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Select Board approves $7.5M water treatment facility bond

Middleborough Select Board backs $7.5M water infrastructure bond and dam project contract. The Board voted unanimously to approve a $7.5 million borrowing from the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust for the East Grove Street water treatment facility project, originally authorized at the April 22, 2024

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Select Board adopts Level 2 drought restrictions as water demand rises

Middleborough navigates water supply amid state drought emergency. The Select Board unanimously adopted Level 2 drought restrictions banning most outdoor water use between 9 AM and 5 PM on hot days, while approving a three-month extension of its water interconnection with Bridgewater at the new

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Conservation Commission issues Wood Street delineation order

Girl Scouts earn Conservation Commission praise for Nemasket River stewardship work. Troop 64979 expanded water quality monitoring to six sites, testing for dissolved oxygen, pH, bacteria, nitrates, and phosphorous, and restored turtle nesting habitat that an officer with the Massachusetts Division

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Government · Select Board

Select Board approves contracts for interim Fire Chief and Town Manager.

Select Board approves interim leadership contracts amid fiscal crisis. Interim Town Manager Joe Perkins and Interim Fire Chief Dana Fontaine both secured board approval for amended contracts June 8, with Perkins cutting his hourly rate to $53, half his original interim wage, as he approaches a

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Select Board approves $200,000-$225,000 salary range for Town Manager

Middleborough Select Board sets Town Manager salary range as search begins. The Board unanimously approved a $200,000 to $225,000 salary range for the vacant Town Manager position ahead of the Search Committee's first meeting on June 4, 2026. Board members discussed the importance of remaining

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Conservation Commission approves permits and continues hearings

Middleborough Conservation Commission approves permits and continues development hearings. The commission voted unanimously to issue a Standard Order of Conditions for a 49,000-square-foot commercial warehouse at 18 Cowan Drive and approved Certificates of Compliance for 146 Miller Street and 19

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