MIDDLEBORO POLICE

A part-time cafeteria monitor assaulted a fifth grade student at a school in Middleboro, Massachusetts, according to the town’s police department. The Middleboro Police Department is seeking to charge the staff member with assault and battery following the incident, which happened Thursday at Mary K. Goode Elementary School, a news release from the agency said. Middleborough Public Schools characterized...

There was a long line of cars at the police department in Middleborough, Massachusetts, Tuesday night with residents picking up free rapid COVID tests. The site was scheduled to be open from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. — but by 5:30 p.m., all 1,300 rapid COVID tests were already gone. “We’re doing a New Years Eve party and we want…

Statewide, people have faced multi-hour waits for testing. Pharmacies and supermarkets are all sold out of rapid tests.

A woman was seriously hurt in a hit-and-run in Middleboro, Massachusetts, Thursday night, and identified the suspected driver and their SUV, officials said Friday. The crash took place about 8:40 p.m. at Oak and Arch streets, where the woman was found on the side of the road, Middleboro police said. The woman, a 48-year-old from Middleboro who wasn’t identified,...