About Town with Mark Snyder

ABOUT TOWN: Candy Land Coming to Stoughton (And Beat Those Winter Blues)

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.

PURIM IN CANDY LAND: Ginger bread or licorice, maybe jelly beans or chocolate truffles, mixed with Hamatashen and Purim decorations! Shaloh House Chabad of the South Area, located right here in Stoughton at 50 Ethyl Way, will host its annual Purim Diner using the theme of Candy Land. “It will surely make the party sweet and colorful, and excite many children as well,” Rabbi Mendel Gurkow, Director of Shaloh House Chabad, writes About Town. Purim is the most joyous Jewish holiday of the year.  Children and adults dress up in costumes, exchange gifts of food, and celebrate.  Jews commemorate the story of Queen Esther; her heroism in saving her Jewish nation from the evil plots of Haman of the Persian Empire in the year 423 BCE.    While …

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Stoughton's Strategis Helping Blue Hills Brewery Launch Single Malt Series

The Stoughton company is helping promote Canton's new brew.

The following is a press release from Strategis: Craving a golden ale? Canton's Blue Hills Brewery launched its latest brew and the Stoughton-based Strategis is helping to spread the word.  Strategis is working with Blue Hills Brewery, a microbrewery in Canton that specializes in craft beers, to launch a series of new offerings called the Single Malt Series, according to George Irish, founder and president of Strategis. The independent strategic marketing and communications agency won the account in 2010. Blue Hills Brewery will be releasing a unique style of beer every few months under the name Single Malt Series. Each new version will be brewed with one single type of malt and one single hop variety. BHB’s initial brew was an American …

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