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Fourth of July festivities on full display in Middleboro

MIDDLEBORO — Sirens wailed in celebration, candy flew through the air and watermelons were eaten at high speed during Middleboro’s Independence Day festivities. On the morning of July 4, the North Middleboro Parade began at 10 a.m. at the...

Middleboro woman killed in single car accident

MIDDLEBORO — Middleboro resident Susan Sumner, 72, was pronounced dead at the scene of a single vehicle crash on Route 28 in Middleboro around 8:27 a.m. on Friday, July 4. Middleboro Police and Fire found the vehicle had run off the road and crashed...

Attendees ease back and enjoy a night of music in Middleboro

MIDDLEBORO — The first concert of the 19th annual Middleboro Summer Concert Series kicked off Thursday, July 3. The annual Middleboro Summer Concert Series takes place on the Town Hall lawn and will feature eight free concerts this year. The first...

Figure out the future of Middleboro at Master Plan meeting

MIDDLEBORO — Residents will have the opportunity to weigh in on Middleboro’s 10-year Master Plan during an event on July 30. The Town of Middleboro will host an open-house event for information on the final draft of the town’s goals and strategies...

Lakeville cancer survivor to be honored at Fenway Park

LAKEVILLE — A Lakeville cancer survivor will be honored during a pre-game ceremony at Fenway Park on Friday, July 11. The Boston Red Sox and Red Sox Foundation will host an on-field ceremony during the “PMC Night at Fenway Park” event at 6:45 p.m.,...

Rotary club members support annual charity bike-ride

The Middleboro and Lakeville Rotary Club recently volunteered at a rest station during one of the largest charity bike rides in the state on June 28. The club supported cyclists riding in the “41st annual Bike MS: Cape Cod Getaway” charity event, by...

Standout Lakeville Girl Scout earns highest honor

LAKEVILLE — The Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts recently announced a Lakeville scout has earned the highest award in Girl Scouting. Abigail Young, a Lakeville resident, received the Girl Scout Gold Award during a ceremony in Waltham on May 18...

Middleboro volunteer goes above and beyond to help those in need

MIDDLEBORO — The Old Colony Elder Services recently honored a Middleboro resident who volunteers with the community support group. Donna Blaschke, a Middleboro resident and Meals on Wheels volunteer, was honored along with 11 other volunteers who...

Middleboro natives join the police force

MIDDLEBORO — Two new recruits have been appointed to the Middleboro Police Department. Police Officers Victoria O'Day and Corey Bailey were appointed to Middleboro Police Department by the Middleboro Select Board on June 23. O’Day and Bailey...

Middleboro Conservation Commission seeks member

MIDDLEBORO — An opening is available at the Middleboro Conservation Commission. The commission is looking to fill one vacant role on their team. If interested in joining, the commission asks applicants to attend a meeting at the Select Board Meeting...

Catch, record, conserve: The turtles in our waterways

A swift waddle, a small trail of bubbles and the female Diamondback Terrapin was gone. Ripples passed over the ridges of her armor-like plating as she swam away from Parkwood Beach. This Diamondback Terrapin, a medium-sized turtle that dwells in the...

Middleboro town manager assistant to take similar role in Lakeville

LAKEVILLE — After five years as Middleboro’s assistant to the town manager, Emily Surette will soon begin a similar role for the Town of Lakeville. In December, Christina Cotsoridis resigned from the position. At the time, Lakeville Town...

Pool at Battis Field nears opening

MIDDLEBORO — The public pool at Battis Field has been repaired and is now expected to open by Monday, July 7. The Middleboro Town Pool at Battis Field, located at 26 Jackson St., has been under repair since last season due to damage on the pool’s...

Middleboro School Committee reviews proposed student handbook changes

MIDDLEBORO — The Middleboro School Committee reviewed — but postponed voting on — proposed changes to the student handbook that would update bathroom procedures and reference state laws protecting transgender and non-binary students. Administrators...

Buzzards Bay Swim location changed to Onset Bay

For the first time in 32 years, the Buzzards Bay Swim will be held in Onset Bay. The change comes with concerns that possible rain before the event could cause sewer overflows in New Bedford’s Outer Harbor. On Saturday, June 28, more than 300...

Parking lot project underway at Ted Williams Camp

LAKEVILLE — Visitors to Ted Williams Camp may have noticed a large ditch in the parking lot near the Council on Aging. That “infiltration basin” marks the first phase of a project to improve drainage and resurface the lot. Town...

Power outages strike Lakeville, Middleboro during record heat

A power outage struck most of Middleboro and parts of Lakeville on Tuesday, June 24 — the hottest day of the year so far. The outage began shortly before 5 p.m., according to Middleboro officials. Around that time, temperatures had reached the high...

Middleboro accepts $26 million bid for East Grove Water Treatment Plant project

MIDDLEBORO — The Select Board approved a contractor’s $26 million bid to replace the East Grove Water Treatment Plant at its June 23 meeting. WES Construction Corp., a Halifax-based company, won the contract with a bid of $26,213,000. Construction...

Oak Point car wash Raises $1,325 for scholarship fund

MIDDLEBORO — The Oak Point Scholarship Fund raised $1,325 during its first-ever car wash fundraiser Saturday, June 21 with all proceeds supporting area students. Held over the course of three hours, the event drew community support and was organized...

Middleboro and Lakeville residents to participate in Buzzards Bay Swim

Six Middleboro and Lakeville residents will compete in the 32nd annual Buzzards Bay Swim on Saturday, June 28. More than 275 swimmers are registered to swim 1.2 miles across New Bedford’s Outer Harbor from Cisco Brewers Kitchen and Bar to Fort...

Food truck festival to bring good eats and more to Lakeville

LAKEVILLE — The first ever Lakeville food truck festival is coming to the Angers Conway Farm on July 12. The Food Truck Festival of America is bringing a beverage and food truck event to Lakeville from 12 to 6 p.m. at Angers Conway Farm, located at...

Expect five days of fun and celebration for Middleboro Independence Day

MIDDLEBORO — Independence Day celebrations in Middleboro will stretch over five days this year and feature a carnival, fireworks, a parade and more. The festivities kick off Wednesday, July 2, and run through Sunday, July 6, at Peirce Park, located...

Temperatures rise, residents retreat to river and ice cream

As temperatures climbed well into the mid-80s over the weekend and the National Weather Service issued extreme heat warnings, residents of Middleboro and Lakeville found creative ways to beat the heat. The National Weather Service advised residents...

Soule Homestead celebrates summer with Cool Banana Wig

MIDDLEBORO — Soule Homestead kicked off their summer event schedule with a Cool Banana Wig kids concert on Saturday, June 21. Soule Homestead, located at 46 Soule St., is a nonprofit agriculture and conservation learning center that hosts events,...

Middleboro Elks celebrate students and Flag Day

MIDDLEBORO — The Middleboro Elks Lodge celebrated Flag Day and awarded scholarships to winners of their student essay-contest during a ceremony on June 12. Abigail Needle, a fifth grade student at the H.B. Burkland School, and Christopher Wainwright...

Buzzards Bay Coalition completes 1,600 acre land purchase

MIDDLEBORO — The Buzzards Bay Coalition recently finalized the purchase of 1,652 acres formerly owned by the Slocum-Gibbs Cranberry Company — permanently protecting forests, cranberry bogs and wetlands in Carver, Wareham, Rochester and Middleboro...

Federal cuts eliminate key library resources for students, public

For more than two decades, students at Middleboro and Lakeville schools have used academic databases to support their studies — next year, they won’t have access to 75% of them due to an executive order signed by President Donald Trump earlier this...

Middleboro veterans gather for appreciation and family fun

MIDDLEBORO — “A lot of us veterans have been into a lot of dark places, and we've used different outlets to kind of find the light,” said Johanna Pantojas during the second annual Middleboro Veterans Appreciation Day on Saturday, June 14. “It's good...

Paying respects: Scouts retire hundreds of American Flags

LAKEVILLE — Hundreds of American flags were retired by the Lakeville area scout troop under overcast skies and trickling rain as part of Flag Day celebrations on Saturday, June 14. Scout Troop 26 of Lakeville held the flag retirement ceremony at the...

Audit finds no financial impropriety in Middleboro

MIDDLEBORO — An independent audit conducted by an outside agency has given the town of Middleboro a clean financial bill of health. The audit, led by accountant and attorney Mary Sahady, followed concerns raised earlier this year by former Finance...

Hole opens in Assawompset parking lot, closes entrance

LAKEVILLE – A hole in the parking lot at Assawompset Elementary School closed the school’s main entrance on Thursday, June 12. The Lakeville Police Department was on the scene, and said there was no danger to students or the public and no injuries...

Oak Point residents award $72,500 in scholarships to high school seniors

After year-long fundraising efforts, members of the Oak Point Homeowners Scholarship Fund recently had the satisfaction of awarding $72,500 in scholarships to this year’s area high school graduates. The fund provided 22 scholarships totalling $57,...

Lakeville Town Meeting voters approve about $1 million in capital improvements

LAKEVILLE — Voters approved more than $1 million in capital improvements and signed off on the town’s 2026 budget at the June 9 Town Meeting. Next year’s budget totals approximately $39 million, with roughly half — about $21 million — allocated to...

Lakeville Town Meeting voters approve bylaw changes

LAKEVILLE — Voters approved several changes to the town’s bylaws at the June 9 Town Meeting. The approved changes clarify zoning procedures, define new housing options allowed under state law, and strengthen enforcement of existing town regulations...

How should Middleboro spend its Community Preservation Fund?

MIDDLEBORO — The Community Preservation Committee is inviting residents to share their priorities for how to use the town’s Community Preservation Act fund at a public hearing scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 18, in the Select Board room at Town...

Middleboro Board of Health condemns camper

MIDDLEBORO — The Board of Health condemned a camper parked at 341 West Grove Street at a hearing on June 2. Health Officer Kayla Smith began receiving complaints about the property from neighbors beginning in early April, including from a nearby...

Middleboro High senior shows ‘there’s a future’ for municipal government

MIDDLEBORO — Thanks to the work of a Middleboro High School senior, the town’s departments have a better grasp on yearly expenses and the legal fees behind municipal projects. Lekan Sotonwa, 18, who will attend Delaware State University as a...

Reeling in the fun at the annual Tihonet fishing derby

WAREHAM—People lined the shore of Tihonet Pond fishing and laughing with their families, competing to see who would catch the biggest fish in the annual Tihonet Pond fishing derby. The annual Tihonet Pond Fishing Derby held Sunday, June 1 was not...

Lakeville Town Meeting to address budget, projects, bylaw amendments

LAKEVILLE — Voters will address the 2026 budget as well as several improvement projects and bylaw amendments at the June 9 Town Meeting, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at Apponequet Regional High School. A Special Town Meeting will take place at the same...

Lakeville Lions honor longtime member

LAKEVILLE — The Lakeville Lions Club honored longtime member Rich LaCamera with the prestigious Melvin Jones Fellowship award, the highest recognition given by Lions Clubs International. The award, established in 1973 in honor of Lions Clubs founder...

Historical Commission approves demolition of Middleboro VFW

MIDDLEBORO — The Historical Commission approved the demolition of the Middleboro Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2188 building, located at 12 Station St., following a public hearing on May 27. The commission had determined the building to be...

Supreme Court won’t hear ‘two genders’ T-shirt case

MIDDLEBORO — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear the case of a student at Nichols Middle School in Middleboro who was instructed to remove a T-shirt with the words “There Are Only Two Genders.” The court's decision on Tuesday, May...

Memorial Day marches through Middleboro

MIDDLEBORO — A National Guard Humvee trundled behind the Nichols Middle School marching band playing “When the Saints Go Marching In” as the Memorial Day parade made its way through downtown Middleboro on May 26. The National Guard and the middle...

‘I’d like to run him home’: Middle school principal runs 32 memorial miles

“It’s not about me. It’s about Tyler, his memory, and doing hard things for our kids — they pay attention,” said Jacqueline Francisco after finishing a 32-plus-mile memorial run on May 25. Francisco, principal of Freetown Lakeville Middle School,...

Girl Scouts join in Memorial Day remembrance

Girl Scouts from several troops in Lakeville and Freetown replaced the flags at White Cemetery in Freetown as part of the areas Memorial Day remembrance. Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts Board of Directors member Michelle Hecht said troops “...

Clearly better: Clear Pond Park could see extensive renovations

LAKEVILLE — An improved parking lot, better beach access, a fishing pier, hammocks and a zipline — these are just some of the improvements that may be in store for Clear Pond Park. An engineering firm contracted by the town presented an initial...

Select Board puts a bow on Middleboro High School project

MIDDLEBORO — More than four years after the first students entered the new Middleboro High School, the final bell has officially rung on the construction project. In the end the project cost was nearly $7 million less than had been anticipated,...

Lakeville Select Board won’t hold special election to fill vacant seat

LAKEVILLE — The Select Board has decided against holding a special election to fill Brian Day’s seat following his resignation two weeks ago. At the board’s meeting on Monday, May 19, members discussed the possibility of calling a special election...

Rotary club donation fills book boxes

MIDDLEBORO — The Middleboro/Lakeville Rotary Club recently received a donation of three boxes of children's books to help stock its nine Little Book Boxes located throughout the community. “Once again, a caring individual answered the club's call...

A place for community: Lakeville Day takes over Ted Williams Camp

LAKEVILLE — There’s more to Ted Williams Camp than athletic fields. The green space can accommodate runners, walkers and people just looking to relax on a nice day, Park Commission member Melissa Turcotte said. “People see Ted Williams Camp as a...

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