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FreeLake schools start and end times to change next year

LAKEVILLE — Start and end times for schools in the Freetown-Lakeville Regional School District will change next year to better align with bus schedules. Apponequet Regional High School will begin classes at 7:15 a.m. and dismiss at 1:48 p.m.,...

Two Apponequet students receive SouthCoast Community Foundation scholarships

LAKEVILLE — The SouthCoast Community Foundation recently awarded scholarships to two Apponequet Regional High School students. The two Apponequet students, Christina Magnett and Madeline Polochick, were two of 120 local students who received...
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Nichols Middle School welcomes familiar face as new principal

MIDDLEBORO — Nichols Middle School has a new principal — and he's a familiar face to some in the community. Timothy McLaughlin, who formerly served as the assistant principal at Nichols, is returning to lead the school, Middleboro Superintendent of...

Students get hot tips on fire safety

LAKEVILLE — The Mullein Hill Christian Academy eighth grade class recently got a hands-on lesson in fire safety. The academy has a fire science class which was recently visited by Lakeville Fire Department Lieutenant Ryan Silvia to teach students...

150 years in the making: Middleboro graduates walk the stage

In 1875, Middleboro High School graduated its first class — 150 years later, the Class of 2025 followed in their footsteps. Superintendent Carolyn Lyons gave the 202 graduates and their assembled friends and family members a brief history lesson on...

Apponequet Class of 2025 walks into the future

“I love you, Mom!” shouted Jaden Tavares as he walked across the Apponequet Regional High School football field to receive his diploma. Tavares was one of 170 graduating seniors who completed their high school journey on Friday, June 6. As the sun...

Lakeville student wins first place in state arbor day poster contest

LAKEVILLE — Sterling Anderson, a third grade student at Mullein Hill Christian Academy, has won first place in the statewide Arbor Day Poster Contest for his grade level. The annual contest, hosted by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and...

Lakeville student wins first place in countywide art contest

LAKEVILLE — Holden Brodeur, a sixth grader at Mullein Hill Christian Academy has earned first place in Plymouth County for his artwork submitted to the Arson Watch Reward Program. Holden’s winning piece will be featured in the program’s 2026...

Meet the top 10 Apponequet graduates in the Class of 2025

LAKEVILLE — Soon, this year’s Apponequet Regional High School graduates will walk the stage and receive their diplomas. While graduating is an accomplishment for every student, a few deserve extra recognition for their academic achievements...

Middleboro superintendent receives high ranking from School Committee

MIDDLEBORO — Middleboro Superintendent of Schools Carolyn Lyons received an overall rating of proficient, the second to best possible ranking, in her annual performance evaluation. Her review, which was discussed at the May 22 School Committee...

FreeLake School Committee votes once again on final budget

LAKEVILLE — Input from legal counsel and the state led the Freetown-Lakeville School Committee to vote again on a final education budget during its May 21 meeting. On May 7, committee members believed they had approved a final budget and avoided...

We want you! Eighth graders take civic action to solve candidate shortage

LAKEVILLE — In early April, Paul George, an eighth grader at Freetown-Lakeville Middle School, heard his mother discussing a lack of candidates for the upcoming School Committee race. He brought the issue to his group members in Ryan L'Heureux ’s...

Nichols Middle School Drama Club heads through the wardrobe

The Nichols Middle School Drama Club took a trip to Narnia over the weekend in a stage adaption of C.S. Lewis’ classic “The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe.” The students performed an hour-long version of the story adapted by Joseph Robinette on the...

Spring cleaning: Mullein Hill students beautify their campus

LAKEVILLE — Students, staff and parents at Mullein Hill Christian Academy recently participated in a half-day beautification effort to improve the school building and grounds. Participants worked outdoors to plant in the school garden, remove stones...

Middleboro School Committee elects chair after deadlock

MIDDLEBORO — After evenly splitting on a choice for chair post-election — the School Committee broke the deadlock and elected Zeke Lewis to the position on Thursday, May 8. Initially on Thursday members nominated Sue Pennini and Lewis for chair and...

Layoffs prevented with final FreeLake budget

LAKEVILLE — No layoffs will be needed next year in the Freetown-Lakeville school district, based on a budget passed May 7 by the School Committee. This is the latest and final iteration of a budget that at one time called for 17 positions to be...

Middleboro resident awarded for biology research

MIDDLEBORO — Donald Padgett, a Middleboro resident and professor of biological sciences at Bridgewater State University, has received the university’s Class of 1950 Distinguished Faculty Research Award. The award was presented April 29 at a...

Middleboro students elks-cell in Americanism Essay Contest

MIDDLEBORO — Four Middleboro students recently earned top placements in the Massachusetts State Elks Americanism Essay Contest, with two advancing to the national level. The Middleboro Elks Lodge #1274 announced the results, noting that...

Full-size firetrucks and dinosaurs at Mary K. Goode Elementary

Families flocked to Mary K. Goode Elementary School for the parent teacher association’s Touch a Truck event on Saturday, May 3. Trucks, excavators, fire engines and ambulances were joined by life-size dinosaur models in a child’s paradise behind...

Lakeville resident inducted into honor society

LAKEVILLE — Joshua Santos of Lakeville, a member of the Class of 2025 at Stonehill College, was recently inducted into Lambda Epsilon Sigma, the college’s honor society. The prestigious organization recognizes top-performing juniors and seniors who...

Students craft a collage of farewells for Freetown-Lakeville Middle School librarian

LAKEVILLE — Sixth grade students at Freetown-Lakeville Middle School have completed a series of large-scale collages in honor of retiring librarian Pamela Dellarocco, who will conclude her career at the end of this school year after more than 20...

Teacher, principal, superintendent: Barbara Starkie comes full circle in FreeLake School District

LAKEVILLE — Barbara Starkie may have only spent 17 days in the superintendent’s office at Apponequet Regional High School, but she’s spent 25 years on the campus. The Freetown-Lakeville School Committee appointed Starkie as interim superintendent in...

Students cheer on teacher running marathon for special cause

MIDDLEBORO — Two years ago, Kim Hokanson, a second grade teacher at Mary K. Goode school in Middleboro, received frightening news: She had breast cancer. She sought treatment from the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Weymouth. After many months of...

Students arrive with sirens and in style with cruiser escort

MIDDLEBORO — Memorial Early Childhood Center preK student Reina Randall recently drove to school in style, in a police cruiser, thanks to her fund-raising efforts. Her escort was School Resource Officer and Middleboro Police Officer Steve Valerio,...

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...

Middleboro School Committee split on choice for chair

MIDDLEBORO — The Middleboro School Committee is evenly divided on who should serve as its next chair. Zeke Lewis and Susan Pennini each received three votes at the board’s April 10 meeting. The split vote prompted School Committee member Allin...

Freelake School Committee approves budget that may lead to staff cuts

LAKEVILLE — Freetown-Lakeville Regional School Committee members have approved a budget for next year that educators have said could force cuts of 13 to 16 positions. The Lakeville portion of the budget would total $17,781,784, an increase of 4.26...

Educators say proposed FreeLake staff cuts could damage district

LAKEVILLE — The potential loss of 13 to 16 positions in the Freetown-Lakeville schools in the current proposed school budget would seriously harm the district, educators told FreeLake School Committee members at their most recent meeting. These...

Survey proposed to explore why Middleboro teachers leave

MIDDLEBORO — Why are teachers leaving the Middleboro schools? Results provided by departing employees through exit surveys, an idea proposed by the Middleboro School Committee, could help determine answers. Committee members got their first look at...

Freelake school bus struck by equipment at MBTA crossing

FREETOWN — On the second day of Southcoast Rail MBTA service, a Freetown-Lakeville school bus was struck by a crossing arm at a railroad track on Braley Road in Freetown. No injuries were reported in the incident, Acting Superintendent of Schools...

Wrestling support for Nichols Middle School

MIDDLEBORO — Wrestlers slammed each other down in the wrestling ring, lifted each other into the air and strutted around Nichols Middle School gym as kids shouted, booed and cheered them on. With audience members packed into the gym, Top Rope...

Freelake School Committee violated open meeting law, AG rules

LAKEVILLE — The Freetown-Lakeville Regional School Committee violated the open meeting law at a July 31 executive session, the attorney general has ruled, by discussing topics that were not appropriate and were not listed in advance. The decision...

Closing the curtain: Middleboro High School’s one act season comes to an end

MIDDLEBORO — After advancing to the Massachusetts High School Drama Festival semi-finals the students behind Middleboro High School’s “Crossroads,” did not move on to state finals. Producer Samuel Mosher, said it wasn’t win or lose, and that it...

Three candidates running for two Middleboro School Committee seats

MIDDLEBORO — Three community members are running for two seats on the Middleboro School Committee ballot Saturday, April 5. Sitting committee member Christopher Benson is running against two newcomers, technology consultant Abbie Gonzalez and human...

Middleboro Rotary builds new chapter for Nichols book box

MIDDLEBORO — When Debbie Walgreen, librarian at Nichols Middle School, reached out about refurbishing the school’s very worn little book box, the Middleboro Rotary Club answered the call. Club members Steve Quevillon and Kevin “Quack’’ Quackenbush...

New Freelake superintendent to start as interim, then move to permanent

LAKEVILLE — Barbara Starkie will serve as interim superintendent for the Freetown-Lakeville school district through June 30, 2026 and then become permanent superintendent through 2029, Freetown-Lakeville School Committee members agreed at their...

Middleboro School Committee candidate: Christopher Benson

MIDDLEBORO — As the only sitting committee member on the ballot, Christopher Benson is running for reelection with experience as both an educator and elected official. Teaching since 2004, Benson runs a youth works and evening school program and is...

Middleboro School Committee candidate: Abbie Gonzalez

MIDDLEBORO — After years of receiving help from the Middleboro Public Schools, newcomer Abbie Gonzalez is ready to lend a hand as he joins the race for Middleboro School Committee. Originally from New York City, Gonzalez moved to Middleboro 13 years...

Middleboro School Committee candidate: Shannon Breen

MIDDLEBORO — Collecting enough signatures to run for this year's Middleboro School Committee after falling short last election, Candidate Shannon Breen has hopes to put the community at the forefront if elected. Breen, a certified human resource...

Middleboro Mania promises slamming good time March 21

MIDDLEBORO — Get ready to rumble. Middleboro Mania will return to Nichols Middle School Friday, March 21. The family-friendly wrestling show will serve as a fund-raiser for the Nichols Middle School PTA. Doors open at 6 p.m. Matches begin at 7 p.m...

Not sliding by: Tech students place second in burger competition

When it comes to making sliders, Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School Culinary Arts were second to only one. The team placed second in the 4th Annual Vocational Slider Challenge, Superintendent-Director Alexandre Magalhaes, Principal Karen...

Bristol-Plymouth receives $43,800 grant to bolster mental health services

Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical High School, which includes students from Middleboro, has received a $43,800 grant from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to support social-emotional learning, mental health, and...

Students read to kids, write new chapter in connections

MIDDLEBORO — Nichols Middle School students booked it to the Memorial Early Childhood Center Thursday, March 6 to share their love of reading. Six students read to the prekindergarten and kindergarten youngsters at the center to celebrate Read...

Middleboro High School takes ‘blues’ to a new level

BOURNE — As the lights dimmed in the Bourne High School auditorium and the audience quieted down, a tavern came to life on stage. Middleboro High School participated in the Massachusetts High School Drama Festival Saturday, March 1. In one of eight...

Schools lose $73K grant due to MBTA non-compliance

MIDDLEBORO — Middleboro School Committee members and Superintendent of Schools Carolyn Lyons reacted angrily at their Feb. 27 meeting to the state’s decision to withdraw an education grant of $73,705 because the town refuses to comply with the MBTA...

Freelake schools receive $15K from state for STEM programming

LAKEVILLE — The Freetown-Lakeville school district has been awarded $15,000 from the state to help the schools offer coursework and experiences sought needed in high-demand STEM industries, Gov. Maura Healey’s office announced Thursday, Feb. 27...

Former Apponequet principal named interim Freelake superintendent

LAKEVILLE – A familiar face will be returning to lead the Freetown-Lakeville school district. Barbara Starkie, a former teacher and principal at Apponequet Regional High School, was selected to be interim school superintendent by the Freetown-...

Schools receive state funds for mental health services

Two local schools received state funding to bolster their behavioral and mental health services and support. READS Collaborative in Middleboro has been awarded $94,140 and Bristol-Plymouth Regional Vocational Technical School received $43,800,...

Choral group offers scholarships

The Taunton Civic Chorus is accepting applications for its annual Bob Keith Memorial Scholarship. The $800 scholarship is open to graduating seniors from area high schools, including Apponequet Regional High School and Middleboro High School. The...

Middleboro High School receives automated defibrillator

MIDDLEBORO — Middleboro High School has been awarded a free automated external defibrillator, often referred to as an AED, from The Scholastic Sports Zone Foundation. The AED presentation reflects the foundation’s dedication to enhancing the...

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