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Right in the Middle
Sometimes, it's the little things that make for greatness.
By Jack Morris
"middleton? where's that?"
If you were to take a survey of residents in and around Boston, those three
words, accompanied by a puzzled
look, would more often than not be the
response, as if to say, "Are you sure you
don't mean Middleborough?"
We're sure, and for the residents of this
quiet but active suburb located within
putting distance of I-95, the seeming
anonymity of the town makes it a great
place to live and raise a family. The rolling
landscape and vast farmland that surphotographs by robert boyd
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round Middleton could have served as the
backdrop for a classic Pepperidge Farm
commercial. In fact, it's the agrarian history of Middleton that brought this town
to prominence back in the mid-1600s.
Today, however, it's the low tax rate, good
schools, and multitude of land options
that make Middleton one of the fastestgrowing towns on the North Shore. It has
also attracted plenty of interest, not just
from neighboring communities, but also
from professional athletes, a fact that
Town Administrator Ira Singer is happy
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