Lakeville News

As Lakeville voters go to the polls today to vote on whether to host an Indian casino, a national expert who once called the shots on Native American gambling said federal officials will have no choice but to approve a casino for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head .

Texting while driving is against the law in Massachusetts, but police on SouthCoast say it is hard to finger the offenders.

Our coverage so far: After Freetown voted down a proposed tribal casino, neighboring Lakeville voters weigh in on the same plan on Saturday.

DR. ROBERT FRIEDMAN: holds the award he received as 2012 Community Clinician of the Year for the Bristol North District Medical Society.

"A Slice Of Life," Theatre One's New Works Festival, returns to the Alley Theatre, 133 Center St., in June with five original one-act plays written by Massachusetts and New York playwrights.

Adam Bond, a candidate for representative in the 12th Bristol District, invites the voters of the district to attend an open "Meet & Greet" campaign kick-off at the VFW in Middleboro.

The following meetings and hearings have been posted for the upcoming week on the Lakeville town web site, at lakevillema.org: Special election, Saturday, June 2, from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the George R. Austin Intermediate School gym, 112 Howland Rd.

It doesn't matter whether it is railroad spikes, downspouts, outdoor shower heads, copper piping or steel manhole covers, thieves across SouthCoast are stealing them for the metal and selling them for cash.

Running for president based on his private sector experience, Romney should be prepared for more scrutiny over his work at Bain.

When Freetown voters go to the polls Tuesday, they will be the first to vote on a referendum specifically tied to a casino since the state passed legislation authorizing three casinos and a single slot parlor.

Three local women with a special connection to cancer will be singing The National Anthem at the opening ceremony for the Bridgewater, Lakeville, Raynham and Middleboro Relay For Life on June 15 at 6 p.m. Lorna J. Brunelle of Middleboro is a seven-year cancer survivor.

Saint Vincent's Executive Director, John T. Weldon, announced that Dr. Donald L. Bigwood has joined Saint Vincent's staff as a child/adolescent psychiatrist and medical director.

Steve decosta/Standard-Times special On Howland Road in Lakeville, the sign offers advice for both Lakeville and Freetown voters.

Middleboro's observances will actually begin with the annual Memorial Day church service, which will be held this year at the Central Congregational Church at 2 Webster St.

Mullein Hill Christian Academy just completed their Spiritual Emphasis Week from May 14-8 with Coastlands Consultants.

Cast members: from "The Diary of Anne Frank," from left, are Matt DeLuca , Vinnie Troiani , and Lauren Santos .

Authorities are investigating claims that students at Century Middle School in Lakeville have been electronically sharing an inappropriate photo of another student.

Lakeville police arrested three men last Thursday and charged them with breaking and entering during the daytime after a homeowner came home to find one of the men running from the back of his house.

David W. Oliveira/Standard-Times special file Veterans wave to the crowd during the 2011 New Bedford Memorial Day Parade.

Representatives of the Aquinnah tribe have had plenty to say about their plans for a casino straddling Lakeville and Freetown.