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Lakeville maintains single-rate property tax for next year

Select Board Chair Maureen Candito, left, and Vice Chair Lorraine Carboni at the Nov. 26 meeting. Photo by Grace Roche

LAKEVILLE — After a brief discussion and a hearing with the Board of Assessors, Lakeville officials voted to maintain the town’s current property tax structure.…

Lakeville library and Council on Aging work to help those in need this holiday season

LAKEVILLE — The Lakeville Public Library and the Lakeville Council on Aging are collecting toiletries and grocery store gift cards for seniors in…

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Where to send trash: Lakeville seeks resident input on household waste collection

LAKEVILLE — Lakeville town officials are seeking feedback from the community on providing household trash collection and disposal services in town. The town has created a short survey for residents to share their thoughts on how the town can best...

Multiple crashes on Route 140 leave 1 dead, 12 other passengers involved

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LAKEVILLE — Two significant back-to-back vehicle crashes occurred on Route 140 on Friday, leaving one driver dead and multiple others injured. According to the Lakeville and Freetown Fire Department, the first crash occurred around 5:40 p.m., near...

Middleboro Fire Department on fire with flag football win

Members of the police and fire departments go head-to-head on Battis Field on Friday, Nov. 21. Photos by Grace Roche

MIDDLEBORO — Fans filled the stands of Battis Field on Friday night to watch the fire and police departments compete for a charity flag football game. The departments met Nov. 21 in a Battle of the Badges game to raise funds for the police and...

What’s next for Old Colony following “no” vote on new building project?

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LAKEVILLE — Now the Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical School’s plans to construct a new school building are halted, what’s next for the Rochester high school? On Tuesday, Nov. 18, a majority of voters from the five member towns who send...

Voters deny Old Colony high school’s $288 million building project

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LAKEVILLE — A majority of voters across the five member towns of the Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical School district did not approve the school’s $288 million building project on Tuesday. The decision came from a simple majority across...

Committee votes against independent water commission in Middleboro

Select Board members Thomas White and Teresa Farley listen to the decision of the Charter Review Committee at the Monday, Nov. 17 Select Board meeting. Photo by Grace Roche

MIDDLEBORO — After meeting several times throughout the past few months and consulting with water-related departments in the town, the Charter Review Committee voted unanimously to not continue with a previous proposal for a separate water...

Middleboro’s Grand Ballroom sees grand display of ukulele music

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MIDDLEBORO — With the backdrop of the Grand Ballroom, ukulele music group The Unlikely Strummers delivered a free performance at the Middleboro Town Hall on Sunday. The event is part of the Middleboro Makes Music Sunday Concert Series, a program...

Police locate missing Middleboro woman

Wendy Eaton, a missing Middleboro woman last seen in Quincy. Photo Source: Middleboro Police Department

MIDDLEBORO — After she was reported missing by her family Wednesday, Nov. 12, the Middleboro Police Department announced Wendy Eaton, 58, was succesfully located. Eaton was had last been seen in Quincy on Oct. 28, and was reported found Thursday,...

Free feasts: Area organizations provide Thanksgiving meals for people in need

Volunteers at the Sacred Heart Food Pantry help make Thanksgiving food baskets. Photos source: Ellen Burke

Two area organizations are working to feed their hungry neighbors this Thanksgiving through food baskets containing all the ingredients needed for a holiday meal. The Lakeville Church of the Nazarene at 180 Main St., provides between 20 and 25...

Part-time officials' healthcare benefits sees 'spirited discussion' during Special Town Meeting

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LAKEVILLE — Special Town Meeting saw large discussion on whether Lakeville should cease healthcare benefits for part-time elected officials. Voters considered five questions at the Wednesday, Nov. 12 meeting. These included unpaid bills, appointing...

Lakeville and Middleboro honor hometown heroes at Veterans Day celebrations

Members of the Middleboro Fire Department walk during the Veterans Day parade Tuesday, Nov. 11.

Residents across Middleboro and Lakeville spent Veterans Day celebrating and memorializing veterans from the two towns. In Lakeville, town officials and residents visited Hitchcock Memorial at Assawompset Elementary School, the Flag Pole and Honor...

Preparing for the polls: Nov. 18 Old Colony vote approaches

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LAKEVILLE — Voters in Lakeville, Mattapoisett, Rochester and the two other towns that send students to Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School will go to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 18 to determine the fate of a $288 million proposed...

Middleboro families continue to rely on Sacred Heart Food Pantry as SNAP recipients await benefits

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MIDDLEBORO — Although some Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients saw their benefits return Saturday, the Sacred Heart Food Pantry remains a necessity for many while federal food-aid developments unfurl. During an average distribution...

Power outage and road closure on Precinct Street in Lakeville after early morning crash

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LAKEVILLE — Precinct Street is closed and two utility poles were destroyed following a single vehicle crash that occurred in the early morning Saturday. The Lakeville Police Department urges residents to avoid the intersection on Precinct Street,...

Old Colony building project Q&A session to be held in Lakeville

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LAKEVILLE — Residents can find answers to lingering questions about the proposed Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School building project at a presentation and questions-and-answers forum. The informational event will be held at 6 p.m....

Lakeville police warn of increase in recent vehicle break-ins

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LAKEVILLE — The Lakeville Police Department is investigating an increase in motor vehicle break-ins in the area. The department stated in a press release that there has been a recent rise in vehicle break ins in Lakeville and in neighboring...

Middleboro collecting grocery donations for people in need

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MIDDLEBORO — With the current delay of November SNAP benefits, the Middleboro Council on Aging and the Middleboro Public Library are accepting grocery gift cards for residents in need of food assistance. People interested in making a donation can...

Lakeville tracks down solutions to train noise issue

The North Precinct Street crossing, one of the three railroad crossings in Lakeville, where future upgrades could bring about a Quiet Zone designation.

LAKEVILLE — After the introduction of a new Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter line through Lakeville earlier this year, residents have raised noise complaints about the trains passing by their homes. The town is pursuing a Quiet...

Middleboro breaks ground on new industrial park

Lt. Governor Kimberly Driscoll speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony held on West Grove Street on Wednesday, Nov. 5.

MIDDLEBORO — Amid upturned soil and clanking excavation equipment, town and state officials gathered at the construction site of a new industrial park for a groundbreaking ceremony. Lt. Governor Kimberly Driscoll spoke at the Oct. 5 ceremony, along...

Energy-saving tax credits expire in December, here’s how to use them

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Until the end of 2025 homeowners and businesses can obtain a 30% federal tax credit for a wide range of energy-saving and clean-energy measures, according to local nonprofit Sustainable Middleboro. Those measures can include heat pumps, insulation...

FreeLake district vies for contract to bring Acushnet students to Apponequet

From left: Town Manager Andrew Sukeforth, executive assistant Colleen Lieb, and Select Board members Paul Hunt, Lorraine Carboni and Christopher Plonka at the joint Lakeville-Freetown Select Board meeting Nov. 3 in Freetown.

LAKEVILLE — Apponequet Regional High School is among four schools hoping to sign a contract welcoming students from Acushnet, a district without its own high school. FreeLake superintendent Barbara Starkie brought an update on the district's...

Three integral strategies behind FreeLake school district’s state recognition for MCAS growth

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LAKEVILLE — Across the state, schools are struggling to return to pre-pandemic levels of academic achievement, but the Freetown-Lakeville Regional School District is finding success with new initiatives in their math classrooms. FreeLake was one of...

Attendance concerns for Lakeville Special Town Meeting, here’s what voters will consider

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LAKEVILLE — Town officials are concerned about low voter turnout at the Lakeville Special Town Meeting. Voters will consider five questions at the Wednesday, Nov. 12 meeting. These include unpaid bills, appointing members to the Community...

Community raises donations for family of Middleboro man killed in fatal Everett crane incident

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MIDDLEBORO — A fundraiser has been created to support the family of Paul Ledwell, 37, a Middleboro man who died in a fatal crane collapse in Everett. Ledwell and one other Roslindale man died Oct. 24 following a large crane collapse at a...

Finding trunks, treats and memories

Two trunk-or-treat participants dressed as scientists distribute glow sticks at the event in the Town Hall parking lot Oct. 31.

MIDDLEBORO — For some Middleboro trick-or-treaters, Central Congressional Church’s yearly trunk or treat is the continuation of a favorite childhood memory. The church held the event Oct. 31 in the Middleboro Town Hall parking lot, with cars and...

With SNAP benefits at risk, Sacred Heart stays flexible to serve hungry families

A sign for a store accepting EBT, also known as SNAP benefits.

The Sacred Heart Food Pantry prepares for the unknown as over 4,000 Middleboro and Lakeville recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — better known as SNAP — are still awaiting their November funds. Due to Congress’s failure to pass...

Pre-trial postponed for alleged embezzler and co-conspirator in missing Freetown-Lakeville parent teacher organization funds case

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LAKEVILLE — The pre-trial hearing for Zachary and James Granville-Wilmot, both charged in connection to funds reported missing by the Freetown-Lakeville Middle School Parent Teacher Organization, was postponed in court Friday. Zachary...

Trick-or-treaters fill Middleboro offices

Isabella Giuliana, 9, trick-or-treats in the Town Hall Annex with her family while dressed as Judge Judy on Oct. 29.

MIDDLEBORO — Most days, the offices and rooms of the Middleboro Public Library, Town Hall and Town Hall Annex are quiet, serious spaces. They were instead filled with costumes, creepy decorations and candy Oct. 29 as kids and their families...

Medical transportation company serves Middleboro for $0 a year

Select Board members Bill White and Brian Giovanoni at the Monday, Oct. 27 meeting at Town Hall.

MIDDLEBORO — For over two years, Middleboro residents facing a medical emergency have relied on an ambulance from Coastal Medical Transportation to get them to the hospital. After hearing from Fire Department Chief Owen Thompson and Michael...

Middleboro man dead after fatal crane collapse in Everett

MIDDLEBORO — Paul Ledwell, 37, of Middleboro, and one other man died Friday after a crane collapsed at a construction site in Everett. Ledwell and Larriston Lake, 44, of Roslindale were identified Monday by the Middlesex District Attorney’s office...

Lakeville and Middleboro schools to receive career-education grant funds

Lakeville and Middleboro schools will receive funding to support career-preparation programs

Schools across Massachusetts will receive more than $8.5 million in grants to prepare students for their future careers, including thousands for Middleborough Public Schools and the Freetown-Lakeville Regional School District. Middleboro will...

The cancer fighting ‘Candyman’ of Lakeville isn’t stopping any time soon

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LAKEVILLE — A Lakeville man is on a 15 year, candy-fueled mission to fund cancer research. Fred Reagan, known to some as the “Candyman”, has been raising thousands of dollars for the Jimmy Fund Walk cancer research fundraiser since he started in...

Longtime Middleboro rotarian, business owner receives surprise celebration

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MIDDLEBORO — The Middleboro-Lakeville Rotary Club recently honored longtime member and past Middleboro business owner, Bob Saquet, with a surprise retirement celebration. Saquet, the previous owner of Egger’s Furniture, has spent 60 years in the...

Funding questions and a petition to drop healthcare for part-time officials to be considered by Lakeville Special Town Meeting

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LAKEVILLE — Cuts to part-time elected officials’ healthcare, spending $25,000 for a building re-use study for Town Hall and establishing a revolving funds account for the Conservation Commission are all up for voters’ consideration at Special Town...

Middleboro stabbing suspect pleads not guilty in superior court, held in custody without bail

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MIDDLEBORO — Andrew Horsman, accused of stabbing and killing Paul Pomerleau in Middleboro in June, plead not-guilty during an arraignment in Brockton Superior Court, Thursday, Oct. 24. District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz announced Horsman pleaded not...

Food access forum brings information, solutions to Middleboro

The four speakers sit together as attendees ask questions following their presentations.

MIDDLEBORO — Amidst federal budget cuts and the recent government shutdown, food insecurity concerns have intensified as programs lose access to funds. Several experts gathered at the First Unitarian Universalist Church, Thursday, to discuss how...

Two candidates announce campaigns for 2026 2nd Plymouth District state representative race

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Longtime Carver Select Board member Sarah Hewins and current Rep. John Gaskey both announced they are running for the 2nd Plymouth District state representative seat in 2026, Thursday, Oct. 23. The 2nd Plymouth District includes Wareham, Carver and...

Middleboro Select Board approves earth removal plan despite water table concerns

Brian Grady addresses the Select Board at the Oct. 20 meeting.

MIDDLEBORO — After several hearings and a lengthy discussion regarding a reservoir expansion at a cranberry farm on Rocky Meadow Street, the Select Board approved a permit for the project at its Oct. 20 meeting. Brian Grady, the project’s...

New Lakeville fire station to bring an end to decades of operational issues

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LAKEVILLE — Contamination, communication and configuration — these operational problems have been on the minds of Lakeville Fire Department first responders for decades. The longtime operational constraints that stem from the current Lakeville Fire...

Lakeville event treats visitors to candy and fun

Two boys dressed as Spider-Man pick candy from a basket at Ted Williams Camp during the trunk or treat Oct. 19.

LAKEVILLE — Smiling superheros, menacing monsters and classic cartoon characters filled the Ted Williams Camp parking lot to “trunk or treat” Oct. 19. About 200 costumed kids and their caregivers lined up at over 20 trunks and other setups to play...

Colonial reenactment revisits Middleboro’s Oliver Estate to offer a portal to the past

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MIDDLEBORO — Tri-cornered hats, plumes of musket smoke and plenty of colonial education returned to the historic Oliver State in Middleboro, Saturday. Families didn’t pay a penny to explore the historic estate that has ties to the colonial-likes of...

65-year-old Lakeville man killed in two-vehicle crash

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LAKEVILLE — Timothy Crowley, 65, died Saturday following a fatal, two-vehicle crash on County Road in Lakeville, according to the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office. Lakeville police and Massachusetts State Police responded to the crash that...

‘No Kings’ protest comes to Middleboro

A group of protesters hold signs at the No Kings protest in Middleboro Oct. 18.

MIDDLEBORO — Hand-drawn signs, lines of protesters and the endless honking of horns filled the busy intersection of Routes 105 and 28 for Middleboro’s first No Kings protest. Over 100 people took to the sidewalk to protest the Trump...

‘If you haven't met a donkey, I can't really explain it’: Finding mindfulness at Forever Farm

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MIDDLEBORO — At a sanctuary farm in Middleboro, a nonprofit strives to provide comfort to both the dozen donkeys who call it home, and to the people who visit the farm tucked away on Highland Street. The Forever Farm animal sanctuary at 168 Highland...

Four people sent to hospital after vehicle hits deer

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LAKEVILLE — Four people were transported to area hospitals with non life-threatening injuries following a vehicle collision with a deer on Route 140 South late Monday night. The Lakeville Fire Department responded to a report of a passenger vehicle...

Developer brings senior housing plan to joint Select Board, Planning Board meeting

Lloyd Geisinger stands behind the Select Board during his senior housing proposal at the Oct. 14 meeting.

LAKEVILLE — Representatives from Thorndike Development returned to a joint Select Board and Planning Board meeting with updated plans for developing the Lakeville Golf Course after their previous presentation Oct. 7, 2024. Lloyd Geisinger, the...

Lakeville Fire Department urges residents to replace 10-year-old smoke alarms

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LAKEVILLE — As part of a state-wide push for replacing expired smoke alarms, the Lakeville Fire Department recently issued a warning for residents about how to check and replace aging smoke alarms. The department stated many residences have smoke...

Homestead Quilting and Fabric puts people first

Michelle Medeiros poses with her scrap-fabric quilt inside Homestead Quilting and Fabric on Oct. 12.

LAKEVILLE — For Michelle Medeiros, the owner of Homestead Quilting and Fabric, business isn’t about sales. It’s about people. She said she remembers a day when a woman came to her store at 54 Main St., fabric in hand, searching for material to...

Middleboro displays forestry roots at Town Forest Conference

Town Forest Conference attendees and exhibitors at the Middleboro High School Oct. 4. Photos by Grace Roche

MIDDLEBORO — Upon his death in 1965, Middleboro resident Frederick Weston bequeathed a large tract of forested land to Middleboro in his father’s memory. It now serves as a public space for town residents. The forest was one of several locations...

Middleboro festival combines love for cranberries and autumn

Aubrey Roe, 7, feeds an alpaca.

MIDDLEBORO — Cranberry lovers of all ages gathered on the front lawn of Middleboro Town Hall for berry-themed activities, shopping and fun at Crantoberfest. The event, held Oct. 11, was organized by the tourism committee and featured vendors,...