Middleboro’s Board of Selectmen voted unanimously to reopen negotiations with Lakeville to develop an intermunicipal water agreement after a developer asked Middleboro to supply water to his Chapter 40B project. Robert J. Poillucci of South Shore Real Estate Development Inc. in Lakeville said he is ready to break ground on his townhouse project and asked if Middleboro would increase the [...]

FamilySearch now offers 140 free lessons on FamilySearch.org, enabling people anywhere in the world to access family history expertise any time. The topics range from basic research to training on specific record types and can be beneficial to both beginners and experienced researchers. Most of the classes come from research consultants in the world-famous Family History Library in Salt Lake [...]

Middleboro is getting a new ambulance service in July 2011 and the owners have promised to open a new business in Middleboro. The Board of Selectmen unanimously supported the recommendation of the Emergency Medical Services Committee to hire Brewster Ambulance Service of Boston at a cost of $675,000 for three years. The town currently pays American Medical Response of Massachusetts [...]

Companies that link away, are sending away their decade of hard earned investments getting customers to come to their website. Instead, companies must have a focused strategy on how you’ll integrate social features and content into your website, rather than padding Facebook and Twitter. Secrets of Engagement: Leverage Social to Unlock User Value on Your Site from Janrain on Vimeo.

In celebration of Arbor Day, Department of Public Works Superintendent Andrew Bagas announced there will be free tree seedlings available for Middleboro residents. This year’s program will feature Kousa dogwood trees. Kousa dogwood is a small flowering tree that can grow to a height of 30 feet. It has white blossoms in the spring. In the fall the tree bears [...]

The Middleboro Health Department is set to receive a $30,000 grant to help in the planning of a regional health district that will enable 13 area towns to share resources and improve services. The grant will partially pay for a consultant to develop a plan by late summer for the Southeast Regional Health District. Other communities that have shown interest [...]

Middleboro’s Board of Selectmen are looking to fill  an open seat  on the Emergency Medical Services Committee and  the Conservation Committee. Those interested in the positions are asked to send a letter of interest to  selectmen at 10 Nickerson Ave., Middleboro, Massachusetts 02346 or send an email to the selectmen’s secretary, Jackie Shanley, at jshanley@middleborough.com.

The National Archives and Ancestry.com published newly digitized Civil War records online for the first time Wednesday, allowing users to trace family links to the war between North and South. Nearly 275,000 newly published pages are among the most heavily used documents for research in the National Archives’ Civil War holdings. The pages contain about 3 million names of those [...]

2,311 Middleboro residents spoke and spoke loudly: It’s time for change. Starting Monday, April 4, 2011 Middleboro’s Board of Selectmen is going to look very different. The incumbents – Muriel Duphily and Marsha Brunelle – lost their seats on the Board by a shockingly large margin. The vote tally is as follows: Candidate Number of Votes Allin Frawley 1,773 Ben [...]

At the upcoming June 6, 2011 town meeting, Middleboro voters will consider whether to exempt National Guard troops who serve overseas from paying property tax. If approved, it would take effect on July 1, 2011 and last for two years. This exemption will provide up to a 100 percent property-tax exemption for National Guard troops serving overseas. Get the rest [...]