Region Roundup: Easton Resident Taken in Draft, Veterans District Deteriorates, Bomb Scare at Sturdy [And More..]

Easton’s Brennan Williams Taken in Third Round of NFL Draft

Brennan Williams was selected by the Houston Texans in the third round of the National Football League Draft Friday night. Williams was the 89th player selected overall.

An offensive tackle from the University of North Carolina. Williams was projected to be taken some time between the second and fourth round of this year's draft.

Williams' roots are right here in the Shovel Town.

The 6-6 315 pound lineman is a native of Easton and a graduate of Catholic Memorial High School. His father, Brent, played 11 years in the NFL as a defensive lineman, including a stint with the New England Patriots. Williams' brother, also a graduate of CM, plays linebacker at Ohio State and his sister, Jaylen is committed to play basketball at Penn State when she graduates from Archbishop Williams in 2015.

After the announcements that Mansfield and Easton are dropping out of the Crossroads Veterans District, Norton is taking a long hard look at their options concerning veterans services.

While in the district Norton did not have a full-time veterans agent. The town was trying to rectify this when Mansfield and Easton announced they were dropping out.

“We were short a person and we were getting ready to hire someone else,” said selectmen chair Timothy Giblin.

Toy Car at Sturdy Leads to Bomb Scare

A reported "suspicious" package found Wednesday morning in the parking lot at the main entrance of Sturdy Memorial Hospital in Attleboro turned out to be a toy car, Attleboro Police Chief Kyle Heagney said.

Hospital security contacted police about the item at about 9:15 a.m. Firefighters and the state police bomb squad were sent to the scene. Streets around the hospital were closed. The main entrance and nearby streets were reopened at about 10 a.m.

Stoughton Woman Selling 'Boston Strong' Jewelry to Help Raise Money for One Fund Boston

After hearing about the Boston Marathon terrorist attacks last month Stoughton native Jessica Ashley Benson, owner of J Ashley Jewelry, knew she wanted to help out in some way.

Benson, who graduated from Stoughton High School in 2008, attended the North Bennett Street School in Boston and studied jewelry making and repair before starting her own company selling handcrafted jewelry.

“I decided that I wanted to do something proactive after the events occurred. It was a horrible tragedy and I knew that One Fund Boston was set up. So I’ve been doing this personalized jewelry for six months and I thought what better way than to wear your pride,” Benson said.

Benson began making hand stamped pendant necklaces that say 'Boston Strong' made of sterling silver and selling them on her website. The necklaces start out at $28 with $5 of the proceeds of each sale going to One Fund Boston.