Mary Ellen Gambon
Throughout her life, Randolph High School’s boys junior varsity basketball coach Brittany Wilson felt she had something to prove. Now she is one step closer to dunking her critics as she leads the Blue Devils into the semifinals of the South Shore League junior varsity boys tournament on her home court on Feb. 11.
The Hyde Park native moved to Randolph at age eight to escape the peer pressure of city living. Although she just turned 27, her playful personality and youthful appearance help her relate to her team, she said.
“Everybody says I look like a baby,” she joked. “Some of the kids think I’m 15. I try to keep up with the hip lingo, but sooner or later my age starts grabbing on me.”
Mary Ellen Gambon
Stoughton’s first responders received a shot in the arm as well as a morale boost as the first COVID-19 vaccines were administered at the police station beginning on Jan. 11, according to Town Manager Robin Grimm.
“I want to thank the two chiefs – Chief Laracy and Chief McNamara – for setting up schedules for this,” she said, complimenting the fire and police heads, respectively. “This wasn’t as easy as it sounds because we knew there would be the potential for some mild side effects.”
Grimm was able to partner with Sharon in order for both towns to have enough participants to receive the coronavirus vaccine.
Mary Ellen Gambon
walpole@wickedlocal.com
WALPOLE Town Administrator Jim Johnson gave the Walpole Select Board “a 30,000-foot view” to the proposed town budget, which it approved by a 4-0 vote at its Jan. 12 virtual meeting.
The Walpole Public Schools
The WPS budget is at $48,605,520, which is currently about $221,000 short to keep level services. After meeting with Superintendent Bridget Gough, Ed. D., in December, he learned of the need for a 4.2 percent increase over last year’s budget.
“I think we can work, as the budget becomes clearer over the next few months, to get closer to that goal,” he said.
Mary Ellen Gambon
walpole@wickedlocal.com
Walpole’s collective holiday wish was fulfilled on Christmas Eve as 13-year-old Greyson Beauregard returned home from the hospital after sustaining an injury that paralyzed him this fall.
The youth and his family were greeted in front of their home by a caravan of more than 50 cars of well-wishers, according to friend Mark McGrew. His son, Evan, is Beauregard’s best friend and is affectionately called “G.”
Ever since learning of Beauregard’s situation, family friends have come together to create a several fundraising efforts to help the family cope with the daunting task of remodeling their home and facing their new challenges.
STOUGHTON A pair of a special breed of pit bulls in Stoughton that attacked another dog on their property so viciously in October that it had to be put down was determined not to be a danger to residents by a unanimous decision at a Tuesday Stoughton Select Board meeting.
However, that ruling was going to be contingent on them being housed in their kennel while on the premises. Select board member Bob O’Regan discovered that, when the structure had been built last year, the contractor never filed permits, making it illegal. This was after the determination was made that the canines would not be a threat after their owner made modifications to the fence and kennel to keep them secured within the property.