France Street home heavily damaged in fire, no injuries reported

Sandy Quadros Bowles 

editor@nemasketweek.com 

Oct 7, 2024

Three occupants escaped without injury after a devastating blaze at 72 France St. in Middleboro. Photos source: Lakeville Fire Department

Working smoke detectors were credited with allowing two adults and a child to escape a fire at 72 France St. in Middleboro.

MIDDLEBORO — Two adults and a child escaped without injury after a raging fire early Monday, Oct. 7 devastated their home at 52 France St.

The three occupants had already escaped the blaze when firefighters arrived, Fire Chief Owen Thompson said. 

He credited the home’s working smoke detectors with alerting the occupants to the blaze.

The fire was reported at 2:11 a.m. Firefighters got the fire under control in about 90 minutes, Thompson said. 

Middleboro firefighters cleared the scene at about 9 a.m., Thompson said.

Tanker trucks from Middleboro, Carver, Plympton and Rochester provided water supply due to a lack of hydrants in the area, Thompson said.

Firefighters from Lakeville, Halifax and Bridgewater assisted on scene, the chief said, while West Bridgewater firefighters provided station coverage.

No cause was immediately identified. 

The occupants went to stay with family. Thompson suspects the home is a total loss.

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The Middleborough Gas & Electric Department’s Board of Commissioners will hold their monthly meeting on Wednesday, May 8th at 6:00 PM at the Select Board’s Meeting Room, 10 Nickerson Ave., Middleborough, MA. The agenda will be posted on May 6th, and will include a discussion and possible vote on the approval of an update of Outdoor Gas Lighting Service MDPU# 143 – Cancel, Residential Gas Service – R-11, R-19, -R70 #207 (replaces MDPU# 169), Residential Gas Service – Senior R-88, R-89, R-96 #209 (replaces MDPU Elderly #189), C&I Gas General Service – C-12, I-14, #210 (replaces MDPU #171), C&I Gas Heating Service – C-13, I-15, #211 (replaces MDPU #172), C&I Gas Air Conditioning Service (A/C18) - #212 (replaces MDPU#173), Purchase Gas Adjustment (PGA) Clause– #213 (replaces MDPU#174), Residential Gas Service Low Income – R-31, R-39, R-72, #214 (replaces MDPU#195) under the Provisions of Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 164, Section 58.

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TOWN OF MIDDLEBOROUGH
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

NOTICE OF HEARING

The Middleborough Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing on Thursday, May 9, 2024, at 7:00 P.M., in the Select Board’s Meeting Room, 10 Nickerson Avenue, Middleborough, MA to hear the petition of Devin P. Howe, P.E. for the applicant NorthBridge Partners, LLC., 401 Edgewater Place, Suite 265, Wakefield, MA 01880 relative to his request to be granted a special permit pursuant to Section 4.5.3 of the Zoning By-law to allow for the construction of three buildings in excess of 20,000 sq. ft. in the General Use B District consisting of 963,000 square feet. The applicant is also requesting a special permit finding pursuant to Section 4.1.1 of the By-law for building height over 42’ and a special permit finding pursuant to Sections 5.3.10 for a driveway at street line. The subject property is located at 177 Grove Street, East Grove Street (Off) and Cherry Street (Off), Middleborough Assessor’s Map 71, lots 763 & 2415 and Map 72 lots 152, 1099, 2616, and 6017, consisting of approximately 148 acres. Anyone desiring to be heard on this matter should appear at the time and place designated.

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The LAKEVILLE PLANNING BOARD pursuant to the Town of Lakeville Code Bylaws, Chapter 270, §270-6.7, will hold a Public Hearing on THURSDAY, May 9, 2024, at 7:00 PM at the Lakeville Police Station, 323 Bedford Street. The purpose of the Public Hearing will be to receive information and public comment on the following Site Plan Review application:

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Getting to Solutions for Floodwater Management around the Assawompset Ponds Complex

Middleborough Town Manager

June 15 at 3:51 PM · 

PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Bill Napolitano (bnap@srpedd.org) or Helen Zincavage (hzincavage@srpedd.org) for more information.
Getting to Solutions for Floodwater Management around the Assawompset Ponds Complex

The Assawompset Ponds Committee - a group of representatives from local communities surrounding the ponds, water supply entities, and state agencies - is studying the most promising methods for improving the ecological functions of the Assawompset Ponds Complex in order to alleviate floodwater impacts.

Funded by a grant from the Division of Ecological Restoration, the Ponds Committee is working with a team of specialists with multi-disciplinary perspectives and historical knowledge of issues in the Ponds, including the Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District, Mass Audubon, Manomet Inc, Horsley Witten Group, and The Nature Conservancy. The project team synthesized recommendations from four decades’ worth of previous studies, which the Ponds Committee then reviewed to determine their continued relevance and prioritize the projects that, once completed, would have the most significant positive outcomes for retaining and channeling floodwaters. Where historical studies abound, the goal of this current work was to elevate the most important floodwater management projects to the point of readiness for funding and to achieve project realization and installation.

Some of the priority solutions that came out of this work are engineered infrastructure projects (such as replacing undersized culverts), while others are nature based solutions that enhance the ability of natural systems to do their own important work in storing and diverting floodwater (such wetland restoration). In the final stages of the project, the team pursued the top six priority projects, outlining the process for implementation. As part of the effort aimed at next steps, the project team secured grant funding from the Southeast New England Network to perform a hydrological and hydraulic study of the APC’s outlet in the Upper Nemasket River, which will create a model to test potential restoration and floodwater mitigation projects.

The Ponds Committee and the project team are hosting a virtual public meeting to share and discuss project outcomes thus far, and to gather additional insights from residents and stakeholders of the Ponds communities for the next steps in project implementation. Please join us for this important conversation! As further opportunity for input, the presentation will be recorded and posted at www.srpedd.org/environment, accompanied by a fillable form for written comment submission, available through July 8, 2020. We also anticipate additional virtual public meetings on potential waterway enhancement and restoration activities in upcoming months, dates forthcoming.

Wednesday, June 24, 2020 from 6:00pm to 7:30pm
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For those without access to a computer, please call our project hotline at 508-812-0636. Leave your name and number, and we will follow up with instructions for accessing the meeting by phone.
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