During last night’s BOS meeting, there was a discussion on the article to pay for the cleanup of an oil spill at that Green School. After the official discussion, former selectman Lincoln Andrews announced that he had started raising money, starting with $500 of his own, to pay for some of the costs and had received over $9K in pledges in just four days – impressive. Read more about the efforts to raise money for the Green School on Bellicose Bumpkin’s blog.

Lincoln Andrews says that things are moving fast with the Green School preservation and will be giving an update to the Board of Selectmen at their meeting on July 27. To find out more about the progress of the preservation and get information about how you can contribute to preserving this bit of Middleboro history, visit MiddleboroughNews.com.

The Green School, an abandoned one-room schoolhouse built in 1853, has been saved from destruction. The school, on the corner of Plympton and Wood streets, was fated for demolition when contaminated soil from an oil leak was discovered under its foundation last summer and the Department of Environmental Protection declared it a hazardous site. The soil became contaminated after a leak in the 200-gallon oil tank, which was not emptied when the school was closed in 1992. The leak was discovered by the police last summer who notified the DEP. Lincoln Andrews, former selectman and planning board member, has spearheaded a group of volunteer activists known as the Green School Preservation Group. He said removal of the contaminated soil will begin next week. The town and school department will cover the $20,000 cost of soil removal, while the preservation group will pay for any structural expenses to the school associated with the soil removal. Read the rest of the story on EnterpriseNews.com.