Editing Middleborough, Massachusetts (section)

==Government==
Middleborough is represented in the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] as a part of three separate districts: the Tenth and Twelfth Bristol and Twelfth Plymouth.  The town is represented in the [[Massachusetts Senate]] as a part of the First Plymouth and Bristol district, which also includes Berkley, Bridgewater, Carver, Dighton, Marion, Raynham, Taunton and Wareham.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mass.gov/legis/citytown.htm |title=Index of Legislative Representation by City and Town, from Mass.gov |access-date=February 18, 2007 |archive-date=September 29, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929115141/http://www.mass.gov/legis/citytown.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The town is home to the Fourth Barracks of Troop D of the [[Massachusetts State Police]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mass.gov/|title=Mass.gov|website=www.mass.gov}}</ref> On the national level, Middleborough is a part of [[Massachusetts's 9th congressional district]], and is currently represented by [[William R. Keating]].

Middleborough is governed by the [[open town meeting]] form of government, which is led by a [[town manager]] and a [[board of selectmen]]. The town's services are centralized downtown, with the fire and police headquarters being southeast, and the central post office being northwest of it. The town library is also located downtown.

A second part-time fire department is operated further south along Route 28 in South Middleboro. A third, temporary station was built in the 2000s as the surrogate home for the downtown facility, which was closed for substantial renovations. This third station, near the rotary north of the center of town, has subsequently been closed.

Construction on a new police station began in July 2017, with an estimated budget of $9.14 million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.enterprisenews.com/news/20170617/middleboro-breaks-ground-on-new-police-station|title=Middleboro breaks ground on new police station}}</ref> The police station was finished early 2019 and is now in use.