Category: Opinions and Analysis
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What 88 River Street Means for Middleborough’s Next Special Permit
Read More →: What 88 River Street Means for Middleborough’s Next Special Permit“A special permit is a contract with the whole Town,” one resident argues. Community Submission / Letter from a ResidentThis piece was submitted by a Middleborough resident and reflects that…
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We asked Indus and LaMountain Bros. what they know about the fuel tanks at 400 Canopy Drive. Here’s what we asked, and what we’re still waiting to hear.
Read More →: We asked Indus and LaMountain Bros. what they know about the fuel tanks at 400 Canopy Drive. Here’s what we asked, and what we’re still waiting to hear.UPDATE Monday at 12:12pm EST: I heard back from Rich Goodick, President of Indus. Here is his reply to our questions: “Good morning John, I will be in attendance for…
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What Middleborough’s tax-break filings didn’t mention: thousands of gallons of fuel
Read More →: What Middleborough’s tax-break filings didn’t mention: thousands of gallons of fuelThe Select Board’s Monday agenda also may bring a sobering financial-conditions update tied to the FY2025 audit By John Barrella MIDDLEBOROUGH — It has not been a quiet summer at…
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BREAKING: Republican Attorney General Candidate Michael Walsh Joins The GOAT Podcast
Read More →: BREAKING: Republican Attorney General Candidate Michael Walsh Joins The GOAT PodcastLynnfield attorney says the state’s top law enforcement office has drifted from its constitutional role By John Barrella MIDDLEBOROUGH — Republican candidate for Massachusetts attorney general Michael Walsh sat down…
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Bridgewater rated its town manager 4.4 out of 5. Then the Inspector General’s letter arrived.
Read More →: Bridgewater rated its town manager 4.4 out of 5. Then the Inspector General’s letter arrived.Every recorded council vote on business Justin Casanova-Davis introduced has been unanimous. Now the council has broken its own meeting calendar twice, hired outside counsel, and told residents nothing. By…
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School Committee returns Thursday with a vacant seat, a closed-door contract session, and a superintendent search still ahead
Read More →: School Committee returns Thursday with a vacant seat, a closed-door contract session, and a superintendent search still aheadBy John Barrella MIDDLEBOROUGH — The School Committee opens its Thursday meeting behind closed doors, and reopens it to a full plate: an empty seat at its own table, the…
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Middleborough Planning Board Advances Battery Storage Bylaw, Bracing for a Fight With the State
Read More →: Middleborough Planning Board Advances Battery Storage Bylaw, Bracing for a Fight With the StateBoard would confine new energy systems to a single 150-acre district, an approach the attorney general has struck down elsewhere; separately, REXA’s occupancy permit stalls over missing bollards By John…
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The audit will say Middleborough’s controls failed. The missing paperwork said it first.
Read More →: The audit will say Middleborough’s controls failed. The missing paperwork said it first.It began in 2024 with eighteen months of capital planning minutes that weren’t there. It ends with a town rolling over its debt while auditors trace revenue errors by hand.…
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Middleborough’s FY25 audit won’t be done in time for bond rating call, interim manager warns
Read More →: Middleborough’s FY25 audit won’t be done in time for bond rating call, interim manager warnsAuditors say the finished report will identify material weaknesses; financial advisers recommend rolling over short-term debt as state deadlines for free cash and the tax rate close in By John…
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COMMENTARY
Read More →: COMMENTARY“Point of order.” Then: show us the whole list. The objection produced a motion, the motion reached the Select Board, and Middleborough learned its town manager search had been narrowed…
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The Grove Street Standard
Read More →: The Grove Street StandardA Middleborough shop the Fire Department trusts with the equipment that shows up when it matters By John Barrella MIDDLEBOROUGH — There is a particular sound a diesel shop makes…
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Carver Planning Board digs in against state solar mandate — even as it waits it out
Read More →: Carver Planning Board digs in against state solar mandate — even as it waits it outMembers approved a subdivision, a warehouse expansion, and rejected buying landlocked woods, but the real fight was over Beacon Hill telling them how to run their own board By John…
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100 Days In: Middleborough Select Board Chair Teresa Farley Backs a Forensic Audit — ‘One Hundred Percent’
Read More →: 100 Days In: Middleborough Select Board Chair Teresa Farley Backs a Forensic Audit — ‘One Hundred Percent’By John Barrella MIDDLEBOROUGH — When Teresa Kelly Farley took over as chair of the Select Board this spring, she inherited a town still reeling from the discovery of a…
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125 Jobs Planned, Zero Guaranteed — and REXA Isn’t Answering Questions About It
Read More →: 125 Jobs Planned, Zero Guaranteed — and REXA Isn’t Answering Questions About ItBy John Barrella MIDDLEBOROUGH — A stretch of West Grove Street is becoming home to one of the more significant private investments in the town’s recent history: a $33 million,…
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Getting to Know Dr. David Thomson, Middleborough’s New Interim Superintendent
Read More →: Getting to Know Dr. David Thomson, Middleborough’s New Interim SuperintendentBy John Barrella MIDDLEBOROUGH — When the School Committee voted unanimously this summer to bring in Dr. David L. Thomson as interim superintendent, they weren’t hiring a stranger to the…
Latest Updates
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We asked Indus and LaMountain Bros. what they know about the fuel tanks at 400 Canopy Drive. Here’s what we asked, and what we’re still waiting to hear.
UPDATE Monday at 12:12pm EST: I heard back from Rich Goodick, President of Indus. Here is his reply to…
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Bridgewater rated its town manager 4.4 out of 5. Then the Inspector General’s letter arrived.
Every recorded council vote on business Justin Casanova-Davis introduced has been unanimous. Now the council has broken its own…
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Middleborough Planning Board Advances Battery Storage Bylaw, Bracing for a Fight With the State
Board would confine new energy systems to a single 150-acre district, an approach the attorney general has struck down…
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