The Stoughton Select Board tabled a vote on revised financial policies and procedures, sending the issue to its next meeting after a dispute with the Finance Committee and School Committee over school budget timing.
The Stoughton School Committee voted 4-1 to send a $192,106 supplemental funding request to November's Town Meeting, covering unemployment costs from 45 eliminated positions this year.
Stoughton Youth Soccer League is asking the community to get behind a proposed overhaul of the Kolz Field Complex, its home fields, which the league says suffer from poor drainage and frequent closures.
Four obituary notices for Stoughton residents were published this week: Burke, Margaret P., 47; Coelho, Arthur, 68; Connolly, Sheila A. (Murphy), 83; and Lopes, Julius, 94. Burke, who died October 3, was raised and educated in Stoughton and graduated from Stoughton High School with the …
Finance and taxation panel books back-to-back nights to work through its fall agenda. Also in today's brief (7 items): Opening statements begin in Farwell murder trial; School Committee holds policy session before full meeting; Library trustees meet Tuesday evening; Select Board convene…
Stoughton Recreation cancels Tiny Tykes program for the Columbus Day holiday weekend. Also in today's brief (9 items): Tiny Tykes program paused for holiday weekend; School Committee policy subcommittee meets Tuesday; School Committee holds regular meeting Tuesday; Library trustees meet…
The Stoughton Planning Board approved a 22,280-square-foot industrial building on Canton Street and continued a contested sign permit on Washington Street to October 22. Vice Chair Paul DeMusz presided in Chair Daniel Kelly's apparent absence.
Jury selection opened in the federal trial of a former Stoughton police detective accused of killing Sandra Birchmore. Also in today's brief (10 items): Jury selection opens in ex-officer's murder trial; State offers $680 heating oil rebate this winter; Sharon, Stoughton play conference…
One qualifying Stoughton obituary was published this week: Levins, Thomas J., 85, whose arrangements were handled by Farley Funeral Home in Stoughton. The notice available to this column did not include further biographical detail, service information, or memorial-donation instructions …
Stoughton High's new no-rank grading policy is raising questions about how it will affect college applications. From our own coverage: One Stoughton home sale recorded in September. Also in today's brief (7 items): Stoughton High's new no-rank policy draws scrutiny; Stoughton Housing Au…