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 …
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Five Things You Need to Know Today: Mosquito Advisory and Heat Advisory Issued for Stoughton Area; 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. Mosquito Advisory The Stoughton Board of Health posted the following release on the town's website on Monday in regards to the recent dectection of EEE in neighboring Easton: "The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has announced the Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) has been detected in mosquitoes in the Town of Easton. The Stoughton Board of Health advises individuals in the Town of Stoughton to take precautionary measures to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes. EEE is a rare but serious illness spread by the bite of an infected mosquito. Precautionary information can be obtained by dialing the following BOH …
Thursday, January 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.
NOW, THAT'S A SPICY MEATBALL! Make sure you save the date for one of the biggest events in Town! March 10, 2012, from 7-9:30 p.m. at the VFW Hall, the Stoughton Chamber of Commerce will Roast one of Stoughton's most popular characters. Mike Sammarco, best known for his meatballs at the Sons of Italy Hall, and his decades of service to the youth of Stoughton through Babe Ruth baseball, will be put through the ringer for charity! A portion of the proceeds will benefit Stoughton Babe Ruth Baseball and the Chamber's charitable activities. Guest Roasting Panel includes: Town Manager Francis T. Crimmins, Jr.; AT&T/Cellco CEO Rick Kaplan; Realtor Fred Yaitanes; DPW Superintendent John Batchelder; Stoughton Community Events Chair Joe Mokrisky…
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
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.
TONIGHT AT TOWN HALL: There’s a trio of meetings tonight in the historic Town Hall, located in Stoughton Center at 10 Pearl Street. The fun starts at 6:30 p.m. with a meeting of the Board of Assessors, in the Assessor’s Office on the first floor. The Assessors are scheduled to prepare for the Property Tax Classification Hearing (at 8:30 tonight at the Selectmen’s meeting. Assessor Joseph Gibbons, and B.O.A. Chairman Stan Zoll will make the presentation.) The Assessors will be updated on the Reebok Appellate Tax Board case and the Hansen Property Classification cases. They’ll approve or deny personal exemption applications, as well as sign off on personal property abatements and betterments. The Assessors will also be updated on …
Bruce Promisel
2:22 pm on Wednesday, September 21, 2011
I do return the bottles and cans to redemption centers. But I would be just as happy not paying the extra money and seeing better and more effective recycling programs. And as far as paying DPW workers to pick up trash, we are wasting another resource that costs us millions in tax dollars by not using people who inhabit our jails to do this. At least they would be earning their keep and providing… more ›