Stoughton

Not banned in Boston - or Stoughton

adamg — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 08:36:05 -0500

Solomonia reports that Geert Wilders, the Dutch lawmaker banned from Britain for criticizing "the creeping tyranny of Islamization," will speak at a Stoughton temple on Feb. 25.

Local Jewish center to become Christian association

Ron Newman — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:24:27 -0500

The Striar Jewish Community Center in Stoughton is becoming a branch of the Old Colony YMCA.

Fringe Bridge

Dave — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:10:34 -0400

Did anyone else catch the new show "Fringe" on Fox the other night?

It's set in the Boston area.

Last night they used some whiz-bang new technology to see the last thing that a murder victim saw before she died.

The technician recognized the image as a bridge, a particular bridge that was familar to her because she "used to live in Dighton" (pronounced 'ditton') "It's in Stoughton, in the warehouse district"...

Behold, the "Sargent Bridge In Stoughton" :

Maybe it's near Town Spa.

Train accident shuts down Providence line

oddjob60 — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:51:14 -0400

Sitting on the 5:40 at South Station, they just announced that there was a collision at Canton Junction between a commuter rail train and a freight train. They're holding us at South Station until further notice.

Train 917 hit when a CSX boxcar rolled off sidetrack onto main line.

BNSFGP38 posts from the scene:

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Most unpatriotic town in America or a case of a cranky union?

adamg — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:13:26 -0500

Channel 4: Stoughton Firefighters Rally In 'Unpatriotic Town'.

Letter from Selectmen Chairman Richard Levine to IAFF, Local 1512.

Another local movie theatre closes

Ron Newman — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:18:31 -0500

Some time in the past few weeks, the Stoughton Cinema Pub quietly closed its doors. It was one of the Boston area's few remaining single-screen movie theatres, as well as one of the few remaining independent cinemas. Stoughton now joins the growing list of Boston-area suburbs that no longer have any movie theatres at all.

The only media coverage I've found is this Snyder's Stoughton column in the online Stoughton Journal. from October 4:

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Danes out of Stoughton!

adamg — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 10:23:35 -0500

As Jay Fitzgerald puts it: You can't make this stuff up.

The Globe reports that the Stoughton No Place for Hate Committee is upset that the town administrator briefly flew a Danish flag outside Town Hall in support of Denmark. The group

plans to discuss the episode at its meeting tonight because of fears that residents might be hurt or insulted.

Hmm. As we know, the Israeli flag offends many Moslems. Perhaps the Stoughton No Place for Hate Committee should be asking all the temples in town to stop flying it. What? That's absurd? Oh, right.