DID YOU KNOW … If you were in the mood for a patriotic display, an old-fashioned Canton picnic, and some dazzling fireworks, the place to be on Monday, July 4, was the Galvin Middle School. Canton’s 4th of July has turned into a family event for many people who attend. This year, they came for […]
DID YOU KNOW … MAC’s crack team of statisticians has conducted an informal survey of the floors of local beauty salons and barbershops. The team’s conclusion: There is more gray hair in the mix. This is confirmed by the U.S. Census Bureau, which reports that the “65 and older” population of Canton grew 16.7 percent […]
School is out — Do you know what your kids are doing this summer? By Christine Smith If they are into music, consider the Canton Summer Music Program being offered by the Canton Public Schools Performing Arts Department. From July 18-28, Monday through Thursday, there are a variety of summer music programs to choose from. […]
With the summer season upon us, many of us will take to our backyards and spend time with family and friends while enjoying the good weather. The use of grills significantly increases during the summer, and in 2009 there were 55 grill fires reported in Massachusetts. While this number may seem small, it resulted in […]
DID YOU KNOW … Home prices in Canton have dropped by 20 percent since the real estate market peaked in 2005. The median price for a single-family home in Canton in 2005 was $511,250; last year, the median price fell to $410,000. Statewide, the median sale prices of single-family homes declined from $355,000 in 2005 […]
Those of you who have been reading my columns through the years know how enthusiastic I am about embracing any new technology that comes along. I love the newness, the challenge, the unexplored frontier. There’s nothing I relish more than learning that a device that I depend on everyday to make my life easier is […]
DID YOU KNOW … There’s a big change happening at the controversial Judge Rotenberg Center on Turnpike Street (Route 138). Their founding executive director, Dr. Matthew Israel, has resigned after leading the center for over 40 years. His resignation reportedly was to settle any and all pending legal charges against him for allegedly interfering with […]
I couldn’t stop laughing. Steve called out from the living room wanting to know what was so funny. All I could do was point to the article in Sunday’s Boston Globe about a new book by Adam Mansbach aimed at sleep deprived parents called, “Go the F**k to Sleep.” Although it looks deceptively like a […]
DID YOU KNOW… Canton Recreation Director Jeff Kaylor and the Recreation Commission are busy putting together the final plans for the town’s annual July 4th celebration. For the first time, this year’s event will be held at the Galvin Middle School on Pecunit Street on Monday, July 4. The festivities will begin at 5 p.m. […]
We’ve just finished reading two short stories by Mark Twain, entitled “Eve’s and Adam’s Diary.” Twain describes Adam as a man with little imagination, caring only about building structures and animal husbandry, and Eve as intelligent, imaginative and courageous but also vain and self important. The task that Eve loves best (besides naming all the […]
