Craft Fair Saturday 10 AM to 4 PM at Town Hall

The Middleborough Friends is sponsoring a "Spirit of the Season" craft fair at the Middleboro Town Hall on Saturday, November 29 from 10 AM to 4 PM. Entry is $2 but will be waived with the donation of food or new toy to be donated locally.

The Friends wanted to create an event where people can stay local and purchase from local crafters and vendors and to additionally provide for the new M. Victor Sylvia Scholarship for a Middleboro student.

There will be events for the children, including earth friendly ornaments and more. Refreshments will also be available for a small fee.

Everyone is invited to attend the fair and remember the annual Middleboro Holiday Parade which kicks off at 1 PM this year.

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New Owners for Nemasket Beverage Building

The Nemasket Beverage and bottling building located at 395 Plymouth Street (north of the KOA) was recently sold to D & D Twin Realty Trust for $975,000. The property is located along side Piconne Farm and in a residential area.

D&D Twin Realty Trust LLC was formed on October 21, 2008 and in corporate filings with the Secretary of State's office, lists David N. DeMoranville as the agent for the LLC.

Mr. DeMoranville also lists D & D Precision Machine Company in Stoughton, Massachusetts as an additional company which his presides as President, Treasurer and Secretary for.

It is unknown at this time, what plans Mr. DeMoranville has for the property. Only time will tell.

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And the Job Offer Goes to

The Board of Selectmen selected Michael Carrier for the position as fire chief. Mr. Carrier lives in Londonderry, NH and retired as a Chief in that department.

The Town Manager will begin the negotiation of a contract and bring it to the selectmen for their approval.

Under the Middleborough Town Charter, the Fire Chief is considered a "strong chief". A strong chief may not be dismissed from his duty without cause and may choose without selectmen approval to hire a Deputy Fire Chief.

Also, when Chief Russell assumed the role of both Fire and Police Chief and the Deputy left, the salary monies of those two positions were used in part to fund three new fire fighters. The question will be, where in the budget will the salaries be paid from.

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Selectmen to Choose Fire Chief

The Board of Selectmen will be holding their weekly meeting on Wednesday, November 12 with an agenda that includes hearing from the Ambulance Study consultant to choosing a new fire chief.

The meeting is scheduled to start at 7:00 PM at the Town Hall.

The Resort Advisory Committee will be meeting prior to the selectmen at 6:30 to discuss final questions for the consultant. The committee prepared the request for proposals in the spring which led to the hiring of Matrix Consultants and has been meeting over the last few weeks discussing the draft Final Report (which can be found on their website http://www.resortcommittee.com/).

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Wampanoag Scoping Report Available

In an article on the Indianz.com website and by local writer Alice Elwell in the Enterprise, the scoping report for the proposed Wampanoag Resort Casino is available at the Middleborough Library.

Like all scoping reports, the Wampanoag Scoping Report will contain the comments and testimony given by all people and groups with respect to the proposed development in Middleboro.

The scoping report is the next step in the process for the Wampanoag in their process to have the Bureau of Indian Affairs, receive the land into trust.

The Town of Halifax is hosting a copy of the scoping report on their website. You can download it from here. (Large 125 MB file)

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Veterans Day Parade Tuesday November 11

The Middleborough Veterans Day Parade is scheduled for Tuesday, November 11, 2008. It will kick off at 10 AM from the Town Hall and travel the route and finish at the Veterans' Memorial, where a service will be performed.

This is an opportunity for people to honor the veterans of the United States.

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Obama beats McCain

President Elect Obama may have won the white house but in our little town of Middleborough, the majority of the 11,209 votes cast, supported Senator McCain. When looking at the voting throughout the state, you can see that Plymouth County is still the most conservative. Senator McCain carried many of the communities.

Looking nationally, you see that President Elect Obama, carried a small margin of the popular vote (52% to 46%). The electoral college may elect a president but popularity gives the boost to getting four more years. What happens in the first 100 days of his presidency should set the tone for what will happen over the next four years. Let us all hope for a better return on our investments but watch for rising taxes in order to pay down our deficit.

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Halloween Gala Ball a success

With over 175 people in attendance including the family of Vic Sylvia, the Middleborough Friends Halloween Gala event was held at the Town Hall Ballroom on Saturday night. The even was held in order to raise money in order to create a scholarship in Vic's name.

Costumes ranged from Pirates to Frankenstein along with some local celebrities.

Enfield Paranormal Society was in attendance to give a preview of their findings about the haunted Town Hall.
People danced and had fun until Midnight.

The Middleborough Friends is a civic group who have come together in order to provide inexpensive event for bringing the citizenry of Middleborough together socially, create scholarship for the children of Middleborough and to assist other groups in their endeavours to provide for the community. More information about the Middleborough Friends can be found on their website.

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River Street No Trash for You

During a meeting of the Board of Selectmen (acting as the Board of Health), selectmen denied the lifting of an October cease and desist of activities at the former K & F brick factory on River Street.

Some terse comments were heard from all the members of the Board ranging from the owner, operating without permits to dust control and odors. Comments from the Health Agent, Jean Spaulding along with building inspector and conservation officer included a long list of alleged violations that need to be addressed.

The Owner of the property said that he is trying to get things cleaned up. That he is going to work things out and be a good neighbor.

A recent fire was a turning point for the neighbors who have stated that they have tried to be patient but cannot any longer. They demanded action.

The Board also ordered cease and desist on all business activities (even by others) except for the 21E work.

The property is currently in the clean up processes under MGL 21E and it is stated that about $1 Million of clean up has been completed thus far by the owner.

In the future, the owner would like to start a trash recycling facility. He told the the building inspector that his recycling program would not cause smells back in 2007.

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