Stoughton Select Board Approves $1.289 Million Interest-Free MWRA Water Bond

STOUGHTON -- April 28, 2026, Stoughton Select Board unanimously approves $1.289 million interest-free MWRA water bond and grants a new auto dealer license. The board voted 5-0 Tuesday to authorize the 10-year Massachusetts Water Resources Authority loan under MGL Chapter 44, with annual payments beginning May 15, 2027; Town Treasurer-Collector Paula Newt presented the item and Vice Chair Darlene Roberts read the required bond counsel language into the record. The board also granted a Class II dealer license to Kyle Carroll of Black and White Auto LLC at 2 Canton Street, with Member John Carrara successfully moving to strike the word "leasing" from the application, "we have no authority over leasing anyway," Carrara noted, after all six town departments approved the application. Carroll committed on the record that no vehicles will be stored in Stoughton, with overflow inventory held at a secured lot in Foxborough. The board also reappointed Ellen Lash to continue as Stoughton's representative on the Old Colony Elder Services board, on a recommendation from COA Director Janice Bruce, and approved a consent agenda that included a block party application for the June 13 Community Center opening and 300th anniversary celebration on Wyman Street, which Town Manager William Coulter said will feature 27 vendors, a marching band, and a traveling liquor license vendor operating independently of the town.