Northbrook Academy, a preparatory school for grades 6-8, is moving from its Raynham locale to Middleboro center. The school just signed a lease for space in the Grant Building at 40 North Main Street. Northbrook Academy prides itself on nurturing students’ mind, body, and spirit through small class sizes and attentive teachers. In addition to challenging academic courses, the school [...]

Stalled negotiations between the town and a private developer have cost Middleboro a $1.9 million state grant that would have gone toward reducing gridlock at the Route 44 rotary. The town had planned to use a $1.9 million grant from the governor’s office and $1 million from Conroy Development Corp. of Stoughton to connect two industrial parks — Middleboro Park [...]

A dozen Middleboro high school seniors learned to climb a 100-foot ladder on the back of a tower truck, hoist 35-foot ladders, tie ropes, gear up in complete darkness, trained on the Jaws of Life and even donned survival suits to jump into the Nemasket River in January for a practice water rescue. The internship program, taught at the central [...]

An analysis of state records and census data for towns with populations greater than 10,000 people shows Westport has 1,435 Class A firearms licenses — a little more than 9 percent of its residents. Westport shares the top five with Charlton, Belchertown, Middleborough and Lakeville. At the bottom of the list are much larger cities like Boston, which has 3,730 [...]

Melissa Guimont is leading a drive to beautify Middleboro by picking up trash along the streets and hopes others will join her cause. Melissa has been picking up trash in Lakeville for three years with the Lakeville Litter Lifters and now wants to start a group in town called the Middleboro Mess Movers. The trash pickup will take place from [...]

This fall Middleboro’s elementary complex is expected to be reconfigured into two separate and distinct schools for children in grades 1-5, but there has been little input from the School Committee since the plan was approved last year. Board member Paul C. Hilton, who favors reconfiguration, said Thursday that it is time the committee was involved in the process. He [...]

The School Committee unanimously voted to extend the contract of interim Superintendent Michael F. Malone through December, paying him an annual salary of $90,000. Committee Chairman Gregory D. Thomas said Malone’s salary represents a substantial savings to the district. Last year, former Superintendent Robert M. Sullivan earned $128,000 before taking a job in New Hampshire. Malone, 61, retired from the [...]

Suzanne M. Dubé is running for a seat on Middleboro’s Finance Committee in the town election to be held April 2, 2011. She said that her career expertise and educational background will enable her to address the town’s fiscal economic challenges while retaining critical services for the community. Read more about Ms. Dubé on SouthCoastToday.com. If only she had a [...]

The new year will bring a reduction in utility bills for Middleboro Gas & Electric customers, who will see their bills drop anywhere from $2 to $8 a month. Fuel prices dropped, and Gas & Electric Department Commissioners passed on those savings of approximately $900,000 to customers, utility spokesperson Sandra A. Richter. This decrease and others over the past year [...]

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul, with operates the Sacred Heart Food Pantry, is in need of a reliable vehicle that can be used to make the trips to the Boston Food Bank in Boston that largely supply the local pantry. Bill Pye, executive director, said a 1995 Ford Econoline van was donated to the food pantry several years [...]