🌱 Patch AM: Key medical experts cleared to testify in ex-Stoughton officer’s murder trial.

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

In today's newsletter:

• Key medical experts cleared to testify in ex-Stoughton officer's murder trial.
• Doctors' strangulation testimony cleared for ex-Stoughton detective's upcoming murder trial.

Also on today's calendar: Art In The Park Sharon 2026 and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call cows dancing in the dark 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Cooler with clouds and sun, with a high of 65 and low of 44 degrees.
• Sunday: Cloudy and cool; p.m. rain, temps: high: 64, low: 54.
• Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 67 and low of 47 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Judge rules doctors who say Sandra Birchmore was strangled can testify at Matthew Farwell's trial (bostonglobe.com) — Federal prosecutors say former Stoughton police officer Matthew Farwell strangled Sandra Birchmore to stop her from exposing years of alleged grooming and sexual exploitation that began in a Stoughton police youth program. A judge has ruled that two prominent medical experts who believe Birchmore was strangled, not a suicide, can testify when Farwell's closely watched trial begins in Boston on October 5.
   

• Where the sausage is made (bostonglobe.com) — An upcoming federal trial will center on former Stoughton police detective Matthew Farwell, who is accused of killing 23-year-old Sandra Birchmore, a pregnant woman he once knew through a Stoughton police youth program. A judge has allowed medical experts who believe she was strangled to testify, setting the stage for closely watched proceedings with deep ties to the town's police department.
   

📸 Around Stoughton

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Stoughton

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 19
• Art In The Park Sharon 2026 →
  First Congregational Church, 29 N Main St, Sharon
  11:00 am

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Other local events

Tuesday September 22
• Stoughton School Committee Sub Committee Meeting 09.22.2026 (PDF) →
  Stoughton, MA Calendar, 31 Pierce Street, Stoughton
  5:30 pm
Thursday September 24
• Dine and Donate Day for APCSM →
  The Chateau Restaurant, 1165 Park Street, Stoughton
  11:30 am
Tuesday September 29
• Stoughton Dawe Elementary School Council Meeting 09.29.2026 (PDF) →
  Stoughton, MA Calendar Stoughton, MA 02072
  3:00 pm
Saturday October 3
• Stoughton 300th Day →
  Stoughton High School Athletic Complex, 232 Pearl Street, Stoughton
  4:00 pm
Friday October 9
• Business Supports the Arts by the Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut →
  The Amber Room Colonnade, 1 Stacey Rd, Danbury
  9:00 am
Friday October 16
• Bell Bottom @ J&G Hillside Grill, Stoughton →
  J&G Hillside Grill, 1137 Park Street, Stoughton
  8:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday September 19
• Compost Site Open →
  Avon MA
  9:00 am
• Kid Fall Puzzles
  Children's Area Avon Public Library, 280 West Main Street, Avon
  10:30 am
• Come and Meet Mirabel →
  Story Room - Main Branch - Children's Room, 304 Main St, Brockton
  2:00 pm
• Whitman-Hanson Regional at Randolph →
  Randolph, 70 Memorial Parkway, Randolph
  5:30 pm
• Concert: Atwater Donnelly Trio →
  Not Just Another Coffeehouse, 4 North Main St., Sharon
  7:00 pm
Sunday September 20
• Run For The Blue 5K Run & Walk Suicide Prevention →
  D W Field East Parkway, Brockton

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• A Craft Fair with a Cause —Diane Parazin Read on Patch

• Molly Maid posted a job opening for House Cleaner in Stoughton. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Canton

• Canton breaks ground on new $241M middle school (boston25news.com)

Sharon

• Request from the Archives Committee (sharonnh.gov)
• High school roundup/scores: Caitlin O'Neil nets four goals in Hanover rout (bostonherald.com)

Randolph

• About the Randolph Ave. (Rt. 28)/Chickatawbut intersection improvement project (mass.gov)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Night Moo-s (Thank you John S. for sending it in!)
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