Charles E. Stevenson, Sr., 102, of Canton, passed away April 17 at the Hellenic Nursing Home in Canton. Born in Billerica, he attended St. John’s Grammar School and graduated from Canton High School, Class of 1932. He was the deputy director of the Division of Employment and Security for the commonwealth of Massachusetts for many […]
The other day, a customer called me at the bank from his winter home in Arizona. The gentleman was very upset and said he needed our help. He had recently received a phone call telling him he had won a large cash prize. I asked him if he remembered entering the contest he had supposedly […]
From time to time, I ask Canton Citizen editor Jay Turner if he has any ideas for my column. A while ago he suggested writing about some of the less common pets. It just so happens a dear friend of mine, Jennifer Plombon, is one of the founders of the Hedgehog Welfare Society. I knew […]
Did you know … The Boston Mutual Company is in the process of planning to construct a new hotel with 138 rooms and a “top-line,” 6,000-square-foot restaurant on a three-acre parcel situated off Royall Street between its company and the Reebok headquarters. The project has the backing of all the corporate abutters as well as […]
Dear Editor: I attended the March 23 Conservation Commission hearing and learned that all the trees on the former Plymouth Rubber site along Neponset and Revere streets along the Canton River/East Branch of the Neponset River are slated to be cut down, stumps removed, and all vegetation removed, in a poorly planned attempt by the […]
Did you know … Massachusetts license plates are made in prison. If you ever wondered about Massachusetts auto license plates, you may be interested to know that they are all made by prisoners at the MCI-Cedar Junction prison in Walpole, where they have been making them since 1920. Approximately 4.8 million Massachusetts plates are currently […]
Did you know … A recent interesting article in the Boston Globe mentioned that the state plans to breed and raise 150 venomous timber rattlesnakes and then turn them loose on protected land on a small island in the middle of the Quabbin Reservoir, which, by the way, provides drinking water to Boston and many […]
The first female dog we ever had was an English setter we called Abby. Her registered name was Clariho’s Dear Abigail. We named her Abigail because the old, beat-up paperback dictionary we owned had a section of names and their meanings in the back, and that particular book said Abigail meant “father’s joy.” Clariho was […]
By Paul A. Schneiders, attorney for Canton Holdings, LLC Almost 250 years ago Paul Revere made his famous ride to Concord to warn that the British were coming. Twenty-five years later he rode out to Canton to construct North America’s very first copper mill on a 35-acre site on what is now Revere Street. At […]
With many of the TV news outlets in a frenzy over reports of the Zika virus spreading throughout South America and the world, a few calm, thoughtful, and factual words about what is actually known about the virus is appropriate. Zika virus disease is a relatively new emerging disease caused by the Zika virus. Most […]
