Government · Select Board
Stoughton Select Board Unanimously Backs York Street Senior Housing Development
Stoughton Select Board endorses Berkeley Investments housing plan for former Sinai Hospital site and approves $10.3 million bond note.
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This Week in Stoughton: Jun 15 - Jun 21
3 stories from Stoughton News this week.
Obituaries
Obituary notices, week of June 15, 2026 through June 21, 2026
Three Stoughton-resident obituaries were published for the week of June 15–21, 2026: McNamara, Carmen M. (84), who died June 18; Rideout, Marie (Diecidue) (80), who died June 19; and Huggins, Barbara (94), who died June 21. No notable public professional or civic details were available …
Sports
Stoughton Youth Soccer League seeks community support for long-planned Kolz Field drainage project.
The Stoughton Youth Soccer League (SYSL) is pursuing a major upgrade to its Kolz Field Complex, citing chronic drainage problems that have repeatedly forced field closures. With a Stoughton Community Preservation Committee grant contingent on a Town Meeting vote, the league is calling o…
Government · Stoughton School Committee
School Committee Approves Teachers Contract, Accepts Donation
Stoughton School Committee approves teachers contract with no dissent. The five-member committee, led by Chair Chris Shannon, unanimously approved the FY27 Stoughton Teachers Association Unit B negotiated contract at Tuesday night's virtual meeting. The committee also accepted a $1,000 Fruition
Schools · School Committee
Stoughton School Committee approves Unit B contract, forwards four SEOC nominees to Select Board
Stoughton School Committee ratifies a three-year Unit B administrator contract and selects four candidates for the town's inaugural Standing Equal Opportunity Committee at its June 16 meeting.
Government · Planning Board
Planning Board orders restoration plan for illegal clearing violation
Stoughton Planning Board approved a landscape company building while tackling illegal clear cutting. The board unanimously approved a 9,745 square foot office and storage building for Exterior Scape Services at 1823 Washington Street, including a digital sign permit. The board found that property
Government · Board of Health
Board of Health approves extensions for two permits
Stoughton Board of Health extended two permit applications to its next meeting without objection. Registered Sanitarian Lawrence Perry reported that the sewer-connection project for Blue Hills Health & Rehab's food permit at 1044 Park Street remained incomplete; the extension would allow completion
Government · Planning Board
Stoughton Planning Board Approves Landscape Company Building, Pursues Tree Fine After Unpermitted Clear-Cutting
Stoughton Planning Board opened a contentious new hearing over the unpermitted clearing of roughly three and a half acres on Turnpike Street while also approving a landscape company's 9,745-square-foot mixed-use office building on Washington Street.
Government · Youth Commission Board
Youth Commission approves April minutes, sets September meeting
Stoughton Youth Commission approved April 2026 minutes and scheduled its next meeting for September 15th. Vice Chair Peter Banis called the meeting to order with David Walsh, Joan Foley, and Rebekah Thomas present; Carl Thompson abstained (4-0-1). Staff transitions loom as Teresa Tapper retires