DID YOU KNOW … Social Security recipients will get a cost-of-living adjustment of 3.6 percent in January 2012, their first increase in three years. Some of the increase will be lost to higher Medicare premiums, which are deducted from Social Security payments. According to federal officials, most Medicare beneficiaries will pay $99.20 a month in […]
DID YOU KNOW … Canton will face Stoughton in the classic Thanksgiving Day matchup tomorrow at 10 a.m. at Memorial Field in Canton. Each year, MAC publishes some facts, records, and trivia from the Canton-Stoughton rivalry that started in 1926. So here we go for this year: The Canton-Stoughton rivalry is 85 years of football […]
Dear Editor: On November 6, Temple Beth Abraham hosted the 23rd running of the Canton Fall Classic, attracting nearly 600 sign-ups for the 10K, 5K and the kids’ one-mile fun run. This year was particularly challenging as we postponed the race from the week before due to snow. We thank Police Chief Ken Berkowitz for […]
DID YOU KNOW … One month after Bank of America got pummeled by consumers and politicians for introducing plans to charge $5 per month for debit card use, they have now done a complete u-turn and scrapped plans to charge customers. The company said it was responding to customer feedback and a competitive marketplace. Many […]
A couple of weeks ago I was at the Department of Education in Malden doing a STAR reading training when I heard my phone ring. I checked to see who was calling, since I was expecting a call from my assistant telling me that my GED school was on fire. Thankfully, it turned out to […]
Earlier this season, the Citizen highlighted some of the top female athletes from Canton who have made a name for themselves in their respective college programs. However, it’s not just the local ladies who are having success in their post-high school careers. A number of the town’s male athletes are also getting it done on […]
DID YOU KNOW … Canton state Representative Bill Galvin recently held his re-election kickoff campaign fundraiser at the Chinatown restaurant in Stoughton. Galvin, who is the chairman of the House Committee on Personnel and Administration, had many high-profile Democrats in attendance, including Congressman Bill Keating, Massachusetts House Speaker Bob DeLeo, Stoughton Representative Lou Kafka, and […]
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 […]
