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Hello Stoughton! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Stoughton honors retiring police sergeant after three decades of service
  • New four-way stop coming to Pleasant and Lincoln Streets
  • What Stoughton High's new no-rank policy means for your student

Also on today's calendar: Business Supports the Arts by the Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Turning sunny; cooler, with a high of 68 and low of 45 degrees.
  • Sunday: Rather cloudy, temps: high: 66, low: 54.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny, breezy and nice, with a high of 73 and low of 40 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Stoughton Police Sergeant Retires After 30 Years Of Service (patch.com) — Stoughton residents are marking the retirement of Sgt. Paul Williams, a hometown native who served the town's police department for 30 years and earned the Medal of Valor. Known for mentoring younger officers and strengthening community relationships, he also made local history in 2024 by supervising a shift alongside his son, Sgt. Cameron Williams, the department's first father-son supervisory team.
   

2. 4-Way Stop Coming To Stoughton Intersection (patch.com) — Drivers in Stoughton should prepare for a new four-way stop at Pleasant and Lincoln Streets, where work will take about two weeks and wrap up by Oct. 19. The town is adding flashing stop signs, warning signs, fresh pavement markings, and a raised island after a regional study flagged the intersection as a high-crash location.
   

3. Stoughton High School Ends Class Rank Reporting to Reduce Student Stress, Competition (wror.com) — Stoughton High School will no longer report exact numerical class rank on transcripts, a change meant to ease student stress and competition while still listing GPA and course rigor. The school will continue naming a valedictorian, salutatorian, and top 10 students, and anyone needing relative standing can request it from their counselor, aligning Stoughton with several other Massachusetts districts.
   

4. Massachusetts Firefighters Rescue Kitten From Stoughton Dumpster (wbsm.com) — Stoughton firefighters at Station 2 turned a routine trash run into a small but heartwarming rescue when they discovered a tiny kitten inside a bag in their station dumpster. The kitten, now named Meeko, has been adopted by a Rochester farm family and even visits the EMT training center where one firefighter works, giving this close-to-home story a happy ending.
   

5. Matthew Farwell's defense drops data bombshell in final hearing before ex-cop's murder trial (bostonherald.com) — A former Stoughton police officer is heading to trial in federal court, with his defense revealing that State Police lost key raw data from the victim's laptop just days before his arrest. The case centers on the death of a woman he met through the Stoughton Police Explorers youth program, with prosecutors alleging years of grooming and a staged suicide, while the defense insists she took her own life.
   

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  • Did You Know That Certain Changes Can Affect SSI Payments? —Delia De Mello Read on Patch
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Ok Stoughton! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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