The Massachusetts Department of Fire Services (DFS) awarded the Middleborough Fire Department with a Student Awareness of Fire Education (SAFE) grant this week in the amount of $5,265. The SAFE program was established in 1996 in an effort to educate students about the fire and health hazards of smoking-related materials. Since the creation of the SAFE program, the average annual [...]

Middleboro is asking the secretary of state for a $30,000 emergency grant from the Massachusetts Preservation Projects Fund for the Town Hall cupola restoration project.

Middleboro plans to install surveillance cameras in Kramer Park and the skateboard park, located close to downtown, behind the police and fire stations and adjacent to Peirce Playground.

The state transportation department last week rolled out a new $24 million preliminary plan to fix traffic snarls at the Route 44 rotary. Under the plan, the rotary would stay, but Route 44 would become a “flyover” to avoid backups caused by routes 18 and 28. The major difference to prior plans is a proposal to eliminate the westbound entrance on Route 44 and reroute traffic to Interstate 495 northbound, via Route 18. Drivers would take the next exit off I-495 to reach Route 44.

Today, teachers are using the Web 2.0 tools to introduce lessons in their classroom. Students are collaborating with other students around the world, creating online content and displaying their work to a global world. Web 2.0 facilitates professional collaboration, networking, critical thinking, collaboration, innovation, creativity, global understanding and multicultural learning. Various tools for collaborative writing and editing, private communication, online conferencing, file sharing, and desktop sharing enable teachers to effectively collaborate with the students beyond school hours thus making optimum use of the technology available.

Middleboro’s Gas & Electric commissioners have passed a $46 million budget – which is $2 million less than last year. The reduced budget, which takes effect January 1, 2012, reflects a 13 percent drop in revenues resulting from stabilized energy costs and rate reductions.

Commuter rail service will be restored on the Plymouth to Kingston and Middleboro to Lakeville Old Colony lines and the Greenbush line beginning Saturday, December, 24, 2011.

Michael A. Grieco Sr., president and chief financial officer for Metro Motor Group, which was issued the license, said the VW dealership is currently located at Metro Ford Mazda and Kia on Route 44 in Raynham. It will be moving to its own site on Chalet Drive…

Four million newspaper pages have been put online as part of a massive history project. The British Newspaper Archive website includes pages from more than 200 different papers from across the UK and Ireland…

Roseli S. Weiss accepted the job of school superintendent, following a majority vote in her favor by the School Committee…