Roundup: Stoughton Man Sent to Prison for 2010 Murder; Town Meeting Nears Finish Line

Blanchard Sentenced to Life in Prison for 2010 Murder of Stoughton Man

Michael W. Blanchard, 24, of Stoughton will potentially be spending the rest of his life in prison after being found guilty of murdering another Stoughton man back in 2010.

Blanchard shot and killed 21-year-old Stephen Erving in the early morning hours of March 16, 2010.

He fired several rounds from a 9 mm pistol through Erving’s first-floor bedroom window on Lincoln Street in Stoughton, killing Erving, according to the DA's office. 

This past Wednesday, Blanchard was sentenced to life in prison on the second degree murder charge, with a concurrent sentence of 2.5 years to 2.5 years-and-one-day in state prison for his conviction on carrying a firearm without a license in this attack.

Read more by clicking on the following links:

Stoughton Man Found Guilty of 2010 Lincoln Street Murder

Blanchard Sentenced to Life in Prison for 2010 Murder of Stoughton Man

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Town Meeting Nears Finish Line

Town Meeting sessions 5 and 6, held Monday, June 17 and Wednesday, June 19, respectively, were the most productive in terms of the number of articles passed.  

Click on the following links to see what was approved at each session:

Town Meeting resumes with session #7 on Monday, June 24, and with less than 20 articles to go, this could be the final night of the 2013 Annual Town Meeting.

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