About Town with Mark Snyder

ABOUT TOWN: Stoughton High Grad a "Girl on the Run" (And More...)

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SHS GRAD RAISING FUNDS FOR GIRLS' CHARITY:  Jenna Policow, a 2010 graduate of Stoughton High School, is a junior at Drexel University in Philadelphia. She will be running in the Philadelphia Half Marathon this weekend, raising funds for Girls on the Run. Girls on the Run, according to its website, is a "non-profit prevention program that uses the power of running to help prepare preteen and early teen girls for a lifetime of self-respect and healthy living. The program focuses on building self-esteem and improving emotional and physical health, recognizing that every girl is special, that every girl is strong, that every girl is a winner." Policow writes: "Since moving to the city of Philadelphia for college, I’ve seen so many people less …

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8:17 pm on Thursday, November 15, 2012

I'm glad it did well, Justin. The Life Teen program at Immaculate Conception Church is a wonderful thing for teens. I have supported it since I attended my first Mass there a decade or two ago.   more ›

Summer Vacations on Fast Forward

Stoughton resident Michael Hardman reflects on trips from his childhood.

My BlackBerry was cradled in my left ear. I was typing with both hands, drinking an iced coffee, watching TV news and editing copy. At my house, we call this morning. But then a voice on the other end of the phone stopped everything. While I was waiting for a conference call to start, I heard a fellow editor and his children talking about their Fourth of July vacation to the beach. Ah, summer vacation. You know, a leisurely trip to someplace fun to play in the water or go to an amusement park to eat fried dough and take a wild ride on a roller coaster, or maybe it would be a nice week of hiking and camping in the woods or seeing a big city. When I was a little kid, though, I only read about summer vacation in the books my mother gave me to…

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