Lakeville News

Like many school librarians, Laurie Belanger does a whole lot more than check out books.

The state's top transportation official may get a first-hand look next week at traffic delays caused by Sagamore Bridge work.

Administrators at the Freetown-Lakeville Regional School District may be forced to deal with a possible $235,000 budget cut due to a reduction in state aid - a change that could mean layoffs, said schools Superintendent John E. McCarthy.

May C. Simmons, aged 75 years, of Lakeville, passed away peacefully on November 2, 2009, close to her family at Jordan Hospital, Plymouth, after a brief illness.

You can fan the FLAME of education - plus enjoy a fun night out at a "Pig Roast and Night of Friends." FLAME, an acronym for Freetown Lakeville Achieve Motivate and Excel, is a scholarship program benefitting students graduating from Apponequet Regional High School.

Limited doses of H1N1 vaccine are trickling into SouthCoast via local practitioners and boards of health, but the vaccine is still being reserved for those most at risk for complications from swine flu.

Police Chief Mark J. Sorel fled from his own officers in a high-speed chase three years ago, refusing to stop his private vehicle in what was described as a "prank," according to the officer who pursued him and a Freetown Police Department e-mail. Details about the chase came to light as the officer who pursued Sorel prepared to contest his ...

The Freetown-Lakeville Early Childhood Center is currently accepting applications for 3- and 4-year-old role model students for the 2010-11 school year.

Bertrand LeBlanc admits the more he thinks about what the presence of cranberry giant Ocean Spray will mean to his community, the more excited he gets.

It's time to go shopping in the memory aisles of my mind. My alma mater, Apponequet Regional High School, is turning 50.

Absenteeism is approaching 20 percent at one Wareham elementary school, the number of sick students is creeping up at Freetown and Lakeville schools, and a New Bedford youngster was diagnosed with H1N1 - all signs of a growing swine flu presence in SouthCoast.

Whether you had the time of your life or counted the days until graduation, everybody remembers something from high school.

Parents rushed to get their children the H1N1 vaccine when a local clinic opened this week.

Description: To assist small business concerns by providing long term financing through the sale of debentures to the private sector.

Former state Rep. Mark Howland, owner of a Freetown-based wind turbine company that was shut down for misleading consumers, has failed to pay nearly $500,000 in restitution to the state Attorney General's Office.

A hate message appears at a golf course near Boston as President Barack Obama confirms plans to visit the city at the end of the month.

Vandals carved a hate-filled message on the 18th green at Lakeville CC Police are investigating as a hate crime the carving of a swastika and President Obama's name on the 18th green of a Lakeville, MA, golf course.

The Secret Service is investigating after a swastika was found carved into the green on a Massachusetts golf course, next to President Barack Obama's name.

Every day at Freetown-Lakeville Middle School, 300 students eat a quick lunch and sprint out the door to take part in Fun Runners, a group that walks or jogs the nearby high school track with the goal of improving their physical fitness.

"Ours is an innovation economy and an innovation economy depends on educated people." - UMass President Jack Wilson on the critical need to train today's students for careers in science, technology, engineering and math.