Monday, October 1, 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.
FARMERS MARKET IS COMING! Stoughton Residents and employees have formed a Stoughton Farmers Market Committee and they have spent the last number of months working hard to bring a farmer's market to Stoughton. While the weekly farmer's market won't start until June 2013, they are having a big Community Preview Event, free to the public, on Saturday, October 6, 2012, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Trackside Plaza (adjacent to the Stoughton Train Station.) This Preview Event will have vendors selling produce, cheeses, meats, breads and other baked goods, plus free samples of Crescent Ridge milk. There will also be many other components, including a lots of kids' activities - music, live baby farm animals, Peggy Sewcyk's story hour (at 11 a.m.), …
Monday, September 17, 2012
Find out what "We Are U-Knighted for a Healthy Stoughton" is all about.
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Monday, September 17, 2012
The following is another column from OASIS (Organizing Against Substances In Stoughton), a coalition of representatives from: the Stoughton Youth Commission, Schools, Police, District Attorney’s Office, Juvenile Court, Chamber of Commerce, Local Clergy, as well as various agencies within the community. *** Have you seen this sticker (posted in the media gallery)? If you haven’t seen the “We Are U-Knighted for a Healthy Stoughton” stickers around town, keep your eyes peeled. They may be coming soon to an organization or business near you! But what is We Are U-Knighted? Currently, in Stoughton, we have two large prevention coalitions. One is Organizing Against Substances in Stoughton (OASIS), founded in 2004, to address youth substance …
Tuesday, June 5, 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.
HEALTHY CHOICES COMING TO STOUGHTON: Back in the summer of 2011, the Stoughton YMCA, along with the whole Stoughton community, was selected by YMCA of the USA (Y-USA) to participate in a program known as Pioneering Healthier Communities (PHC). Co-Chair Karen Hall updated residents and business owners at the Stoughton Chamber of Commerce meeting on June 4 about the PHC initiative. Hall, who is also the Director of the Council on Aging and the Youth Commission in Stoughton, said that four major initiatives are moving forward. The first is a Farmers' Market, which will soon be available to all Stoughton residents, providing easy access to local, affordable, healthy foods, including a variety of fresh vegetables and fruits. The town is going …
Friday, July 29, 2011
Pioneering Healthier Communities Conference helps local leaders create action plans to
transform their community into a model of health.
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Friday, July 29, 2011
A press release from the Old Colony YMCA: As obesity and related diseases continue to threaten our nation’s health, a team of community leaders including those from the Old Colony YMCA, traveled to Washington D.C. this week to begin a journey that will make the Stoughton community a healthier place to live. The team gathered in our nation’s capitol to participate in the YMCA of the USA’s Pioneering Healthier Communities (PHC) Conference. PHC helps communities make policy and environmental changes that create real, sustainable commitments to healthier living options. The team, which was brought together by the Old Colony YMCA, will learn strategies from national experts to help combat the obesity problem facing our communities. By …
Pam
1:30 pm on Monday, October 1, 2012
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