Middleboro’s Special Town Meeting is scheduled for Monday, October 3, 2011 at the high school. The 16 articles on the warrant include: Funding sick-leave buybacks Purchasing a special needs school bus Purchasing police cruisers Purchasing software, licenses and related materials for various Town departments Approve relevant and necessary expenses associated with new stormwater activities required by the EPA/DEP Purchasing/installing an [...]
Cirelli’s Marketplace announced today that it will be closing its Middleboro, Massachusetts location. A store closing sale will start tomorrow, Thursday, September 29th, 2011 and continue through the end of October or until all inventory is sold. Cirelli’s inventory of fresh produce, meats, poultry and frozen foods will all be discounted 10-30% off at the Middleboro location at 30 Commerce [...]
In the past few Board of Selectmen meetings, Middleboro’s officials have been discussing their goals for this fiscal year and for the next year. Some of the discussions have been around how to bring more business into the town and increase Middleboro’s profile in the state. All good stuff… I stumbled across an article on Gigaom.com about “rural sourcing” and [...]
Using a $9,500 state grant, library director Danielle Bowker will test-run Sunday hours for the winter, opening from noon until 4 p.m. starting on October 16, 2011. All library services will be available, including computers and the children’s room, but Bowker cautions that, with a limited staff, there could be wait times. Source: Enterprise News, September 26, 2011
A unanimous Board of Selectmen issued a permit for 20 dogs to The Pet Salon in Middleboro, explaining it could be increased to no more than 30 dogs once Nolana D. Ricci established herself and proved her business wouldn’t be a nuisance to the neighbors. Ricci is planning a 100-foot by 70-foot pen, surround by an 8-foot fence that the [...]
Middleboro’s Board of Selectmen voted unanimously to transfer the Fireside Grille’s liquor license to the eatery’s new owner, F. Michael Barrett, 61, and for the first time approved a 10 a.m. Sunday liquor license. They also transferred the entertainment and common victualler licenses to Barrett and approved the change in manager to Tracy Gaucher. Barrett said he will keep the [...]
Middleboro’s Board of Selectmen voted unanimously to issue two licenses: a pawnbroker’s to Gregory Scot Jewelry & Loan, 45 Centre St., and a second hand-junk dealer-old metals license to Scot Dean, 25 Wood St. Dean said he is a jeweler and plans to primarily deal in jewelry at the pawn shop, which he plans to open in November. On June [...]
Keiko Orrall received more than 54% of the vote in this week’s special election triumph. She replaces Stephen Canessa who resigned from the state Legislature in June to accept a job as director of government affairs for Southcoast Health System. The district contains parts of Taunton, Freetown, Lakeville, Middleboro (Precincts 2 and 4 only) and New Bedford. Orrall, 44, of Lakeville, [...]
Precincts 2 and 4 in Middleboro get out to the high school today and VOTE! The race to represent the 12th Bristol District in the Massachusetts House is now a two-person contest, with Republican Keiko Orral and Democrat Roger Brunelle Jr. emerging from Tuesday’s special primary elections. Brunelle and Orral will meet September 20, 2011 in the special general election [...]
After two years of seeking permits, the Heritage Companies are ready to move forward with the renovation of the historic 19th century Winthrop-Atkins Mill Complex, 35 East Main Street, Middleboro, Massachusetts. It will be converted into a 71-unit apartment complex that will include affordable housing units and an office building. Michael Kiley, head of construction for the project for Heritage [...]
