🌱 Patch AM: Large Lottery Ticket Sold At Stoughton Store

Morning Stoughton! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Three winning lottery tickets sold at Stoughton shops this week
• Stoughton reworks bus routes so 45 students keep their rides
• Police seek public's help after repeated thefts at Stoughton TJ Maxx

Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Rain at times, with a high of 72 and low of 63 degrees.
• Saturday: Showers, some heavy; humid, temps: high: 72, low: 65.
• Sunday: Heavy morning rain, with a high of 80 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Large Lottery Ticket Sold At Stoughton Store (patch.com) — Stoughton residents have extra reason to celebrate after a $100,000 Mass Cash ticket was sold at J & I Variety on Washington Street, one of three recent winning tickets bought in town. Smaller prizes of $900 and $1,000 were also won from tickets purchased at Stoughton Town Spa and New Store On The Block, highlighting a lucky streak for local players and retailers.
   

• Stoughton Schools Finds Bus Seats For 45 Students After Capacity Issue (patch.com) — Families in Stoughton can breathe easier after the school district reworked bus routes to secure seats for all 45 secondary students initially left without transportation for 2026-27. Stoughton Public Schools will now review its transportation application and routing processes, inviting family feedback to prevent similar capacity problems and improve how bus resources are allocated.
   

• Stoughton Police Seek 2 People In Connection With TJ Maxx Theft (patch.com) — Stoughton police are asking residents to help identify two people suspected in a series of larcenies at the TJ Maxx on Park Street, following earlier theft reports at the same store and at Target. Investigators released photos and are urging anyone who recognizes the individuals to contact the department by phone or Facebook to assist the ongoing case.
   

📸 Around Stoughton

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Stoughton

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Saturday August 22
• Family Storytime at Halloran Park
  Stoughton Public Library Halloran Park
  10:00 am
Monday August 24
• ESOL Conversation Group - Julie
  Stoughton Public Library Conference Room
  10:00 am
• Stoughton 300th Anniversary Committee Meeting 08.24.2026 (PDF) →
  Stoughton, MA Calendar, 10 Pearl Street, 3rd Floor, Stoughton
  7:00 pm
Tuesday August 25
• Gibbons School Kindergarten Stay & Play
  Joseph H Gibbons Joseph H. Gibbons Elementary School, 235 Morton St, Stoughton
  9:30 am
• Gibbons School New Student Tour
  Joseph H Gibbons Joseph H. Gibbons Elementary School, 235 Morton St, Stoughton
  1:00 pm
• ESOL Conversation Group - Art
  Stoughton Public Library Conference Room
  6:30 pm
Wednesday August 26
• ESOL Conversation Group - Mollie
  Stoughton Public Library Conference Room
  10:00 am
• Drop in Chess for ages 5-12 and their Caregivers
  Stoughton Public Library Children's Area
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday August 21
• My First Storytime
  Canton Public Library Art & Activities Room , 786 Washington
  10:30 am
• Messy Munchkins Surprise Craft!
  Turner Free Library 2 North Main Street, Randolph, MA, 02368, US
  10:30 am
• Tween/Teen Pokemon Club
  Sharon Public Library Maker Space
  2:00 pm
Saturday August 22
• 2026 Summer Reading Event - Plant a Seed, Read!
  Brockton Public Library Children's Room - Main Branch - 304 Main St Brockton MA 02301

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🗞 Nearby News

Canton

• Canton bakery makes fluffy Middle Eastern-style pocket pita (wcvb.com)
• Two Seriously Injured in I-95 Crash in Canton, Massachusetts – [your]NEWS (yournews.com)

Sharon

• Mandylicious and Hulda's Swedish Baked Goods reinvent traditional breads (wcvb.com)
• USS Lincoln (lakevillejournal.com)

Randolph

• Randolph Affordable Housing Trust Fund (randolph-ma.gov)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A sponge (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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