Business

Lorenzo’s Restaurant serving a 75-year history of evolution and consistency in Italian dining

MIDDLEBORO — “When I train people I always think, this is what Lorenzo would have told me to do. I try to tell people, this is what's worked all these years,” said Doris Mocker, a manager at Lorenzo’s Italian Restaurant and Bar. “Don't break it now...

Lakeville business provides space to ‘recover with intention’

There is no better way to anchor oneself in the present than by sinking into a tub of 48-degree water. That’s the message that R-Labs — a new business in Lakeville specializing in contrast therapy — is spreading. Contrast therapy is a technique that...
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Owner of Egger’s Furniture to retire after 46 years with nearly 200-year-old business

MIDDLEBORO — Egger’s Furniture has nearly 200 years of history in Middleboro and for the last 46 years has been under the care and ownership of Bob Saquet — who plans to sell the business and retire this fall. While the store is changing ownership...

School’s out, ice cream’s in: Lakeville family takes dessert on the road

LAKEVILLE — What do teachers do when the school year ends? They ride around town in a school bus serving ice cream, of course. Katie and Peter Gallagher teach science and STEM at Freetown-Lakeville Middle School. When summer break started this year...

Celebrations on the menu at Loon Pond Lodge

LAKEVILLE – Let’s get this party re-started. Tim Malinosky saw people embracing celebration as the pandemic ended and people were free to interact again. People, he observed, were saying “I’m not giving up my life. I want to enjoy my life. And the...

Middleboro cafe serves coffee and kindness, one cup at a time 

MIDDLEBORO — Often the smallest splurges are the hardest to give up when money is tight, something that the owners of Coffee Milano, Josh Rashid and Gunnar Gudmundsson , know all too well. That’s why Rashid and Gudmundsson decided to install a “...

They mean business: Apponequet students take competition

LAKEVILLE — Students from Apponequet Regional High School placed first in the recent Junior Achievement Titan Business Challenge held at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth. The challenge is a business strategy competition in which high...

Reimagined and raw: Lolans Farm milks a new approach to dairy farming

MIDDLEBORO —- When problems with a global oversupply of milk peaked during the Covid pandemic and milk prices plummeted, Sue and Sam Shields of Lolans Farm decided it was time to get out of the commercial dairy industry. At the time, their...

Lorenzo’s receives legacy award at chamber event

MIDDLEBORO — Lorenzo’s, the venerable Italian restaurant in Middleboro, was honored with the Legacy Award at the Cranberry Country Chamber of Commerce’s annual meeting. And Value Store It Self Storage in Lakeville, which opened in 2023, was named...

Smith added to Jack Conway Lakeville real estate team

LAKEVILLE — Jack Conway welcomes Joe Smith has been added to the Jack Conway team of real estate agents in Lakeville. Smith brings experience in digital marketing and e-commerce strategy across various industries. He has worked with lead generation...

Middleboro resident named executive director of Hebrew SeniorLife communities

MIDDLEBORO — Middleboro resident Jess Coleman has been named executive director of the Simon C. Fireman and Leyland Communities of Hebrew SeniorLife. Coleman takes the position after serving as associate executive director of NewBridge on the...