Meditech has scrapped its plan to build a complex that it said would create about 800 jobs in town. Mayor Will Flanagan said Monday that the company ended its lengthy battle to relax archeological requirements imposed by the Massachusetts Historical Commission on the site where Meditech planned to build.

A former Conservation Commissioner once called chairman Keven Desmarais the “Theo Epstein” of Freetown, referring to Desmarais’ leadership skills. Fire Chief Gary Silvia would likely agree. Desmarais, a data acquisition/maintenance infrastructure employee for the Water Department, was publicly praised by the fire chief and selectmen for ensuring that firefighters had enough water pressure to ...

FREETOWN (Reuters) - The United Nations was pressured by the president of Sierra Leone to cut short the tour of its mission chief ahead of an election later this year, the envoy said in a letter seen by Reuters on Monday. Michael von der Schulenburg, who had been expected to stay until next year but has just left, told his headquarters in a December 22 letter that the United Nations' credibility ...

FREETOWN (Reuters) - The United Nations was pressured by the president of Sierra Leone to cut short the tour of its mission chief ahead of an election later this year, the envoy said in a letter seen by Reuters on Monday. Michael von der Schulenburg, who had been expected to stay until next year but has just left, told his headquarters in a December 22 letter that the United Nations' credibility ...

Students in grade 4 will likely get more lessons on the art of storytelling. At a recent School Committee meeting, school district administrator Jessica Huzeinga said after analyzing last year’s MCAS data, it appeared students in that grade in both Freetown and Lakeville struggled with the long composition portion.

FREETOWN — South Dartmouth businessman Martin Costa will be back before selectmen Feb. 13 for a hearing on his request to transfer a Class III license for a junk/metal processing business.

Selectmen Chairwoman Lisa Pacheco will vie for her third term on the board against newcomer James Fillion. Both returned their nomination papers on Monday, the deadline to submit papers, according to Town Clerk Jacquelin Brown.

The town recently settled on a contract with former East Providence, R.I., city manager Richard Brown, who began working in Freetown on Monday. Brown was interviewed by the Board of Selectmen in early December; he was chosen as one of three finalists who was interviewed in open session after the town initiated a search last October.

During a recent School Committee meeting, Freetown-Lakeville district Administrator Jessica Huzeinga quizzed members of the committee on mathematics, committee history, United States history and English.

FREETOWN — While the town has had major success with its pay-as-you-throw trash and recycling program, confusion about procedures has prompted town officials to begin a public awareness campaign.