Wednesday, April 17, 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.
BLOOD DRIVE FOR ANNE! There will be an Anne Havlin Memorial Blood and Food Drive to benefit the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and St. Anthony’s Free Market Food Pantry in Stoughton. The event will be held Saturday, April 20 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Immaculate Conception Church Parish, 122 Canton St., Stoughton. The following event has been postponed. Please click here for more details. Anne was the Director of the St. Anthony’s Free Market, a food pantry located inside the religious education department of Immaculate Conception Church. She passed away in November of 2012 after waging a three year battle against cancer, always wearing a smile, and the face of courage. To donate blood, due to the high …
Friday, April 12, 2013
On Saturday, April 20, join friends and family at the Portuguese National Club for a night of music, dancing, dinner, laughs and fun to raise money for Stoughton's two food pantries.
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Friday, April 12
The following is a press release from the "Doin' It For Diane" Committee: The 8th Annual “Doin’ It For Diane” Fundraiser for The Stoughton Food Pantries, is happening Saturday, April 20th, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. at the Portuguese National Club in Stoughton. This fun evening in Stoughton includes light fare appetizers and dessert served, a cash bar, live entertainment by DJ Chris and the Echoes, raffles, and a live and silent auction, emceed by Stoughton’s own Mark Snyder. Tickets are just $20 pre-sale, or $25 at the door. Named in memory of Diane Murray who was very well known and lived in Stoughton, the Doin' It For Diane Committee was created to honor Diane’s favorite charity. 100% of the proceeds go to the Food Pantries of Stoughton: the …
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
The Stoughton Chamber of Commerce held its annual meeting and awards ceremony Jan. 7 at the New England Sinai Hospital. The award recipients all play important roles in helping the food pantries in town.
Giving back to the food pantries has been a focus of the Stoughton Chamber of Commerce and its member businesses be it through donations, helping to deliver food to the pantries, playing a key role in the annual Doin' It For Diane food pantry fundraiser, providing new shelving for the St. Anthony's Food Pantry, or even painting the exterior of the Ilse Marks Food Pantry. So, it is rather fitting that at the chamber's annual meeting, held at the New England Sinai Hospital's Brenner Conference Room Jan. 7, the group honored a number of individuals or businesses who have made a difference in the community, in part because of their work with the food pantries - Anne Havlin, Mark Snyder, Christine Gallagher, Jill O'Keefe, and Stop & Shop. Anne…
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
The Stoughton Chamber of Commerce helped transport donations from member businesses and the Stoughton High community and stock the shelves at Stoughton's food pantries.
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012
The following is a press release from the Stoughton Chamber of Commerce: Last Monday, Terry Schneider, Executive Director of the Stoughton Chamber of Commerce, received an e-mail from Patricia Small, nursing director of the the Stoughton Public Schools, that the annual collection of food from the high school students and staff, for the Ilse Marks Food Pantry & St. Anthony's Free Market, had been completed. Pat asked Schneider if the Chamber could come to their aid in moving the food from the nurses office to the pantries. Knowing how much food was donated last year, Schneider and his Chamber Elves arrived with a pickup truck and an SUV and even that wasn't enough room, they had to use Schneider's car as well to transport the food. The …
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Five Things You Need to Know Today: Board of Selectmen Meeting; Firefighters Sending Care Packages to Stoughton Residents in the Military; 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. Board of Selectmen Meeting The Stoughton Board of Selectmen will meet Tuesday, Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. at the Town Hall (third floor, Great Hall). The meeting begins in executive session (closed to the public), before reconvening in open session. A full agenda is posted here: bos 12-4-12 agenda.pdf 2. Firefighters Sending Care Packages to Stoughton Residents in the Military Stoughton Firefighters Jim Rush and Jim Brackett, co-chairs of the Harry Landman Committee, are sending a Christmas care package to any Stoughton resident in the military who is currently away from home. The servicemembers are sent a package …
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
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 …
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Five Things You Need to Know Today: Stoughton Farmers Market Survey; Nutrition On A Budget; Wrestling Team Fundraiser; And More...
"Five Things you Need to Know Today" is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance. 1. Stoughton Farmers Market Survey After running a successful preview event in October at Trackside Plaza, the Stoughton Farmers Market Committee has put together a survey to get some user feedback as it prepares to organize weekly markets Saturday mornings from June to October. Click here to take the short survey (11 questions). To learn more about the Stoughton Farmers Market, check out its website (http://www.stoughtonfarmersmarket.org/) and check out its Facebook page (facebook.com/stoughtonfarmersmarket). 2. Stoughton Parent Engagement Center Presents: Nutrition On A Budget The Stoughton Public Schools Parent …
Wednesday, November 7, 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.
STOUGHTON MOURNS ANNE HAVLIN: Stoughton lost one of its most dynamic citizens Monday night, November 5, with the death of Anne Havlin. Anne was the Director of the St. Anthony’s Free Market, a food pantry located inside the religious education department of Immaculate Conception Church. She had waged a three year battle against cancer, always wearing a smile, and the face of courage. Her husband Tom told me that, “It ended the way she wanted it. She was surrounded by her children.” Tom also shared how important that Christmas was to Anne. She had already wrapped all of this year’s gifts for her husband, her four daughters, and her five grandchildren. He told me that Hospice had told him last Friday that the time was short, and if they …
Monday, October 22, 2012
Five Things You Need to Know Today: Male Breast Cancer Awareness Week in Massachusetts; Homework Center at the Library; Senator Joyce Holding Office Hours; and more...
"Five Things you Need to Know Today" is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance. 1. Male Breast Cancer Awareness Week in Massachusetts October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, but Stoughton State Representative Louis L. Kafka recently sponspored a bill, which was passed and signed by Governor Deval Patrick, that designated a week in October for Male Breast Cancer Awareness. According to a press release from Rep. Kafka's office, the American Cancer Society reports approximately 2,190 cases of breast cancer in men will be diagnosed in 2012, and 410 men will die from it. “A lot of people who I’ve been talking to about this bill were unaware that men were even at risk for this type of cancer. But it’…
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Five Things You Need to Know Today: Stoughton High School Honor Roll; Marijuana - What Every Parent Should Know; Thursday is Food Pantry Day in Stoughton; and more...
"Five Things you Need to Know Today" is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance. 1. Stoughton High School Honor Roll The 2012 Term 4 Stoughton High Honor Roll has been released and is posted here and in the media gallery of this article. Students who were in grades 9-12 last spring were recognized for their academic achievements. Highest Honors is all A’s in all subjects and Honors is all A’s and B’s in all subjects. Click here to see the Stoughton High Honor Roll - Term 4 (2012) 2. Marijuana: What Every Parent Should Know On Wednesday, Oct. 17, OASIS (Organizing Against Substances In Stoughton) collaborated with the Stoughton Public Schools Parent Engagement Coordinators to provide a marijuana …
Jeffrey Pickette
4:56 pm on Friday, April 19, 2013
The following note is from the Havlin family: Due to the current lockdown situation in Boston, the Kraft Family Blood Center has had to cancel tomorrows blood drive. They are physically unable to retrieve the blood mobile and all staff is on needed for current situation. We will notify everyone of a new date once we get one. Please share this with friends, as we don't want anyone to show up … more ›