DID YOU KNOW … Tim Brooks, who has resigned from the Canton School Committee due to increased responsibilities at his Cumberland Farms job, has been replaced by Jill Stevens. As dictated by law, Brooks’ replacement was determined in a special joint meeting of the remaining School Committee members and the Board of Selectmen. On another […]
DID YOU KNOW … Hooray! The Canton Board of Selectmen finally changed its collective mind about the flags/banners that were incorrectly hung from the new light poles in the Downtown Business District several months ago. They were incorrectly installed parallel to the street rather than perpendicular, and thus, they have been difficult to see and read […]
Even though this July 4 will be the 234th birthday of the United States, the lack of available funding means that other than the traditional July 4th Road Race, there will be no other town-sponsored celebration and no fireworks display or bonfire. Instead, the Recreation Commission has again decided to put whatever funds they can […]
DID YOU KNOW… Thirty-five Canton seniors recently traveled by bus to Boston’s Symphony Hall where they heard an outstanding performance by the Keith Lockhart-conducted Boston Pops Orchestra and a superb group of entertainers singing some of the delightful music of Cole Porter. The seniors told MAC that it was a great time, and they look […]
DID YOU KNOW… Lame duck School Superintendent John D’Auria, 60, leaves his Canton job on June 30, and he is not letting any grass grow under his feet. The Boston Globe reports that, without missing a step, on July 1 he will become full-time president of Teachers 21, a non-profit education reform organization based in […]
DID YOU KNOW… Now that we’re through boiling our precious MWRA drinking water, state authorities tell us they’re still trying to determine (if they can) what or who caused that unanticipated major water line break in Weston. It is believed that the break was caused when a giant steel ring — reportedly installed several years […]
DID YOU KNOW… One of our readers has complained to MAC that the copy of the current labor contract between the town of Canton and Town Administrator Bill Friel, as well as the current contracts with the town unions and other town employees, are not on file at the library as required by longstanding town […]
DID YOU KNOW… Murphy’s Law made an unexpected appearance at the Canton Choral Society’s first pops concert on May 15 at the Canton Town Club, and the unwanted law lost the battle. Murphy’s Law says if something can go wrong, it will go wrong; and in this latest case, the law involved the electrotonic piano […]
DID YOU KNOW… There will be a dedication ceremony at 1 p.m. this coming Sunday, May 23, for the James Moran Water Treatment Plant on Pecunit Street, and the K of C has donated the use of its facility at 500 Pleasant Street for the reception following the ceremony. On another matter, the selectmen will […]
DID YOU KNOW… The Canton American Legion Community Band is looking for musicians to refill its ranks, which have been steadily depleting due to advancing age, health problems, and employment/residence transfers out of the area. The award-winning band was originally founded in 1927, disbanded during World War II and the Korean War, and was inactive […]
