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Can you dig it? Archeology Fair comes to Middleboro

MIDDLEBORO --- The Massachusetts Archeological Society will present the inaugural Archeology Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 25 at Robbins Museum of Archeology,…

Apponequet students take top three spots in business competition

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LAKEVILLE - Apponequet Regional High School students showed they meant business at the recent JA Titan Business Challenge. Teams from the school placed first,…

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Learn about peonies at Lakeville Garden Club meeting

LAKEVILLE -- The Lakeville Garden Club will hold its next meeting Tuesday, April 28, at 7 pm at the Lakeville Historic Town House, 2 Precinct St. Massachusetts Master Gardener Christine Paxhia will speak on “Peonies: Love of My Life.” She will...

Unitarian Universalist Society to host variety show May 2

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MIDDLEBORO -- The Unitarian Universalist Society of Middleboro will present its annual variety show, featuring comedy, music and desserts, Saturday May 2 at the society, 25 South Main St. Showtime is at 7 p.m. After the show, attendees will gather...

Shipwrecks to be discussed at April 29 talk

MIDDLEBORO -- Shipwrecks of Cape Cod and the Islands will be discussed at 6 p.m. Wednesday April 29 at the Middleboro Public Library, 102 n main st. The talk will be presented by Nancy Franks of Frankly Speaking. The presentation is free and no...

Lions to host wine tasting, paint night May 9

LAKEVILLE -- The Lakeville Lions invite community members to an evening of creativity, entertainment, and relaxation at their upcoming Wine Tasting & Paint Night at 6:30 p.m. Saturday May 9 at 6:30 p.m. at the Lions clubhouse at 170 Main St. This...

Herring festival makes a splash in Middleboro

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MIDDLEBORO -- There was something very fishy going on at Oliver Mill Park during the weekend. The herring were running and ready to greet their public. Perfect spring weather helped draw a crowd to the 13th Annual Herring Run Festival Saturday and...

History by the slice: Central Cafe to serve pizza at marathon

MIDDLEBORO -- A Middleboro mainstay for pizza will make a slice of marathon history. Central Café of Middleboro has been named one of the official vendors for the Boston Marathon. The café will be part of Fan Fest, a three-day event from April 17...

Annual canoe race ready to launch

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The annual canoe race will paddle through Lakeville and Middleboro April 18. The event, which is sponsored by the Middleboro Park Department and the Taunton River Watershed Alliance, will begin at 11 a.m. at Old Bridge Street in Lakeville and...

Come on down to Game Show USA

MIDDLEBORO -- Game for a good time? Game Show USA is coming to the Middleboro Library from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday April 22. Bright Star Touring Theatre celebrates America’s 250th anniversary with a game show performance. Attendees could win prizes....

Interim school superintendent a possibility in Middleboro

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MIDDLEBORO - The community will weigh in on whether to bring on an interim school superintendent while a lengthier search is pursued for a full-time district leader, School Committee members agreed at their April 9 meeting. The previous plan was...

Speakers at Middleboro School Committee may get more than three minutes

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MIDDLEBORO - Time for speakers to express their opinions to the Middleboro School Committee may no longer be limited to three minutes. Middleboro School Committee members have agreed to review the controversial policy limiting public comment at...

Lorraine Carboni voted to Lakeville Select Board chair position

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LAKEVILLE — Fresh off of the Annual Town Election, Lakeville Select Board members have elected Lorraine Carboni to serve as chair of the board. The board now has two freshly elected members in Kristen Howard and Evagelia Fabian. During the first...

Incumbent unseated in close race, two newcomers voted to Lakeville Select Board

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LAKEVILLE — Voters took to the polls on Monday during the annual Town Election and elected Kristen Howard and Evagelia “Lia” Fabian to serve on the Select Board, according to the Town Clerk’s official results. Select Board incumbent Maureen...

Lakeville Town Election results released

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LAKEVILLE — The unofficial results of the 2026 Lakeville Town Election have been released. In Lakeville’s Select Board race, newcomer candidate Kristen Howard and past Select Board member Evagelia “Lia” Fabian received the most votes and will serve...

Union negotiations begin as potential layoffs loom

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MIDDLEBORO -- Negotiations will begin this week with the town’s unions to prepare for potential layoffs, Interim Town Manager Joseph Perkins told select board members at their April 6 meeting. These sessions, known as impact bargaining, will...

Deer in distress killed by environmental police in Lakeville

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LAKEVILLE — Last week, state Environmental Police Officers searched Lakeville for a deer with its head trapped inside of a plastic barrel, and officers later found and killed the deer. After receiving a call from a resident about the entrapped deer...

Herring are running and town is celebrating

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MIDDLEBORO -- Middleboro’s iconic herring are already making a splash and the town is welcoming them with two days of festivities. The 13th Annual Herring Run Festival will take place from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 11 and Sunday, April 12 at...

The votes are in: Middleboro incumbents unseated, new faces on Select Board and School Committee

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MIDDLEBORO — The Town Election results are in and incumbents on the Select Board and School Committee both lost seats to newcomer candidates. According to the official results from the Town Clerk’s office, Select Board Chair Mark Germain lost his...

Middleboro Town Election results released

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MIDDLEBORO — The results of the 2026 Middleboro Town Election are in. On the Select Board, newcomer candidate Tracie Craig-McGee and incumbent Thomas White received the most votes for the two seats up for reelection. Incumbent chair Mark Germain did...

Lakeville Lions Easter egg hunt sees large turnout, full baskets and big smiles

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LAKEVILLE — Over 2,000 Easter eggs vanished in mere minutes at the Lakeville Lions Easter egg hunt on Saturday. The scene at the annual egg hunt was dotted with attendees wearing bunny-ears and plenty of egg-hunters with baskets in hand as over 200...

Meet the Middleboro Housing Authority Candidate Sarah Person

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MIDDLEBORO — Sarah Person is running for the Middleboro Housing Authority Commissioner seat to use her nonprofit leadership background to bolster the positive work she sees being done at the housing authority. Person has heard housing authority...

Forensic audit mulled in Middleboro

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MIDDLEBORO -- Select Board members agreed to seek more information on a forensic audit of the 2025 town budget in the wake of the current shortfall. The move, Select Board member Teresa Farley said at the March 30 meeting, would help the town...

Happiness rains down at community baby shower

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MIDDLEBORO -- Attendees were in the pink and no one was blue at the town’s first community baby shower. The event, which was held March 28 at Town Hall, provided resources, giveaways and advice for new and expectant parents. About 60 families...

Fire chief placed on administrative leave

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MIDDLEBORO -- Fire Chief Owen Thompson has been placed on paid administrative leave. The reason for the move was not publicly explained, with Interim Town Manager Joe Perkins describing the situation as a “personnel matter.’’ With Thompson off the...

Environmental police search Lakeville for deer in distress

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LAKEVILLE — A deer with its head trapped inside of a plastic barrel has been spotted in Lakeville, and state environmental police officers are searching the cranberry bogs and forests in town to find it. After receiving a call from a resident in the...

Middleboro joins nationwide call for 'No Kings'

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MIDDLEBORO— “This is what democracy looks like,” protesters chanted during a “No Kings” protest at the intersection of routes 28 and 105. This was one of the call-and-response chants that filled the air at the Saturday, March 28 demonstration....

Lakeville breaks ground on a ‘piece of history’ with the town’s new fire station

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LAKEVILLE — For decades Lakeville firefighters have felt the harm and constraints of an aging fire station. On Friday, a new, safer future broke ground at the site of the new station. Town officials, members of the Lakeville Fire Department and...

Meet the Lakeville Select Board candidate Maureen Candito

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LAKEVILLE — First-term Select Board member Maureen Candito is vying for reelection to alleviate homeowners’ tax burdens by developing industrial corridors in Lakeville. She previously worked as the Lakeville town administrator from April 2019 to...

Meet the Lakeville Select Board candidate Evagelia ‘Lia’ Fabian

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LAKEVILLE — Longtime Lakeville resident Evagelia ‘Lia’ Fabian has served two terms on the Select Board, and is running this year to use her taxation know-how and business background to help Lakeville grow. The Brockton native moved to Lakeville in...

Meet the Lakeville Select Board candidate Kristen Howard

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LAKEVILLE — Longtime cyber security expert and Lakeville resident Kristen Howard is running for a Lakeville Select Board seat to open a new chapter of economic development in town. Howard grew up in Wayland, and is a lifelong Massachusetts resident....

Middleboro school district awaits word from town on future budget impacts, further cuts anticipated

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MIDDLEBORO — School district leaders will give answers to the scope of cuts and financial impacts to next year's budget at their next April 9 meeting, said Interim Superintendent Michael Perrone. During a Thursday, March 26 School Committee meeting,...

Missed Middleboro Candidates Night? Watch here

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MIDDLEBORO — Middleboro Cable Community Access Media caught it all during Middleboro’s 2026 Candidates Night on March 25. The event was sponsored by the Middleboro Rotary Club and Nemasket Week, and saw dozens of citizens who heard from fellow...

Middleboro Town Election candidates make their case to residents at candidates forum

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MIDDLEBORO — Middleboro’s 2026 Candidates Night, sponsored by the Middleboro Rotary Club and Nemasket Week, saw dozens of citizens who heard from fellow community members on their plans to serve in elected town offices. Candidates running for the...

Meet School Committee candidate Jessica Chartoff

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MIDDLEBORO — Jessica Chartoff says her work on the Middleboro School Committee is not complete. She is running for reelection in part to continue the work she has been doing to review and update committee policies as part of the policy...

Meet the Middleboro School Committee candidate Leah Machado

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MIDDLEBORO — Leah Machado is running for a Middleboro School Committee seat to relieve tension she sees between district parents and the committee by “transforming” how the groups interact with each other. Machado has lived in Middleboro since 2020,...

Meet School Committee candidate Allin Frawley

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MIDDLEBORO — Allin Frawley has two major reasons for running for re-election on the Middleboro School Committee: his son and daughter. Both youngsters are enrolled in Middleboro schools, and Frawley said “I believe in the town and the schools.” But,...

Meet the Middleboro School Committee candidate Krysten Phillips

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MIDDLEBORO — Middleboro schools alumni and district parent, Krysten Phillips, said she wants to use her feeling of not being heard as a parent to enact change on the school committee. Phillips is a lifelong Middleboro resident, and she and her...

Meet the Middleboro School Committee candidate Alex Cook

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MIDDLEBORO — Alex Cook is running for a seat on the Middleboro School Committee to build bridges between the committee, parents and students. A lifelong Middleboro resident, Cook attended grades K-12 in the district and is an active volunteer in the...

Meet the Middleboro School Committee candidate Sean Mokeler

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MIDDLEBORO — Sean Mokeler decided to run for the Middleboro School Committee after being motivated by the "fantastic" education his sons received in the district. Mokeler is a semi-retired project manager with over 20 years of management experience...

Pink and blue and new: Middleboro to host community baby shower

MIDDLEBORO --- Middleboro plans to shower new parents with support and resources. The town’s first community baby shower will be celebrated from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 28 at the Town Hall ballroom. The idea was inspired by the City of...

Middleboro woman pleads guilty to 26 animal cruelty charges

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MIDDLEBORO – A Middleboro woman has pleaded guilty in Wareham District Court to charges that she allegedly neglected 26 animals at her Middleboro home for months during 2024, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz has announced. Kimberly...

Town Meeting postponed while budget shortfall is addressed

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MIDDLEBORO -- Town Meeting will be postponed, likely to May 18, to provide more time to develop a new budget, Interim Town Manager Joseph Perkins told select board members at their March 23 meeting. Every department will face cuts as Middleboro...

Robert Sullivan withdraws from Middleboro School Committee race to focus on town financials

MIDDLEBORO — Middleboro School Committee candidate Robert Sullivan has withdrawn from the race to focus on his role on the Middleboro Finance Committee. Now Sullivan has bowed out of the race, there will be six candidates vying for three, three-year...

Annual Cooler Middleboro Fair returns with energy saving help and larger-than-life dioramas

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MIDDLEBORO — Hundreds of attendees came by the fourth annual Cooler Middleboro Fair on Saturday to have fun and find out how to help the environment and make life more affordable. The annual fair brings together family-fun activities with...

Meet Middleboro Select Board candidate Mark Germain

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MIDDLEBORO — Select Board Chair Mark Germain aims to use his years of municipal experience and “gut-instinct” negotiation skills to serve a third term on the board. He previously worked three years on the finance committee, and has served as chair...

Meet Middleboro Select Board candidate Tracie Craig-McGee

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MIDDLEBORO — Lifelong Middleboro resident Tracie Craig-McGee said she has been in training for 25 years to serve on the Select Board. Craig-McGee retired from her 25-year post as the executive assistant to the Select Board and Town Administrator in...

Meet Middleboro Select Board candidate Thomas White

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MIDDLEBORO — First term Select Board Member Thomas White is eyeing reelection to focus on growing economic development, a solution he sees will maintain school and town services into the future. White previously served on the housing authority for...

Tax increases set as possible solution to Lakeville's $2.6 million budget gap

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LAKEVILLE — Through a public meeting packed with attendees, roars of applause and resident input, Lakeville Town officials have decided to put a tax override to voters with an election date set for May 19. The town will face a $2.6 million budget...

Middleboro to seek proposals for town manager search firm

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MIDDLEBORO -- Select Board members will seek proposals for a firm to oversee the search for a new town manager. That vote followed a presentation at the March 16 Select Board meeting by Rick White, of Groux-White Consulting, which works with...

Town budget may be off by millions, Interim Town Manager says

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MIDDLEBORO -- Discrepancies in the budget for next year could leave the town facing a shortfall of millions of dollars, Interim Town Manager Joseph Perkins said. Select Board members asked Perkins at their March 16 meeting to reconstruct the...

Middleboro Candidates Night slated for March 25

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MIDDLEBORO — Want to hear from those on the ballot for Middleboro’s April 4 Town Election? The Middleboro Rotary Club and Nemasket Week will once again sponsor a Candidates Night to allow citizens to hear from local office seekers and to ask them...