Dear neighbors: I will vote “Yes” to adopt the Community Preservation Act (CPA) at our upcoming town election because I love the quality of life in our town. And particularly during these tough economic times, it makes good fiscal sense to take advantage of this law to help communities take back control and decision making […]
Dear Editor: On Saturday, February 11, the Canton Association of Parents and Teachers at the Dean S. Luce Elementary School held its “FunRaiser for Education” at the Knights of Columbus. One of the goals of the Luce CAPT is to raise money to fund items that aren’t typically within the school department budget. This year’s “FunRaiser” […]
Dear Editor: This is a long overdue thank you to express our deepest gratitude to Brian and Kirsten Fitzgerald of Dockray & Thomas Funeral Home. Fifteen years ago this month, we lost our sweet baby girl Angelica to a horrific disease called spinal muscular atrophy. She was just shy of nine months old. We numbingly […]
Dear Editor: The Kennedy Elementary School held its annual Winter Fling carnival on Saturday, February 11. This event is an important fundraiser for the JFK CAPT (Canton Alliance of Parents and Teachers), which funds enrichment activities such as field trips and programs at the school. We would like to thank everyone who played a part […]
Dear Editor: All of us at Living the Dream Auto Care, Father Bill’s & Mainspring, and Allied Auto Parts want to send out a great big thank you! Because of our current guests, new guests, and the shear generosity of the community, our “Free Brakes for Food” promotion was a huge success. There were even […]
Dear Editor: I would like to alert residents about the presence of aggressive coyotes in Canton. Around 7 a.m. on Sunday morning, February 12, while jogging along Elm Street toward Greenlodge Street, I was stalked by two large coyotes accompanied by a smaller one. I yelled at them, tossed sticks and a bottle, but they […]
Dear Editor: We have 240,000 people looking for work and nearly 120,000 open jobs today in Massachusetts. How can we have so much opportunity available and so many people still looking for a chance? Business leaders tell me over and over again that it is because the people looking for jobs don’t have the skills […]
Dear Editor: Last week the announcement was made that Taunton State Hospital would close its doors by the end of this calendar year. This is the most recent proposed closure of a state psychiatric facility on the South Shore/Metro-South area, with South Shore Mental Health Center in Quincy and Medfield State Hospital having already been […]
Editor’s note: The following letter was originally sent to Paul Cash from Dick Flanagan on July 23, 2004. Cash, a lifelong resident, passed away last month at the age of 87. The letter is reprinted below with permission from Mr. Flanagan. Dear Mr. Cash: I write this letter with great humility and trepidation. You don’t […]
Dear Editor: We would like to extend a thank you to all those who organized, attended and participated in the recent Metropolis Winter Hockey Classic. In particular, we would like to thank Coach Brian Shuman, his coaching assistants, and the entire Canton High School varsity hockey team, as well as the hockey teams from Norwood, […]
