Week in Review

Week in Review: Remembering Newtown Victims, Dirty Water, Fight with Cops and More

A recap of this week's headlines from Dec. 15-21.

Miss anything in Foxborough this week? Here's your chance to sit back and catch up on some Patch. Below is a recap of this week’s biggest headlines on Foxborough Patch: VIDEO: Krafts to Donate $25K to Newtown; Patriots Remember Victims Patriots President Jonathan Kraft told media Sunday The Kraft Group and his family will be donating $25,000 to those affected by the Newtown tragedy. On Sunday, the Patriots honored the 26 victims of the school shooting with a special moment of silence prior to its game with the San Francisco 49ers at Gillette Stadium. Read more by clicking here. *** Foxborough DPW Director: Brown Water is Expensive Problem; ‘Will Take Years to Fix’ Foxborough DPW Director Roger Hill says the town's brown water is …

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Foxborough Official Assures Alleged Abuse Victims Town will Not Fail Them Again

Foxborough Board of Selectmen chair James DeVellis told the alleged sexual abuse victims of a former Foxborough employee the town is “turning over every stone and file cabinet” in search of the truth.

As more light sheds on the allegations against William E. Sheehan, four of his alleged victims have come forward to ask town officials how the former Foxborough educator and community leader was able to allegedly abuse young boys for nearly 20 years without detection, according to a recent article in the Boston Globe. Globe correspondent Michele Morgan Bolton reported in Tuesday’s story, “Alleged abuse victims seek Foxborough response” that four alleged victims of Sheehan “called Monday for the town of Foxborough to investigate past management practices” to bring to light how Sheehan was allegedly able to sexually abuse at least 23 children in Foxborough from 1963-1981. “There has been a deafening silence from Town Hall,’’ the men told …

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