Community Corner
ABOUT TOWN: New Restaurants on Washington Street? Olympic Gold Comes to Stoughton (And More...)
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.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY: to Barbara Winkler Greenfield, an Assistant Operations Manager at Merrill Lynch. She is married to Paul Greenfield, and resided in Stoughton. Happy Birthday to Karen Finer, founder of Handcrafted Jewelry by Karen, and possibly best known as the mom of Ben Finer, a brave young man who has battled cancer a good portion of his life, and has been featured on WEEI and NECN, as well as Snyder's Stoughton TV Show. He's truly an amazing kid. Salute to his mom Karen, dad Ron, sister Sara and brother Ed.
NEW RESTAURANTS? The Board of Health takes up two restaurant applications tonight, starting at 6:30 p.m. at , on the first floor in the Fitzpatrick Room.
First, there's an application, and a presentation, from Pacific Ocean, Inc., which plans on opening Su Su Japanese Restaurant at the site of the Basil Leaf Cafe. Basil Leaf, which got a poor review from Snyder's Stoughton website when it opened, specializes in Vietnamese food.
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Su Su will feature Japanese cuisine, with particular attention to Sushi, a popular dish. Currently, fresh sushi is available at nearby Mr. Chef's at 490 Washington Street, as well as Takara Japanese Restaurant in Canton Center.
A second hearing is scheduled for Charl's Restaurant, proposed by owner Bernadin Adley Wakin. The proposed restaurant wants to locate to 809 Washington Street, the former site of O'Donoghue's Pub. They are looking for an all-alcohol license, as well.
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The thought of the re-opening sometime in the future could be the thought process behind opening this place in downtown Stoughton.
OLYMPIC GOLD COMES TO STOUGHTON: Brad Lindelof of Stoughton won the Gold Medal at the Special Olympics Summer Games 2011 at Harvard University at the Brighton Blogett Pool at Harvard Stadium for the 100-meter Freestyle Race last weekend. About Town sends congratulations to this skilled athlete.
STOUGHTON RESIDENT HONORED AT FENWAY PARK: Richard Smitley of Stoughton is a cancer survivor and a Pan-Massachusetts Challenge cyclist. He was honored by the Boston Red Sox on Saturday, June 19, during PMC Day at Fenway Park. Smitley was among the 32 cancer survivors who rode his bike around the warning track in a pre-game ceremony during which the PMC’s 32nd anniversary logo was unveiled on the Green Monster.
Aug. 7-8, together with 5,000 cyclists, Smitley will ride up to 190 miles across Massachusetts in the Pan-Massachusetts Challenge to raise money for cancer research and treatment at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute through its Jimmy Fund.
Many Stoughton residents do this grueling charity event. If you would like to ride, or to donate, go to http://www.pmc.org/. If you are riding, send us your name and photo after the ride, and we'll publish it.
SYMPATHIES FOR STEPHANIE: Our Heartfelt sympathies go out to Stephanie Carrara of the Stoughton Town Clerk's office on the sudden passing of her father, Bob Gatturna.
The funeral will be held at the , 358 Park St. (Rt.27) Stoughton on Thursday, June 23 at 9 a.m., followed by a Funeral Mass at in Stoughton at 10 a.m.. Visiting Hours are Wednesday from 4-8 p.m. Burial will take place at Evergreen Cemetery in Stoughton. Donations in Robert’s name may be made to The Magical Moon Foundation, PO Box 83, Marshfield Hills, MA 02051 or www.magicalmoon.org.
