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All’s well after dog rescued after falling into deep well

MIDDLEBORO — With dogged determination, first responders rescued a year-old blue heeler named Bandit Sunday, Nov. 24 after the canine became trapped in a 25-foot well on Bishop Avenue. Fire and police departments from Middleboro and surrounding...

New leash on life: Dogs removed from home now up for adoption

MIDDLEBORO — With tails wagging and paws at times barely touching the ground, six dogs romped in the outdoor play area at the Middleboro Animal Shelter Monday, Nov. 25, under a bright winter sun. For these dogs, the freedom to run and play, a...
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Make peace in the world and at home, speakers at pole dedication state

MIDDLEBORO — Peace is a choice people need to actively pursue, State Rep. Norman Orrall told those in attendance Saturday, Nov. 23 at the dedication of Middleboro’s newest peace pole at Pierce playground. “We need to make an effort to cultivate...

Muckey’s donation helps support food pantry

LAKEVILLE — Empty bottles and cans have led to full stomachs. Representatives of the Sacred Heart food pantry are saluting the Seckinger family, owners of Muckey’s Liquors in Lakeville, for more than two decades of support through their returnables...

They’ll be jingling all the way at Middleboro Christmas parade

MIDDLEBORO — The turkey has been consumed, the leftovers have been packed into the fridge and Middleboro is ready to welcome in the Christmas season. The 64th annual Christmas parade will step off at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 30 from Burkland School,...

Stitched with love, handmade items distributed to local groups

MIDDLEBORO — The Knitting and Crochet Outreach Team from the Middleboro Council of Aging got together to provide some warm gifts in time for the holidays. Over the past year, the group produced more than 240 handmade items, including afghans, lap...

‘Chronicle’ reporter to discuss new book at Lakeville library

LAKEVILLE — The Lakeville Public Library, 4 Precinct St., Lakeville, will welcome WCVB-TV “Chronicle’’ reporter and author Ted Reinstein on Monday, Dec. 2 at 6:30 p.m. to discuss his new book, “Travels Through the Heart and Soul of New England.’’...

Middleboro Fire Department to host holiday celebration Dec. 7

MIDDLEBORO __ The Middleboro Fire Department, 125 North Main St., will host a holiday celebration from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 7 at their headquarters. Santa and Rudolph will make appearances. Children’s activities will also be available.

What’s brewing at Coffee Milano? Fun dances, free coffee

MIDDLEBORO — A promotion at downtown coffee shop Coffee Milano has perked interest in the business across the nation and beyond. Customers were recently offered free coffee in exchange for showcasing their best dance movies, which were then...

Home sought for dog with special needs rescued from Middleboro house

MIDDLEBORO — A six-year-old Shih Tzu mix with special needs who was rescued from unsanitary conditions in Middleboro needs a loving home, MSPCA-Angell officials are reporting. The dog, who has been named Gumby, has fully luxated patellas, which...

Questions raised on wording of debt exclusion for fire station

LAKEVILLE — Concerns were raised at the Nov. 18 Lakeville Select Board meeting about the wording of the January ballot vote that would decide the future of a new fire station. Lakeville voters will go to the polls Jan. 28 to decide whether to...

Select Board supports transforming old DPW site into park

MIDDLEBORO — The potential transformation of the former Department of Public Works property at 48 Wareham St. to a public park moved one step closer when Select Board members unanimously agreed to support funding at their Nov. 18 meeting. Town...

Red White and Blues festival celebrates veterans

MIDDLEBORO — After the raffle prizes had been drawn and crafts sold, the big winners of the Middleboro Elks Red White and Blues Festival were the area’s veterans. Proceeds from the festival, which was held Sunday, Nov. 17 at the Elks Lodge and...

Peace pole to be dedicated Nov. 23 at Pierce Playground

MIDDLEBORO — The public is invited to the dedication of a Peace Pole at noon by the Middleboro Rotary Club on Saturday, Nov. 23 at Pierce Playground, 26 Jackson St. This is the second pole installation the Rotary Club has sponsored. The first pole...

Sign-ups available for Thanksgiving, Christmas meals

MIDDLEBORO — Sign-ups for the Thanksgiving meal from the Sacred Heart Food Pantry are continuing until Nov. 23. Meals can be picked up Tuesday, Nov. 26. Christmas meal pick-up requests are now being accepted. Clients can request a meal package...

Middleboro Elks to round out 2024 with $29,500 in scholarships

MIDDLEBORO — The Middleboro Elks lodge has given $29,500 in scholarships to area students over the last year, according to Middleboro Elks president Laura Smith O’Connor. These scholarships go toward four-year-colleges as well as vocational schools...

A berry big deal: Orrall to work with UMass Cranberry Station Board

LAKEVILLE — Lakeville State Representative Norman Orrall has been appointed as the new House designee to the UMass Cranberry Station Board of Oversight by Massachusetts House Speaker Ronald Mariano of Quincy. Orrall will succeed Rep. William Straus...

Animal sanctuary to host giving thanks event

MIDDLEBORO — A giving thanks event will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23 at Forever Farm, 168 Highland St., Middleboro. The public is invited to the farm for a food drive, games, crafts and time with the farm’s sanctuary animals...

Lakeville remembers vets with wreath-laying ceremony

LAKEVILLE — Wreaths placed on several Lakeville monuments serve as a reminder to thank those who have served our country. As part of Lakeville’s annual Veterans Day Observance ceremony, wreaths were placed at several memorials in town on Monday, Nov...

Lakeville Special Town Meeting is tonight

LAKEVILLE — Tonight’s the night for Lakeville’s Special Town Meeting. Voters will decide on whether to approve a new fire station at tonight’s Lakeville Special Town Meeting, to be held Tuesday, Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. at the Apponequet Regional High...

Middleboro salutes service members, volunteers on Veterans Day

MIDDLEBORO — On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, 106 years after an armistice was declared to bring an end to the “war to end all wars”, Middleboro took a moment to honor its veterans. Salutes, songs and words of...

Middleboro, Lakeville runners to compete in Cross Country State Championships

DEVENS — Middleboro and Apponequet Regional High School cross country teams are finishing up the 2024 season on a high note. After strong performances at the Division 2 Cross Country Championships on Saturday, Nov. 9 at Fort Devens military base,...

Rotary Club members and friends take walk through town history

MIDDLEBORO — Members of the Middleboro Rotary Club and friends learned about 12,000 years of area history during a visit to the Robbins Museum, 17 Jackson St., Middleboro . Greg Lott, vice president and archaeologist at the museum, shared his...

Neither Trump nor Harris: Students choose “Piggie” for president

LAKEVILLE — In a mock election at Assawompsett Elementary School, students selected their top choice for president— and neither Donald Trump nor Kamala Harris were on the ballot. Students elected fictional book character Piggie from the series “...

Middleboro Elks receive $4,500 in grants to benefit area veterans

MIDDLEBORO — The Middleboro Elks were awarded a total of $4,500 in grant funding that will go towards helping local veterans. The Lodge received a check of $3,500 as a result of the money it raised to support the Elks National Foundation...

Middleboro, Lakeville voters say yes to MCAS removal, no to driver unions

In addition to marking their top choice for candidates for president, national and state office seats, Middleboro and Lakeville voters also marked yes or no on five statewide ballot questions on election day. All five referendum questions made their...

Republican John Gaskey wins 2nd Plymouth District seat

Republican John Gaskey won the house representative seat for the 2nd Plymouth District, formerly held by the recently deceased Susan Williams Gifford over Democratic write in challenger Sarah Hewins in the general election Tuesday, Nov. 5. In the...

Middleboro, Lakeville favor Trump, other republicans

Middleboro and Lakeville voters on Tuesday favored Donald Trump, who secured the win nationally over Vice President Kamala Harris, John Deaton over Elizabeth Warren for US Senate and cast ballots in favor of eliminating the MCAS exam as a graduation...

Middleboro, Lakeville favor Trump

Based on official results Middleboro voters have voted in support of Former President Donald Trump and Vice Presidential candidate J.D. Vance over Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz. Unofficial results show that Trump and Vance beat...

Select Board: Agreement not to subdivide Taylor Way land should stand

MIDDLEBORO — Middleboro select board members turned down a request from a town resident to subdivide her property on Taylor Way, arguing that an agreement she signed 25 years ago should remain in effect. Attorney Robert Mather, representing property...

Select Board to investigate claims of 'junkyard' operation at 160 Bedford Street

LAKEVILLE — Lakeville Select Board members are puzzled about what to do with the 160 Bedford Street property that has amassed dozens of unregistered vehicles on its premises. At a public hearing held Monday, Nov.4 to review applications to allow for...

Residents will vote yay or nay to $22 million fire station at Special Town Meeting

LAKEVILLE — Funding for a new fire station tops the agenda at the Nov. 12 Special Town Meeting. Voters will be asked whether to approve borrowing $21,409,960 to design, construct, equip and furnish a new Lakeville fire station. This amount is...

Middleboro home scares up a good Halloween display

MIDDLEBORO — Passersby beware, 134 Wareham St. in Middleboro may send shivers down your spine with its best-in-show Halloween decorations. The Wareham Street home was crowned the winner of the fourth Annual Pumpkin Romp, a competition sponsored by...

Library to host holiday decoration swap

MIDDLEBORO — The Middleboro Public Library, 102 No. Main St., will host a new event, a holiday decoration swap, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23. This is an opportunity to clear out unwanted holiday items and pick up something others have...

Unitarian Universalist craft fair Nov. 16

MIDDLEBORO — The First Unitarian Universalist Society of Middleboro will be hosting a holiday craft fair on Saturday, Nov. 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The fair will be held in the handicap accessible Parish Hall, located at 25 South Main St. There...

Scouts collect food through ‘Trick or Treat So Others Can Eat’

MIDDLEBORO — There were plenty of treats for others and no tricks as the The Middleboro Girl Scouts participated in their annual "Trick or Treat So Others Can Eat" food drive on Saturday, Oct. 26. The Girl Scouts collected 600 pounds of food for the...

Lakeville resident thanks firefighters every year for saving his life

LAKEVILLE — One hot day in August of 2020 very easily could have been his last. In the midst of changing a tire in his driveway, Lakeville resident Charles Chaffalo collapsed and went unconscious. His heart stopped beating. If it weren’t for...

Middleboro honors veterans with parade, activities

MIDDLEBORO — Middleboro will honor veterans with several events on and around Veterans Day, Nov. 11. The town will have a parade and ceremony Nov. 11. The parade will start at 10 a.m. and end its route at the Town Hall parking lot. Marching in the...

Region mourns Susan Williams Gifford, long-time state rep

State Rep. Susan Williams Gifford, whose 2nd Plymouth District includes portions of Middleboro, was mourned by town officials and her constituents following her death Tuesday, Oct. 22 at age 64. “We are heartbroken to hear of the loss of our state...

Youngsters top ballot with winning ‘I Voted’ stickers

MIDDLEBORO — They may be too young to vote but Middleboro youngsters put their hearts into art to create stickers to celebrate those who do. This year, the town clerk’s office hosted its first “I Voted’’ sticker contest. Youngsters in three age...

Election Day is just around the corner: All voters need to know

Middleboro and Lakeville voters will make their decisions for president, senator and House representative, decide on several local seats and answer five questions on Election Day, Nov. 5. Just below their presidential selection, residents will mark...

Spookiness by the yard: Check out these displays

One of the most fun parts of Halloween is driving around and checking out the various yard displays. Here’s a few in Middleboro and Lakeville that residents scared up and made us smile. Happy Halloween!

Children treated to Halloween with crafts, critters

MIDDLEBORO — Youngsters visited Forever Farm Saturday Oct. 26 to celebrate Halloween alongside some four-legged friends. They played games, created paper pumpkins and showcased their costumes while helping to raise funds for the Forever Farm. The...

Grant provides nearly $3 million for water main project

MIDDLEBORO — Middleboro has been awarded nearly $3 million through a state grant to fund work on a project at Middleboro Logistics Park, located in South Middleboro. The town received $2.8 million through the MassWorks Infrastructure Program, via...

Westport man suffers 'potentially life-threatening' injuries after Lakeville crash

LAKEVILLE — A 45-year-old Westport man was transported to St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford with “potentially life-threatening” injuries after his car crashed along Route 140 in Lakeville Saturday night and flipped over on the side of the road...

Field of dreams and dedication: Ceremony honors Joe Arruda

MIDDLEBORO — His given name is Joe Arruda, but Middleboro Parks Department Superintendent Fran Cass has another, more recognizable moniker for the owner of Bridgewater-Raynham Sand & Stone. He calls him, simply, “Superman.’’ Like the fictional...

Red Hand Brewing opens doors after two-and-a-half-year push

LAKEVILLE— Brian Donnelly will never forget the day he removed 7,000 pounds of concrete from the ground to dig trenches for a septic system. This was part of the project he undertook to turn what was formerly an Eastern Bank branch into a family-run...

Freetown Lakeville contemplates new school start times to alleviate bus delays

LAKEVILLE — A revision of school start and dismissal times may be on the docket for Freetown Lakeville schools. As a result of ongoing issues with afternoon school bus delays, Freetown Lakeville School officials are contemplating solutions, one of...

Tax rate lowered for Middleboro residents, but bills to increase

MIDDLEBORO — The owner of a single-family home valued at $504,184 will pay about $256 more in taxes next year, based on a tax rate presented to the Select Board. The town has set a tax rate of $13.41 per $1,000 of assessed residential property value...

Help needed for dogs removed from Precinct Street, back in Middleboro

MIDDLEBORO — Most of the 17 dogs removed from a 53 Precinct St. home last week will be back in town Friday, Oct. 25 and donations are being sought for their care. The dogs, which were removed as part of an animal welfare investigation, spent the...

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