South Coast 360: Middleborough https://southcoast360.com/town-middleborough.html Local news for the South Coast of Massachusetts, from posted public documents. en-us https://southcoast360.com/art/app/feed-144.pngSouth Coast 360: Middleboroughhttps://southcoast360.com/town-middleborough.html144144 Fri, 06 Nov 2026 21:30:00 -0500 Fire damages empty Miller Street home in Middleborough; firefighters say no hydrants were nearby https://southcoast360.com/middleborough-fire-miller-street-empty-home-thursday-night-firefighters-say-nov-6-2026.html https://southcoast360.com/middleborough-fire-miller-street-empty-home-thursday-night-firefighters-say-nov-6-2026.html Fri, 06 Nov 2026 21:29:20 -0500 South Coast 360 Breaking and Public Safety Desk Middleborough Fire burned the rear deck, a second-floor kitchen and part of the attic of an empty home on Miller Street in Middleborough on Thursday night, Nov. 5, the town's firefighters union said. Crews from four other towns helped. Providence man pleads not guilty in federal cocaine case prosecutors tie to Taunton and Berkley https://southcoast360.com/taunton-berkley-cocaine-sale-federal-indictment-middleboro-providence-men-nov-3-2026.html https://southcoast360.com/taunton-berkley-cocaine-sale-federal-indictment-middleboro-providence-men-nov-3-2026.html Thu, 05 Nov 2026 07:13:32 -0500 South Coast 360 Courts and Crime Desk Taunton Eduardo Gomez-Santana, 50, of Providence pleaded not guilty Nov. 3 in federal court in Boston and is due back Dec. 14. His co-defendant, Isaac Marrero, 33, of Middleboro, has not been arraigned. Prosecutors say about 1.5 kilograms of cocaine changed hands at a Berkley gas station on Sept. 29. Wareham's 2nd Plymouth House race today: Gaskey and Hewins side by side, topic by topic https://southcoast360.com/wareham-2nd-plymouth-state-representative-gaskey-hewins-side-by-side-nov-3-2026.html https://southcoast360.com/wareham-2nd-plymouth-state-representative-gaskey-hewins-side-by-side-nov-3-2026.html Tue, 03 Nov 2026 18:52:48 -0500 South Coast 360 Town Hall Desk Wareham One state House seat is contested on Wareham's ballot today: the 2nd Plymouth District, which also covers Carver and part of Middleborough. Republican Rep. John Robert Gaskey and Democrat Sarah G. Hewins on taxes, housing, roads, schools, public safety, energy bills and drinking water, with the incumbent's votes. Middleborough town meeting Nov. 9 will vote on a data center ban, a plate reader ban and the Nichols Middle School roof https://southcoast360.com/middleborough-town-meeting-nov-9-data-center-ban-plate-reader-ban-nichols-roof-nov-1-2026.html https://southcoast360.com/middleborough-town-meeting-nov-9-data-center-ban-plate-reader-ban-nichols-roof-nov-1-2026.html Sun, 01 Nov 2026 21:52:13 -0500 South Coast 360 Town Hall Desk South Coast Middleborough's 24-article Fall Special Town Meeting warrant would ban data centers in every zoning district, end police use of Flock license plate cameras and pay the town's share of Nichols Middle School roof work. No school on Election Day in 14 of 26 South Coast districts and charter schools, class in 12 https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-school-calendar-november-2026.html https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-school-calendar-november-2026.html Sun, 01 Nov 2026 05:24:23 -0500 South Coast 360 Schools Desk Fairhaven Seekonk, Middleborough, Taunton and 11 other districts have no school on Election Day, Nov. 3. Fairhaven, Wareham, Berkley, Dartmouth, Diman, Bristol-Plymouth, Bristol County Agricultural, Old Colony and four charter schools hold classes. Tankers from four towns and a Dighton forestry unit help fight wind-driven brush fire in Raynham https://southcoast360.com/raynham-brush-fire-cobb-street-berkley-dighton-rehoboth-crews-oct-30-2026.html https://southcoast360.com/raynham-brush-fire-cobb-street-berkley-dighton-rehoboth-crews-oct-30-2026.html Sat, 31 Oct 2026 11:38:43 -0400 South Coast 360 Breaking and Public Safety Desk South Coast Raynham firefighters sent to a report of an unattended campfire near Cobb Street on Friday night, Oct. 30, found a brush fire spreading fast in the wind. Tankers from Berkley, Lakeville, Middleborough and Rehoboth and a Dighton forestry unit helped put it out, the fire chief said. State blocks California chain's bid to buy 11 nursing homes, four of them in Bristol and Plymouth counties https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-next-step-nursing-homes-sweetwater-denied-oct-21-2026.html https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-next-step-nursing-homes-sweetwater-denied-oct-21-2026.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:57:22 -0400 South Coast 360 Breaking and Public Safety Desk South Coast The Department of Public Health denied Sweetwater Care's application to take over 11 Next Step Healthcare nursing homes, including facilities in Taunton, Attleboro, Middleborough and Plymouth. Fall River Healthcare is not part of the deal.