Perkins is now Gordon Food Service. After 97 years of independence, members of the Perkins family have sold the Taunton-based distributor to Gordon Food Service. The acquisition will provide a crucial entry for Gordon, the nation’s fourth-largest broad food service distributor, into the New England market.

“Land that a tribe owns, but has not been granted federal trust status by the Secretary of the Interior, is not eligible for tribal gaming,” C. Stanley McGee writes. He also said a commercial casino cannot be converted into a tribal casino, nor can a tribal casino be operated on non-tribal lands.

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.

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…

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