Monday, February 18, 2013
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.
TEMPLES LOOKING TO MERGE: A Tri-Congregational Discussion on Regionalization for three local synagogues was held on Thursday, Feb. 14 at Temple Beth Emunah in Brockton. Representatives of Ahavath Torah Congregation in Stoughton and Temple Beth Am in Randolph also attended the meeting, which attracted over 250 interested parties. Alan Teperow, whose father was a former president at Temple Beth Am, was the lead facilitator of the meeting. He is Executive Director of the Synagogue Council of Massachusetts. Teperow said “this is sacred territory. But, due to changing demographics and the economy, a viable future requires regionalization.” David Schulze, Chairman of the Steering Committee, and the president of Ahavath Torah, said, “This is a …
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Randolph firefighters helped a Stoughton woman deliver a baby girl at the Randolph Fire Station Wednesday morning.
A Stoughton woman in labor ended up giving birth to a baby girl at Randolph's main fire station Wednesday morning, WCVB.com reports. The woman's husband was driving her to South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, but the new mom's labor pains were so severe that the husband didn't think they would make it to the hospital before the baby was born so the couple stopped at the Randolph fire station, Randolph Firefighter Steve Glassman said, according to WCVB.com. A group of seven Randolph firefighters helped the mom with the delivery, which went smoothly, according to WCVB.com. The baby was born at the station at 8:16 a.m. Feb. 6 and then mom and baby were taken to the hospital in Weymouth. The names of the mom and baby were not released. This past …
Monday, December 31, 2012
The Stoughton High boys' basketball team finished as the runner-up in the 2012 Blue Devils Holiday Classic after losing 61-41 to Hingham in the championship game, played Sunday afternoon in Randolph. Take a look at the gallery for photos from the game.
Falling behind 16-2 just five minutes into the game, and trailing 20-7 by the end of the first quarter, the Stoughton High boys' basketball team never recovered from a slow start, losing 61-41 to Hingham in the championship game of the 2012 Blue Devils Holiday Classic Sunday afternoon at Randolph High. Hingham extended its lead to 37-17 by the half and 51-20 by midway through the third quarter. Stoughton went on an 11-0 run, which spanned the end of the third and start of the fourth, but Hingham quickly ended any hopes of an improbable comeback. "Just a disaster from before it started to when it ended for the most part," Stoughton coach John Gallivan said. "A couple of kids I thought did ok - Matty Mack had another good performance, …
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…
Sunday, July 29, 2012
A 20-year old Norton man is cited for leaving the scene of Sunday's fatal on Route 24 where a Needham pedestrian was struck and killed. The accident took place in Randolph on the northbound side of the highway, not far from Stoughton.
Massachusetts State Police have issued a citation to the man who was allegedly operating the vehicle that struck and killed a pedestrian on Route 24 northbound in Randolph early Sunday morning. Shane Wilson, 20, of Norton was issued a citation with a single charge of leaving the scene after causing personal injury resulting in death, David Traub, Spokesman for Norfolk District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey, said in a press release. 29-year-old Adam T. Trudeau of Needham was said to have been standing in the roadway on the northbound side of Route 24 when he was struck by Wilson's vehicle. The accident happened around 1:15 a.m. on July 29, not far from the Stoughton stretch of the highway. The "initial investigation indicates that the …
Friday, June 29, 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.
MERGING OF THE MINDS: Ahavath Torah Congregation of Stoughton has a newly-named religious school, combining its school with that of Temple Beth Am in Randolph, starting in September, 2012. The new school is named B'Yachad South Area Religious School. B'Yachad meaning “Together," symbolic of the merging and collaboration of the two synagogues' religious schools, staff and curriculum. The religious education merger is a way to save costs and deal with declining enrollment for the two Hebrew Schools. There are no plans at the moment, however, to merge the Stoughton and Randolph congregations. B'Yachad South Area Religious School will offer a two day per week schedule, and caters to preschool age to grade 7. Classes meet on Sundays …
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Daddy's Dairy, which has locations in Stoughton and Randolph, is coming soon to the Easton-Brockton town line.
Daddy's Dairy, which has locations in Stoughton and Randolph, is expanding once again. Daddy's third location will be on the Easton-Brockton town line in the Owen O'Leary's Plaza on Belmont Street in Brockton. Owners Traci Segal and John Minihan are aiming to open there at the end of July or early August. "We have a lot of Easton customers in Stoughton alone," Segal said. "It’s a good location, so we’re excited. We usually go to Back Bay Bagel over there and we saw a couple of spots open. It’s pretty late in the season for us to get open. We’re usually open by March. But, because of the timing of the space, with Stonehill kids going back to school we figured it would be OK." Segal and Minihan's Stoughton location celebrated its second …
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Four teens, three from Brockton and one from Stoughton, are charged in the shooting death of a 21-year-old from Randolph this past Saturday.
A 19-year-old Stoughton teen is one of four who have been arrested for the murder of a 21-year-old Randolph man on Saturday night. Three Brockton teens and Allison Deshowitz, 19, of Stoughton were arraigned in Quincy District Court on Monday. All four pled not guilty, but are being held without bail until a December 27 hearing, according to FOX 25-TV. The Boston Globe reports that 17-year-old Nathan Lugo of Brockton allegedly shot Kyle McManus of Randolph in the face Saturday night, outside of McManus’ parent’s home on Wales Ave. in Randolph. Brian Moulton, 18, and Devante Thames, 18, both from Brockton, and Deshowitz, are all charged with “murder as part of a joint venture,” the Globe reports. The shooting took place during an alleged …
Friday, August 19, 2011
Roy Limbaugh was arrested on the Stoughton/Randolph line Friday morning after allegedly stabbing a Danvers Police Officer in Danvers.
Stoughton Police Officer John Lydstone was on his way to a traffic detail on Central Street by Harrison Boulevard, but instead ended up assisting in the arrest of a Danvers man who made headlines Friday morning for being accused of stabbing a Danvers police officer and fleeing the scene. Roy Limbaugh, 58, of Danvers, was arrested Friday at 7:04 a.m. by Massachusetts State Police on Kay Way in Stoughton, on the Stoughton/Randolph line. Lydstone arrived on scene at the same time as the State Police and assisted in the arrest, according to Executive Officer Robert Devine of the Stoughton Police Department. Danvers Police Sergeant Bob Bettencourt told Danvers Patch the incident happened at about 5:30 a.m. on Friday. Danvers Patrol Officer …
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
The chase originated in Randolph, but after a short distance, ended on Willow St. in Stoughton. The driver of the vehicle is still at large. Traffic on Route 24 North was tied up Tuesday morning as police set up a perimeter on the highway.
A vehicle that failed to stop on West St. in Randolph on Tuesday led police on a short car chase that ended in Stoughton and tied up morning traffic on Route 24 Northbound. According to Stoughton and Randolph Police, whose departments both responded to the scene, a car failed to stop on West St. at 4:30 a.m., roughly behind the Randolph Showcase Cinemas, and led Randolph police on a short car chase which ended when the car crashed at the dead end of Willow St. in Stoughton. The suspect, a male wearing a brown jacket, jumped out of the car and took off on foot, into the woods, according to Randolph Police Lt. Robert Emerson. He said the suspect was still at large. Emerson said the car was stolen out of Dorchester. Police set up a perimeter …
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11:13 am on Tuesday, February 19, 2013
I think this will be a huge loss for Stoughton if they leave the Town altogether. I suspected it would go this way when they passed on the purchase of the available lot across from the Ahavath Torah Congregation that could have met their parking demands. Nothing good about this for the Town. more ›