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We visited Stoughton over the summer and it seemed quite pleasant. We wonder if something changed since July. Stoughton's police chief now has $67,500 burning a hole in his pocket and he wants to buy 45 stun guns with that cash. Sounds like a lot of 50,000-volt stun guns. Stoughton's town meeting has the final say in May. The Patriot Ledger says 61 local departments purchased the "less lethal" weapons since 2004 when Beacon Hill allowed Bay State cops to carry them. [Patriot Ledger] more ›

  • Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray still exists and said Wednesday that Senator Scott Brown is "flat-out wrong" when claimed the federal stimulus package failed to create new jobs in Massachusetts. [WCVB]
  • 2010 Winter Olympics gold medalist Hannah Kearney is a Sox fan and a mogul skier. She'll throw out the first pitch at a Sox/Yanks game at Fenway in April. [Boston Globe]
  • Efforts to close a $3.6 million budget gap could lead to closing up to 10 Boston Public Library neighborhood libraries branches. [Boston Globe]
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