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NEMASKET WEEK   Energy storage facility plan raises concerns   Sandy Quadros Bowles  editor@nemasketweek.com   Jul 28, 2026 Select Board members listened to a presentation on a proposed energy storage facility. Photo by Sandy Quadros Bowles MIDDLEBORO -- Residents have expressed mixed reactions to a proposed battery energy storage system on Jericho Road that Middleboro Gas and Electric representatives say will reduce utility costs to residents. Boston-based Kearsage Energy hopes to build a battery energy storage system that uses rechargeable batteries to store electricity and release it when needed. This system would result in $10 million in savings over 20 years for customers of Middleboro Gas and Electric, the company’s general manager, Ken Stone, said. The battery system charges overnight and discharges during high-demand periods. This results in savings, company representatives said, because the system is used during high-demand periods such as afternoons and eve...

  Legal Advertisements - Week of March 26, 2026 Mar 26, 2026 TOWN OF MIDDLEBOROUGH CONSERVATION COMMISSION The Middleborough Conservation Commission will hold a hearing under M.G.L. c. 131, s.40, the Wetlands Protection Act, for work associated with the construction of a single-family house including utilities, driveway, grading, tree clearing, and landscaping within 100’ of a bordering vegetated wetland at 304 Wood Street, Map 52, Lot 1733. Hearing has been requested by Brandon Buote. Hearing will be held April 2, 2026 at 7:40 PM in the Select Board Meeting Room, at the Town Hall, 10 Nickerson Avenue and via remote. Join Zoom meeting:  https :// us06web . zoom . us / j / 84112842982 Nancy Ockers, Chair Diane Stewart, 1st Co-Vice Chair Keri Gallagher, 2nd Co-Vice Chair Gerard Boissonneault Bart Devine Adam Guaraldi John Neely   TOWN OF MIDDLEBOROUGH CONSERVATION COMMISSION The Middleborough Conservation Commission will hold a hearing under M.G.L. ch.131, s.40, the Wetland...