Local author Michael J. Maddigan will be signing copies of his new pictorial history book, “Middleborough,” on Dec. 6 at 2 p.m. at the Robbins Museum of Archaeology.  The book has been published by Arcadia Publishing and is included in the “Images of America” series. The book uses more than 200 vintage photographs to “provide residents with an understanding of [...]

Property tax bills were issued Monday and though property valuations have dropped for the third straight year, the average homeowner will see a $260 increase in their yearly tax bill. Selectmen held a tax classification hearing on Oct. 7 and set the residential tax rate at $11.85 per $1,000 of assessed valuation and the commercial tax rate at $12.58 per [...]

It can be very difficult to get an organization to accept corporate microblogging as a means of facilitating closer collaboration. However, while I am the first to say that changing an organization’s communications model can be a challenge, it’s not impossible. You and your team might be looking to a corporate microblogging platform to resolve some sort of communications issue. [...]

Information professionals and content managers within local authorities could save as much as 30% of their publishing costs and improve their efficiency by changing the way that documents are produced within their organisations, according to a study into document management. As political leaders pledge further funding cuts across public sector organisations as a way of dealing with the ballooning government [...]

Google Wave is an online tool for real-time communication and collaboration. A wave can be both a conversation and a document where people can discuss and work together using richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more. From what I have seen so far, it’s a bit like email and instant messenger on steroids. I currently have 11 Google Wave [...]

In 1958, the year the town held its first Christmas parade, Middleboro was a farming and dairy community. Children attended one-room school houses and the Cranberry Highway (Route 28) was the major route in and out of town. Fifty years later, the crowds will still gather along the parade route in downtown Middleboro on Saturday at 1 p.m. and celebrate [...]

He uses a wheelchair, locked inside a body that barely responds, and many who pass by don’t see the spark of intelligence in his eyes. But Kenny Cieplik, 34, also known as the “traveling wheelchair,” is making his presence known in Middleboro and beyond as he goes about living a full life and fighting to make local buildings accessible to [...]

The end of the year approaches, and you have spent way too much time on Facebook and Twitter and worrying about little things like keeping your company in business in 2009. However, despite a once-gloomy economy now showing some sun around the edges and an interest in social media bordering on fixation, the technology world has continued to move forward. [...]

Paper is everywhere in your life: in your car, in your mailbox, in your bookshelves, and even stuck all over your monitor. You may not know it, but reducing your paper use by becoming more comfortable with current technology can lead to a more organized way of life. The majority of successful people in this world live uncluttered, organized lives. [...]

OneGreatFamily.com hosts a gigantic, interconnected family tree with more than 200 million names that have been submitted by genealogy enthusiasts in their own family trees. You can potentially uncover and connect information about multiple generations to your own tree. To Uncover Mayflower Connections: Everyone can go to the Mayflower Ancestors page to see the family trees of passengers, read an [...]