Community Corner
ABOUT TOWN: Town Meeting Set to Resume, Sad News and More...
Welcome to "About Town with Mark Snyder," a column that will keep you up to the minute with what's what, who's who and what's going on around town. If you see or hear something we could use here, let us know by sending an e-mail to pmpco@aol.com.
BELATED BIRTHDAY greetings to Pamela Mulcahy, who works at Colucci, Colucci, Marcus and Flavin. The Stoughton High grad, who makes her home in Abington now, celebrated yesterday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY to: Donna Carbone, founder of Belladonna's Shades of Love, which has held parties at X & O in Stoughton, and is starting at the Clubhouse in Randolph this week. And, Happy Birthday to Jeffrey Pickette, a Stoughton High and Brandeis grad, who is the Editor of Stoughton Patch. He's obviously a genius--he hired ME!
VERY SAD NEWS: For those of us in Stoughton who are big fans of WWII Veteran and former Town Meeting Member Chairman of Precinct One Charles Large, we were saddened to hear of the untimely passing of his daughter Kathleen Meier. Kathleen, a Stoughton High School graduate, made her home in Easton. She was the mother of two, and the grandmother of two. Our sincerest sympathies go out to the Large family.
Visiting hours are Saturday, May 28, from 4-8 p.m. at , 358 Park Street (Rt. 27) in Stoughton. In lieu of flowers, donations in Kathleen's memory may be made to the Kathleen M. Meier Scholarship Fund, c/o 28 Keith Drive, Norton, MA 02766.
Find out what's happening in Stoughtonwith free, real-time updates from Patch.
TOWN MEETING CONTINUES TONIGHT: Articles that we are likely to see, starting at 7:30 p.m. tonight at auditorium, include the DPW's request for $100,000 for a Supervisory Control and Date Acquisition (SCADA) system; $700,000 for Pratt's Court culvert replacement; $50,000 to decommission the Daly Drive Pump Station; $850,000 for an Ash Street Water Tank; $725,000 per year (for the next ten years or 7.25 million dollars) for contract with Utilities Services Co. for repair, service and maintenance of town owned water tanks; $5,000,000 for water system improvements; and $500,000 for continued work on the Infiltration and Inflow (I & I) work on sewer system.
There's also decisions to be made on spending the Community Preservation Act money, two million was earmarked to purchase the , which was appraised for a little over a million dollars. There's also two articles for the Housing Authority for Automatic Doors ($10,000), and Post-Disaster Emergency Shelter ($30,000, half from Community Preservation Act).
Find out what's happening in Stoughtonwith free, real-time updates from Patch.
Then, there's the school articles, including $600,000 for the repair of the roof repair; $200,000 for Facilities Master Plan Committee's priority capital projects; ($250,000), Restoration of SHS Track ($100,000), Electric Service for the Jones School ($200,000), and Re-sod of Sarno Football field ($50,000).
is looking for equipment and HVAC system repairs, totalling $53,000. The Selectmen may also be looking to lease the pit known as the (big mistake). And, it is expected that efforts will be made to reconsider the vote that said no to allowing tattoo parlors in the downtown.
OPINIONS on ANY of these items? Town Meeting members always want to learn. Teach them. Write a comment.
GRADUATION DAY: Scott Marchione graduated from Northeastern University with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (Cum Laude). He's a 2006 graduate of Stoughton High. He celebrated his birthday May 23, so Happy Belated Birthday!
MISS THE FRANK CRIMMINS ROAST? You can own your own copy! Copies of the roast dvd are available for $15, with proceeds going to The Memory Room. Anyone who wants to order one can contact Event Chair Cindy Pazyra at cmp41252@aol.com or by calling 617-212-2365. The Roast was sponsored by the Stoughton Chamber of Commerce.