, which is estimated to conclude on June 30, 2026. The awarding authority is the Board of Library Trustees. This contract has a not-to-exceed limit of $70,000 and shall be awarded based on applicant qualifications. The estimated construction cost is $1.8 million. Questions regarding this solicitation may be directed to Emily Surette at the email address and phone number listed above.
By: James McGrail, Town Manager
TOWN OF MIDDDLEBOROUGH
SELECT BOARD
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, January 27th at 7:40 PM, for the purpose of discussing an application filed by Outback Engineering, Inc. for a Special Permit under the Water Resource Protection District By-Law to allow for the restoration of 3,403 sq. ft. of previously disturbed land within the 25’ no touch buffer in WRPD Z3. The property is located at 485R Wareham Street, in the General Use and CBD overlay Zone 3. This is shown on Assessors Map 88, Lot 5733. Anyone wishing to be heard on this matter should appear at the time and place designated.
Mark Germain, Chair
Brian Giovanoni, Vice Chair
Teresa Kelly Farley
Thomas White
William C. Pike Jr.
SELECT BOARD
Publish: January 16, 2025 and January 23, 2025 Nemasket Week
TOWN OF LAKEVILLE
PLANNING BOARD
346 Bedford Street
Lakeville, MA 02347
774-776-4350
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The LAKEVILLE PLANNING BOARD will conduct a public hearing pursuant to MASS GENERAL LAWS CHAPTER 41, SECTION 81T on THURSDAY, January 23, 2025, at 7:00 PM at the Lakeville Police Station, 323 Bedford Street, to consider the application of Lakeville Owner LLC. for Approval of a Definitive Plan submitted by VHB to consolidate the existing parcels “remaining Lots 4 & 5”, “Lot 5A”, “Lot 6D” Parcel A & Parcel B and subdivide into two buildable Lots “1” & “2” and a roadway located at 43 Main Street, M060-B007- L001, L001D, L001G, L001I, L001J, L001L, L001P.
The application and assorted documents can be viewed in the Planning Department by appointment or on the Planning Board’s webpage.
Michele MacEachern, Chair
January 9, 2025 & January 16, 2025
TOWN OF MIDDLEBOROUGH
PLANNING BOARD
Pursuant to Ch. 40A. Sec.11, the Middleborough Planning Board will hold a public hearing Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM in the Select Board’s Meeting Room at the Town Hall, 10 Nickerson Ave, Middleborough, relative to an Amendment to the Residences at Pilgrim Junction 40R approval. There is an application for Plan Approval pursuant to Section 8.6 40R Smart Growth Overlay District (SGO) of the Town of Middleborough Zoning Bylaw to authorize the construction of a 2,153 square foot Taco Bell Restaurant with 20 seats and a drive thru at the former commercial site at 18 West Grove Street, Middleborough, MA 02346 owned by West Grove Holdings, LLC. The plan is dated August 29, 2024 and prepared by Greenman-Pedersen, Inc., 44 Stiles Road, Suite One, Salem, New Hampshire, NH 03079 for Desert De Oro Foods, Inc. Said land is found on Assessors Map 58I, Lot 28.
The complete application and full plans are available in the Planning Department for public review and also available electronically by request. Anyone desiring to be heard on this subject should appear at the time and place designated.
MIDDLEBOROUGH PLANNING BOARD
Allin J. Frawley
Tracie Craig-McGee
William B. Garceau
Anders Martenson, IV
Nancy Kefalis, Associate Member
MIDDLEBOROUGH RENT BOARD
NOTICE OF HEARING
Please take notice that the Town of Middleborough Rent Board, (“Rent Board”) will hold a hearing on Monday, January 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM in the Select Board’s Meeting Room at the Middleborough Town Hall in Middleborough, MA. The hearing will be conducted pursuant to the authority under the Rent Board’s “Rules and Regulations For Mobile Home Park Accommodations, Rents And Evictions” and Chapter 703 of the Acts of 1985 to consider a petition filed by Attorney Amy K. Lagarde on behalf of Hillcrest Mobile Home Tenants Association, Inc. for an increase in rents to be paid by tenants of Hillcrest Mobile Home Park (the “Park”). Hearing procedures will be governed by the Informal/Fair Hearing Rules pursuant to 801 CMR 1.02. The Park Owner and the tenants shall each have the right to participate in the hearing and have the right to be represented at the hearing by an authorized representative or attorney. They, or their representative/attorneys, shall have the right to prepare and present relevant evidence and argument at the hearing.
Information relating to expenses incurred, by the Park owner, for the past year, is contained in the large volume of information on file with the Rent Board at the office of the Select Board in the Town Hall, 10 Nickerson Ave. This material is available for review by the general public Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday 8 a.m. to 12 noon.
The issues involved in the hearing include:
Whether the rents paid by tenants in the Park will be increased.
TOWN OF MIDDLEBOROUGH RENT BOARD
Mark Germain, Chair
Brian Giovanoni, Vice Chairman
Thomas White
Teresa Kelly Farley
William C. Pike
Publish: January 16, 2025
MIDDLEBOROUGH PLANNING BOARD VACANCY
Are you passionate about shaping the future of our community?
Middleborough Planning Board is seeking a dedicated individual to fill a vital vacancy. This is your chance to influence local development and contribute to sustainable growth.
Why Apply?
Make a meaningful impact on community planning.
Collaborate with fellow residents and local leaders.
Gain valuable experience in town planning and policy- making.
Qualifications
Strong interest in community planning.
Ability to work collaboratively.
Commitment to meetings first and third Tuesday of each month.
Details
This vacancy will be filled through a joint appointment of the Board of Selectmen and the Planning Board.
The successful candidate will serve on the Planning Board until the April 2025 election and if interested will run for election to fill the remainder of a term until April 2028.
How to Apply
Submit your letter of intent to Leeann Bradley, Director of Planning & Community Development, Town Hall Annex, 20 Center Street, Middleborough, MA 02346 or BradleyL@middleboroughma.gov
Publish January 9, 2025 and January 16, 2025
TOWN OF MIDDLEBOROUGH
Gas & Electric Department
Sealed bids or proposals for supplying one-four-wheel drive backhoe loader with extendable dipperstick to the Town of Middleborough will be received at the office of the Gas Division of the Middleborough Gas & Electric Department up to 11:00 A.M. (local time) Friday, January 31, 2025.
Specifications may be obtained at the Gas Division of the Middleborough Gas & Electric Department, 2 Vine Street, Middleborough, Massachusetts during normal business hours, by requesting via email at bids@mged.com or by visiting MGED’s website at www.mged.com
The Board of Gas and Electric Commissioners may reject any or all of the bids if it is in the public interest to do so.
Middleborough Gas & Electric Department
David Bernat
Gas Division Manager/Operation
(Tel. 508 947-1535)
TOWN OF MIDDLEBOROUGH
Gas & Electric Department
Sealed bids or proposals for supplying one new heavy duty truck with utility body to the Town of Middleborough will be received at the office of the Gas Division of the Middleborough Gas & Electric Department up to 11:30 A.M. (local time) Friday, January 31, 2025.
Specifications may be obtained at the Gas Division of the Middleborough Gas & Electric Department, 2 Vine Street, Middleborough, Massachusetts during normal business hours, by requesting via email at bids@mged.com or by visiting MGED’s website at www.mged.com
The Board of Gas and Electric Commissioners may reject any or all of the bids if it is in the public interest to do so.
Middleborough Gas & Electric Department
David Bernat
Gas Division Manager/Operation
(Tel. 508 947-1535)
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
TOWN OF LAKEVILLE
Plymouth, ss:
To any of the Constables of the Town of Lakeville,
Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town who are qualified to vote in Elections to meet in
PRECINCT ONE, PRECINCT TWO AND PRECINCT THREE
TED WILLIAMS CAMP, LOON POND LODGE
28 PRECINCT STREET, LAKEVILLE, MA
on TUESDAY, January 28, 2025 from 12:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. then and there to act on the following:
Shall the Town of Lakeville be allowed to exempt from the provisions of proposition two and one-half, so-called, the amounts required to pay for the bond issued in order to pay the costs of designing, constructing, equipping and furnishing a new Fire Station, including the payment of all costs incidental and related thereto?
YES_______ NO______
You are directed to serve this warrant by posting an attested copy hereof seven days at least before January 28, 2025 at the following places: Town Office Building; Baldies Pizzeria; Fat Cousins Pizza, the Clark Shores Association Bulletin Board; Apponequet Regional High School; the Senior Center and Assawompset School.
Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon at the time and place of said voting.
Given under our hands this 16th day of December, 2024.
Lorraine Carboni, Chair
Evagelia Fabian
Brian Day
Maureen Candito
Brynna Donahue
LAKEVILLE SELECT BOARD
