DID YOU KNOW … The Canton Board of Selectmen will once again offer to Canton senior citizens (age 60 and older) the “Senior Citizen Tax Credit Program.” The program affords seniors the opportunity to work part-time for the community. In exchange, the town will provide residential property tax credit up to $1,000 per year. Participants […]
DID YOU KNOW … A recent federal report, published in the Patriot Ledger newspaper, states that Massachusetts is one of only four states where an illegal drug (in this case, heroin) outpaces alcohol as the most common reason for admission to state-funded substance abuse programs. In fact, the report goes on to say that this […]
DID YOU KNOW … At least three snowplows have been stolen in Canton over the past few months, including one owned by the Canton Housing Authority valued at $4,000. It is the second time in two years that a snowplow has been stolen from the Housing Authority maintenance yard behind the Hemenway complex. The plow […]
DID YOU KNOW … Homewood Suites by Hilton, the international brand of all-suite, residential-style hotels, announced on December 20 the opening of its newest property at 50 Royall Street in Canton. The four-story, 98-suite hotel is owned by Benderson Development Company and managed by Buffalo Lodging Associates. The hotel offers studio, one-, and two-bedroom suites, […]
DID YOU KNOW … The year 2011 is finally coming to an end, and we will soon be entering the new year of 2012, and MAC hopes it will be a good year for all of you. It is interesting to note that with the end of 2011, we find that gasoline prices are now […]
DID YOU KNOW … Preliminary site work has begun on the new solar farm at the former Pine Street landfill. The solar farm will be the largest in New England, according to Frank McMahon, attorney for Southern Sky Renewable Energy. Construction began on December 5, and an estimated 20,000 solar panels will be installed starting […]
DID YOU KNOW … Canton Police are now enforcing the town’s winter parking bylaws, which prohibit on-street parking longer than one hour between the hours of 1 and 6 a.m. other than if acting in an emergency. The Canton Historical Society will have another open house at 1400 Washington Street on Sunday, December 18, from […]
DID YOU KNOW … Congratulations to the Blue Hills Regional School football team (12-1), which won the Division 4A Super Bowl with a very controversial 16-14 win over Cathedral High School (11-1). Blue Hills was led by Junior Vincent Burton, who finished with 152 rushing yards on 37 carries with one touchdown and a pair […]
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 […]
