DID YOU KNOW … There are some high school teachers you never forget. Fred MacDonald was one that MAC will never forget. A lover of history and a social studies teacher at Canton High School for 39 years, Fred recently died at the age of 87. Fred had quite a background. Originally from Dorchester, he […]
Our dog, Snoopy, has routines that he follows religiously. Every morning he performs his yoga stretches, visits the trees, then has breakfast. After begging for his extra piece of cheese, he goes back to sleep for the rest of the morning. Upon awakening he drives Steve crazy until our neighbor, Cheryl, comes to take him […]
On October 15, my family went to the Boston Book Festival to hear Pulitzer Prize winning and nominated authors speak on the dangers of a lost economic decade on scientific progress. Later that Saturday we found ourselves swept in the passions of “Occupy Boston,” which marched past the Trinity Church near the Boston Public Library […]
DID YOU KNOW … Bank of America, the nation’s largest bank with branches in Canton and Stoughton and in most cities and towns in the U.S., plans to charge customers a monthly fee of $5 for using debit cards for purchases beginning in early 2012. Wells Fargo and Chase are testing $3 monthly debit card […]
DID YOU KNOW … The Lagadinos family is discussing with town officials the possibility of donating a two-story, 10,000-square-foot building to the town of Canton. The building is located at 222 Bolivar Street. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the building was home to the sometimes-controversial Canton Reporter newspaper owned by Tony Pazasis. The […]
Right now, we are seeing one of the country’s largest banks in the news on a regular basis for all the wrong reasons: government investigations; a disastrously failed acquisition; higher and higher fees; foreclosure litigation; branches possibly closing; monster layoffs. Does this mean that the bank is in trouble? Absolutely not! What does it all […]
It’s hard to believe that a year has passed and I am sitting in Temple once again asking God’s pardon for my behavior during the past year. Things are slightly different this year. Last year we joined my mom at her place of worship; this year she came with us to our service at Temple […]
DID YOU KNOW … The town of Canton was under a boil water order by the Department of Environmental Protection for almost one week, from September 28 through October 3. E. coli bacteria was found in a water sample during a routine collection on Cedar Street. The town notified residents and businesses using the reverse […]
Comedian Bill Burr, brother of Canton Selectman Bob Burr, recently performed at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston. According to the Boston Globe, the Canton native has been one of the more prolific and consistently hilarious voices in comedy over the past few years. Bill will now reprise his role as “hard hat guy” on the […]
Noisy, excited kids filled the room. They moved from box to box, searching for something they hadn’t read before. Some of the younger kids found their perfect book and plopped down to read, unable to wait for their parents to purchase it, let alone until they got it home. Parents read to young children while […]
