Dear Editor: I moved to Canton because it featured democracy at its most basic, the town meeting, held annually. And I have watched it devolve over the last 22 years. Like last Wednesday’s town meeting in which there were eventually more people on the town’s payroll there than interested citizens. One scene of the various Canton Babbages […]
DID YOU KNOW … According to a recent report in the Boston Globe, the Blue Hills Ski Resort on Route 138 in Canton has been operated by Ski Blue Hills Management, LLC for the past six years. The company’s five-year contract expired this past season. According to the Globe report, Vero Piacentini, the company’s general […]
Dear Editor: With the help of Troop 77 scouts and scouters along with members of the community at large, I was able to execute my Eagle project at the DPW garage last summer. The Eagle project consisted of painting a significant number of fire hydrants off of main roads and painting the salt shed. The […]
DID YOU KNOW … The town of Canton may become only the second community in Massachusetts to raise the legal age to purchase cigarettes and other tobacco products from 18 to 21. As first reported by the Canton Citizen last month, the Canton Board of Health verbally agreed to increase the age after hearing about […]
Dear Editor: Despite the understandable reluctance of local pols and their followers to support Ed Markey in this primary, I am sure we all recognize that the right choice was made by the people of this state. Markey will lend the gravitas, awareness and progressiveness that our country needs as he joins his friend Elizabeth Warren […]
DID YOU KNOW … A $754,000 project to replace windows at the Hansen Elementary and Galvin Middle School skyrocketed to $2,345,000 following the discovery of toxic contaminants and asbestos found in the window caulking at both schools. According to Canton School Superintendent Jeff Granatino, and thanks in large part to Canton Finance Director Jim Murgia […]
A few years ago my family and I were vacationing in Israel when Hezbollah decided to shoot some katyusha rockets our way. The only endearing quality that katyushas had was that their range was fairly limited. Unfortunately, they’ve improved over the years, both in range and aim. Whereas they used to plague only northern Israel, […]
Dear Editor: The signs of spring are everywhere, Mother Nature is greening the grass, and the trees and shrubs are coming into bloom. Other signs of spring are beginning to blossom on our utility poles around town: The first of several carnival signs appeared last week, soon to be followed by a long season of […]
Dear Editor: I have, as have most of the citizens of Canton, been reading article after article about the impending large developments being planned for Canton. In almost every article there has been a discussion of 40B units and the effect they may have on our school system and other town services. But I have […]
DID YOU KNOW … At the annual town meeting to be held on Monday, May 13, voters will be asked to approve a zoning change that will allow the construction of a senior housing community in Canton. The “SHOD” (Senior Housing Overlay District) zoning articles, submitted by attorney Richard Staiti on behalf of Brightview Senior […]
