Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Five Things You Need to Know Today: Honoring the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; Stoughton High Sports on Tap; Bingo at the Senior Center; And More...
"Five Things you Need to Know Today" is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance. 1. Honoring the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The following is from the Stoughton Clergy Association: The Stoughton Clergy Association invites you to a program commemorating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Jan. 21 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) beginning at 7 p.m. at the Immaculate Conception Church in Stoughton. Clergy and youth of the Stoughton community will present the words of Dr. King as part of this hour-long program. A reception will follow in the Fellowship Hall. It is open to the community - All are welcome! 2. Stoughton High Sports on Tap The Stoughton High boys' and …
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Five Things You Need to Know Today: School Committee Meeting; Darkness to Light Training at the YMCA; Bingo at the Senior Center; and more...
"Five Things you Need to Know Today" is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance. 1. School Committee Meeting The Stoughton School Committee meets in the TV studio at Stoughton High at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 11. An agenda is posted here: 12-11-12.pdf 2. Darkness to Light Training at the YMCA The Old Colony YMCA’s Stoughton Branch (445 Central St.) is offering the award-winning Darkness To Light child abuse prevention training to the community on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012 from 6 to 9 p.m. This training is FREE and open to all adults. Questions? Call or email Susan Komisar Hausman, Darkness To Light Program Consultant - Old Colony YMCA, 781-264-0181; KissesFromDolce@gmail.com. Pre-registration …
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
A game of "Cow Pie Bingo" at the Stoughton High football field this past Saturday was a big success for the SHS senior class, and was an example of the creative fundraising that has been taking place since candy sale fundraisers were banned.
Cows roamed the Stoughton High football field this past Saturday afternoon, with dozens of onlookers waiting with anticipation to see when - and where - one of the cows would defecate on the field. It was all part of a game of "Cow Pie Bingo," a Stoughton High senior class fundraiser. Four cows from the Massachusetts 4-H Animal Science Program were brought to the football field, which was gridded off like a bingo board. Squares were sold for $30 each. If one of the cows did their "business" in your square, you got bingo. Faced with new nutrition guidelines this school year which ban the sale of candy for student fundraisers, clubs and sports teams have been thinking outside the box for ways to raise money, and the Stoughton High Class of …
Five Things You Need to Know Today: Early Release Day Added to School Calendar; School Committee Meeting; Bingo at the Senior Center; And More...
"Five Things you Need to Know Today" is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance. 1. Early Release Day Added to School Calendar There will be an additional early release day for students in all grades of the Stoughton Public Schools. An early release day has been added for Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 - the last day of school before winter vacation. As with other early release days, middle and high school students will be released at 11:32 a.m. and elementary students at 12:20 p.m. For more details, read the following letter Superintendent of Schools Dr. Marguerite Rizzi sent to parents: Dear Parents/Guardians, I write to inform you that the Stoughton Public Schools will be following an Early Release …
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Five Things You Need to Know Today: Political Season Underway in Stoughton; Board of Selectmen Meeting; Bingo at the Senior Center; and more...
"Five Things you Need to Know Today" is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance. 1. Political Season Underway in Stoughton With the Presidential Election season behind us, it's time to turn our attention to local politics. The 2013 Town Meeting and Elections Calendar has been posted on the town website and can be found in the media gallery of this article. As of Nov. 1, nomination papers to run for town-wide office or for Town Meeting representative have been available at the Town Clerk's Office on the first floor of the Town Hall. Town-wide nomination papers need to be filed at the Town Clerk's office by no later than 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 2, 2013. The Town Meeting warrant for petitioned articles …
Monday, November 19, 2012
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.
A CRAPPY CONTEST! The student-athletes on the Stoughton High football and Canton High football teams will be the featured players on the SHS football field Thanksgiving morning, but a couple days later, on Saturday, Nov. 24 cows will take over Stoughton High School's football field! At 1 p.m., the field will be divided into grids and tickets are being sold allowing you to purchase one of these special squares of grid, grass and soil. Cows will then be allowed to wander on the field, and whoever owns the grid that the cow poops on first is the big winner of $3,000. The second cow's deposit will result in a $1,000 prize! This fundraiser will help support the Stoughton High School Class of 2013, and will let two lucky players strike pay dirt…
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Five Things You Need to Know Today: School Committee Meeting; Darkness to Light Training at the YMCA; Bingo at the Senior Center; and more...
"Five Things you Need to Know Today" is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance. 1. School Committee Meeting The Stoughton School Committee meets in the TV studio at Stoughton High at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 13. An agenda is posted in the media gallery. 2. Darkness to Light Training at the YMCA The Old Colony YMCA’s Stoughton Branch (445 Central St.) is offering the award-winning Darkness To Light child abuse prevention training to the community on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012 from 6 to 9 p.m. This training is FREE and open to all adults. Contact Joe Leaver to RSVP at 781-341-2016 x283 or jleaver@oldcolonyymca.org. Questions? Call or email Susan Komisar Hausman, Darkness To Light Program Consultant - …
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Five Things You Need to Know Today: How Many Millionaires Live in Stoughton?; School Committee Meeting; Kids Voting Stoughton Looking for Volunteers; and more...
"Five Things you Need to Know Today" is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance. 1. How Many Millionaires Live in Stoughton? According to data compiled by the Boston Business Journal, Stoughton ranks 214th in the state out of the 351 cities and towns in Massachusetts in terms of the number of millionaire filers. In 2010, there were five millionaire filers in Stoughton, which is roughly one millionaire filer for every 5,392 residents in town. The total reported income among Stoughton's millionaire filers was about $13.7 million, an average of about $2.75 million per millionaire filer. Statewide, there were more than 10,000 millionaire filers in 2010, with a combined reported income of more than $36…
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Five Things You Need to Know Today: New Music from Lori McKenna; Stoughton Youth Commission Holding Special Coping Group for Parents; School Committee meets; and more...
"Five Things you Need to Know Today" is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance. 1. Lori McKenna Releasing New Digital EP According to her website, Stoughton singer/songwriter Lori McKenna is releasing a new digital-only EP (Extended Play) this Tuesday, Oct. 9, called "Heart Shaped Bullet Hole." It includes six brand-new, never released songs. For more information, visit McKenna's website. Sample the music on Amazon by clicking here. Prior to "Heart Shaped Bullet Hole," McKenna released the album "Lorraine" in January of 2011. Click on the following link to read an interview with McKenna on Stoughton Patch back in December of 2010: Recording Artist Lori McKenna At Home In Stoughton. 2. Stoughton …
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Five Things You Need to Know Today: Be Part of the State Theater Board; Board of Selectmen Meeting; Bingo at the Senior Center; and more...
"Five Things you Need to Know Today" is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance. 1. Want to Bring Back the State Theater in Stoughton Center? John Stagnone, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, is in the process of forming a board to bring back the State Theater. "I doing this as a resident and someone who would love to see the theater back open," Stagnone wrote in an email. Located in Stoughton Center, the State Theater opened in 1927 and closed as the Stoughton Cinema Pub in 2007. It has been vacant since. Stagnone is looking for people to serve on the theater board with skills in grant writing, business planning and development, architecture, construction, marketing and fundraising. "Community …
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10:25 am on Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Sometimes this sounds like a "non-profit" but I believe it is privately owned and a for profit venture. There should be more information about who owns it and what it will be used for. Theater would be great, live music, DJ's, maybe not so much. more ›