John F. Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Indiana Jones, and Bruce Willis – as well as your local Massachusetts state troopers – have something in common. Each made his mark on the world while wearing footwear crafted by the Alden Shoe Co. of Middleborough. The company, started in 1884, is believed to be New England’s last original shoe [...]

For more than 20 years, health officials have known about a puzzling concentration of the neurodegenerative illness known as Lou Gehrig’s disease in the southeastern Massachusetts town of Middleborough. In the coming months, a study financed by the federal government and conducted by state environmental health scientists might answer the riddle of whether toxic waste from two Superfund sites in [...]

The federal Bureau of Indian Affairs will be visiting Middleborough to hold a hearing regarding a Massachusetts tribe’s plans for a casino. The visit is part of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe’s application to take into trust 540 acres on which they want to build a $1 billion resort casino. The Middleborough site would contain a casino, hotel, restaurants, entertainment venues, [...]