Right now, Experian and FICO are offering what they call “credit score boosting” programs, Experian Boost and UltraFICO. Both are free and supposedly could help an individual increase their credit score by about 10 to 40 points. There are reports all over the internet that might lead you to believe that the credit score boosts […]
The following was submitted by colleagues of Brooke Stephens and originally appeared in the June 6 edition of the Canton Citizen. Brooke Stephens served as the speech-language pathologist (SLP) at the Luce Elementary School for over 15 years. The students, staff and families consider themselves extremely fortunate to have her as a member of their […]
By Michael McMahon In recent months, thanks to increased community interest and a grant from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC), the purposeful redevelopment and revitalization of Canton Junction has emerged as a focus point for the town’s ongoing Master Plan, alongside other longstanding focus points such as Route 138 and downtown. As a neighbor to […]
The Canton Rainbow Project is happy to announce its initiative for 2019 to support the LGBTQ community in Canton during Pride Month in June. This year, a rainbow heart magnet with the green Canton “C” in the middle will be available for purchase. The magnet can be displayed on your vehicle as a show of […]
By Julie Goodman, PhD, Canton Board of Health The measles vaccination program started in the United States in 1963. In each year of the preceding decade, 3-4 million people in the U.S. contracted measles, each year causing 1,000 cases of encephalitis and hundreds of deaths. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) declared that measles […]
By William P. O’Donnell, Norfolk Register of Deeds According to a recent real estate trade publication, the most popular reason people gave for buying a home was their desire to own it. Now that may not sound like rocket science, but just think for a second about what’s behind that statement. After all, homeowners want […]
By David McCarthy Traffic. That one word elicits a myriad of passionate reactions from Canton residents. Earlier this month McMahon Associates delivered to the Master Plan Steering Committee a recap of the focus areas they were charged with studying. Those areas included Randolph, Pleasant, Dedham and Chapman streets where each road intersects Washington Street and […]
The summer after my high school graduation, my mom and I took a road trip to Tennessee, stopping in North Carolina and South Carolina along the way. The purpose of the trip, in what we imagined to be the style of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore backpacking through Europe after Rory’s high school graduation, was for […]
It’s called phone spoofing. It’s rampant. It’s all too easy to fall for. And basically it means that to protect yourself, you cannot believe what you see on your Caller ID. Ever. A customer came into the bank to speak with me. His mother-in-law had recently passed away and he was the executor of her […]
Dear Editor: Indivisible Canton would like to thank Rep. Bill Galvin for co-sponsoring a bill to enact ranked choice voting for all state and federal elections except for president (H.719). American communities regularly see dynamic and competitive local elections, with no shortage of motivated candidates seeking office. But the rules governing these elections do not […]
