Middleboro News

The Sandwich police officer accused of beating a man so severely he required 37 stitches to his face has a history of threatening the alleged victim, according to police reports.

Sometimes The Reel Life has to sit back and say, enough is enough. This usually occurs after we hit a real cold streak at the online slots.

Lawmakers expect a large crowd of elderly and public safety advocates for a Statehouse hearing tomorrow on a bill that would establish mandatory driving tests for people 85 and older.

The following area residents were named to the Bridgewater State College for the spring 2009 semester.

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ROBERT BARBOZA It is a little book, yet it is a portal to the divine. Garnering excellent reviews, "The Way the Wind Bends Things" is the first book by Poet Robert Barboza of Rochester.

Rep. William M. Straus is a Massachusetts state representative and chairman of the Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture, which has oversight of fisheries issues.

BENSON: of Lakeville, Sunday, June 21, 2009, Shirley R. , 87. Widow of Stanley D. Benson.

State Rep. Stephen R. Canessa will hold office hours in Freetown, Lakeville and Middleboro on Friday.

For the first time, some students from outside the Old Rochester Regional School District will be able to attend ORR schools after the School Committee voted to participate in school choice next year on a limited basis.

Reports of the demise of the Middleboro office of the Salvation Army, which also serves Lakeville, were premature.

Students of The Burt Wood School of Performing Arts in Middleboro offered a free Mother's Day Concert for guests at the Middleboro Council on Aging last month during their annual luncheon.

Imagine special trains from Boston carrying bicycles and their riders to Cape Cod for a weekend stay.

Fire Chief Lance Benjamino was standing outside the high school auditorium at Tuesday night's town meeting when a resident approached and extended his hand.

May 26, 2009 5:41 pm US/Eastern MIDDLEBORO An electrical malfunction appears to be the cause of Monday's fire at a church in Middleboro .

A church in Middleboro caught fire Monday morning. Firefighters were ordered out of the Central Congregational Church on Webster Street because many feared the steeple would collapse.

A fast-moving fire damaged a Middleboro church so badly that town officials were forced to cancel the Memorial Day parade.

It's not often when a state attorney general imposes a maximum fine of $1,000 on a speeding state police trooper.

As lawmakers scramble for revenues, casino gambling - declared dead just a year ago - is seeing its odds surge again, helped on by a key change in leadership on Beacon Hill and the state's desperate need for cash.

Middleboro High School will hold an athletic combine on June 27. Any interested boy or girl from Middleboro or any of the neighboring communities is welcome to attend.