MAC: Community Preservation Committee

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For your information, members of the Community Preservation Committee appointed by the Board of Selectmen include Chairman Lisa Lopez Del Vecchio, Vice Chairman Kathy Fox Alfano, Larry Bogue, brothers George and Jeremy Comeau, Bob Golledge, John McSweeney, Bob Panico, and Deb Sundin. Public hearings are slated to begin this fall to develop plans for the use of CPA monies, estimated at $480,000 in the first fiscal year. The committee is looking for input from the public for proposed projects that must include open space, recreation, historic preservation, or community housing to help preserve the character of the town of Canton. Once a proposed project is approved by the committee, it will go before town meeting for a vote to spend monies on the specific project developed by the CPA committee.

The Canton Historical Society will hold its quarterly meeting of members on Sunday, September 22, at 2 p.m. The guest speaker will be Stephen Kenney, PhD, director of the Commonwealth Museum. He will give a PowerPoint lecture about the museum’s exhibit on Massachusetts history.

In Canton, it costs $13,413 per year to educate a school student according to the state Department of Education.

Starting next year, the deadline for submitting both zoning and non-zoning articles will be 120 days before the start of the annual May town meeting in Canton.

The Frank R. and Elizabeth Simoni Foundation recently awarded this year’s scholarship to three Canton seniors. Kevin McNeil, a CHS senior; Louis Titus, a Boston College High senior; and Conor Bogue, a senior from Xaverian Brothers High School.

“18/65 bank accounts” are free personal checking and saving accounts for minors under the age of 19 and seniors 65 or older at Massachusetts state-chartered banks. These accounts have no maintenance fees, no minimum balance, and no fees for checks, deposits, or withdrawals. Massachusetts law requires all state-chartered savings banks, cooperative banks, and trust companies to offer 18-65 accounts.

Talking about banks, the Bank of Canton recently donated $5,000 to My Brother’s Keeper, a nonprofit Christian ministry that delivers furniture and food to families in need. Anyone living on the south shore and southeastern Massachusetts, regardless of religion, is eligible to receive help from My Brother’s Keeper.

The Canton Council on Aging is sponsoring a trip to the Ivoryton Playhouse in Connecticut to see the smash Broadway musical “Dream Girls” on Wednesday, August 21. The bus will leave at 8:30 a.m. and return around 7 p.m. The trip includes a fabulous lunch at Oliver’s, all for $89 per person. Those interested should call the Canton Senior Center at 781-828-1323.

The Superman comic book first hit the newsstands 75 years ago in 1938, followed by Batman in 1939, Wonder Woman in 1941, and Captain America, also in 1941. Spiderman made his comic book debut 50 years ago in 1963.

Many towns in Massachusetts are setting up medical marijuana moratorium committees to develop local regulations for the implementation of the state’s recently passed medical marijuana law.

Canton Police Chief Ken Berkowitz is urging all residents to report any and all suspicious activity as part of his new “When in Doubt, Give a Shout” campaign.

Canton Holdings, owners of the Plymouth Rubber property, had previously indicated that the company was only interested in residential uses and had rejected plans for industrial, office space, or retail use. It was MAC’s opinion that they may have to rethink their position — and now they are looking at commercial uses.

There are at least 10,000 varieties of tomatoes from small cherry tomatoes to the huge ponderosas.

Yuichiro Miura, an 80-year-old Japanese man, recently became the oldest person to climb to the top of the 29,035-foot Mount Everest. He also conquered the highest peak when he was 70 and 75.

Talking about heights, the final two segments of the 408-foot spire was recently added to the New World Trade Center in New York, soaring to a symbolic 1,776 feet in the air, making it the tallest building in the United States and the third tallest in the world. The building is slated to open for business in 2014.

Here is something you all might like: The U.S. Energy Information Administration forecasts that the retail price of regular gasoline will decline from $3.65 (as of 8/1/13) to $3.48 per gallon by the end of this year and further drop to $3.37 per gallon in 2014. Gas prices have spiked over the past months by 20 cents per gallon due to political tensions in Egypt combined with increased demand during the summer driving season.

Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.

This is all for now folks. See you next week.

Joe DeFelice can be reached at manaboutcanton@aol.com.

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