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  Middleboro Town Election results released Apr 04, 2026 Voting booths seen at the Middleboro High School polling station on Saturday, April 4. Photo by Sam Tucker MIDDLEBORO — The results of the 2026 Middleboro Town Election are in. On the Select Board, newcomer candidate Tracie Craig-McGee and incumbent Thomas White received the most votes for the two seats up for reelection. Incumbent chair Mark Germain did not receive enough votes to keep his seat, according to the unofficial results from the Town Clerk's office. The clerk’s office reported 20,855 eligible voters for the election, and 2,305 — or about 11% — came out to the polls on Saturday. About 4% of registered voters voted in last year’s election. Select Board votes by the numbers Tracie Craig-McGee: 1,561 Thomas White: 1,259 Mark Germain: 949 For the Middleboro School Committee, candidates Leah Machado, Krysten Phillips, and Sean Mokeler took the three, three-year termed seats on the committee, ending the tenure of incumbe...

  A recently appointed interim TOWN MANAGER has identified BUDGET PROBLEMS  that forced the postponement of TOWN MEETING.  A search of the Town web site indicates that MIDDLEBORO has a TOWN  ACCOUNTANT. Isn't this the 'stuff' an accountant gets paid to do?  Didn't the former Town Manager purchase an 'accounting system' for the  Town? Isn't that something an ACCOUNTANT should do?  The TOWN used to have a few fiscal curmudgeons who scrutinized the  town's spending. They're gone, but so is fiscal responsibility.  FOR A MOSTLY UNPAID POSITION, MARK GERMAIN, CANDIDATE RUNNING FOR  MIDDLEBORO SELECTMAN, SENT A POSTCARD PROUDLY ANNOUNCING  HIS ENDORSEMENTS FROM KELLY DOONER AND NORMAN ORRALL.  WHEN KELLY DOONER RAN FOR OFFICE, SHE NEVER COMMENTED ON  STEWARD'S BANKRUPTCY OR FRAUD - STEWARD OWNED A HOSPITAL  IN TAUNTON: MORTON, AMONG NUMEROUS OTHER ISSUES.... KELLY DOONER - JUST ANOTHER "R" CANDIDATE LACKING EXPERIENCE & ...

AS WITH ANY ELECTION, RESEARCH IS A NECESSITY!  I KNOW! I KNOW! "R" VOTERS HATE TO THINK OR RESEARCH!   THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE IN ANY COMMUNITY IN MASSACHUSETTS IS NOT A  PLATFORM FOR RIGHT WING EXTREMISM OR THE CENSORSHIP OF RACIST  AMERICAN HISTORY!  APOLOGIES IF IT OFFENDS YOUR IDDITY BITTITY FEELINGS, BUT HISTORY IS  ABOUT FACTS....SLAVERY, OWNING AND SELLING BLACK PEOPLE, HANGING  BLACK PEOPLE, THE TORTURE OF EMMETT TILL IS THE UGLY HISTORY OF  AMERICA!  FAILING TO TEACH ABOUT BODILY REPRODUCTION CAUSES MASSIVE STD  OUTBREAKS AND UNWANTED TEEN PREGNANCIES - FACTS & STATISTICS!  TOO MANY OF THOSE FACTS & STATISTICS DEFINE RED STATES!  IGNORANCE IS NEVER A SOLUTION! LEAH MACHADO is running for SCHOOL COMMITTEE - SHE DOES NOT BELONG ON THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE! The nearest I can figure is she's married to ERIC MACHADO who  ran for office a few years ago  HE DIDN'T WANT SEX EDUCATION taught in schools  I ...