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
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
Middleborough Conservation Commission processes applications, issues enforcement order. Chair Nancy Ockers and the Commission issued an Enforcement Order against Campus 44 requiring 2:1 wetland replication after unauthorized tree cutting and grubbing. Multiple hearings were continued to August 6
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
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
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
Middleborough Town Manager Search Committee names Joe Mandile Chair on first ballot. Select Board Chair Teresa Farley charged the eight-member committee with bringing final candidates to the board for interviews, reminding members of a $200,000 to $225,000 approved salary range and directing them
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
Middleborough Select Board sets salary range for Town Manager search at $200,000 to $225,000. The board unanimously approved the range for the Search Committee, which holds its first meeting June 4 at the MCCAM studio, and authorized Chair Teresa Kelly Farley to present the salary parameters before