DID YOU KNOW … The annual town meeting is being held on Monday, May 13, and Canton seniors need your help and support. They need your vote so they can renovate the old Knights of Columbus building at 500 Pleasant Street into a new senior center that they desperately need. MAC has been closely following […]
Dear Editor: As a Boston Marathon runner who did not get to finish, I consider myself lucky. I wasn’t feeling well and was way behind my projected four-hour time. But I was fortunate in more ways than one on Marathon Monday. Due to my slower time I was able to better experience and take in […]
Dear Editor: On April 30, voters will select a Democratic nominee for the United States Senate. I am supporting Congressman Stephen Lynch to be our next U.S. Senator. In Congress, Stephen Lynch has been a staunch defender of seniors, veterans, and working families. As a former iron worker, Steve has a unique story to tell […]
Dear Editor: Kudos to the Canton Senior Center for sponsoring the new Zumba Gold class. We “younger seniors” are thoroughly enjoying it and hope it will continue. While the classes have to be held at an offsite facility at the present time, we are looking forward to the new center. Hopefully there will be sufficient […]
On Saturday, April 13, Dan Berardi was the guest of honor at the Canton Town Club as his family and many friends turned out to celebrate his 90th birthday. Dan Berardi is a true Cantonite. Born of immigrant parents, Candido and Mary Berardi, and raised in Canton, he lived on Revere Street and later moved […]
Bankers hear all kinds of questions about mortgages. Here are a few of the most common misconceptions and flat-out myths, and the truth behind them. “It’s always best to get the lowest rate.” Not true! Unit pricing signs at supermarkets are there to give you a way to compare apples to apples. The “unit pricing […]
Dear Mr. DeFelice: I thought I would educate you on the circumstances surrounding my decision not to run again for the Planning Board. I typically do not sit at the computer and respond to articles or points of information within the newspaper. However, given your recent article (April 4) with its inaccurate information and its […]
Dear Editor: I was recently inspired and encouraged by finding out about James Batcheller Sumner, who was born in Canton on November 19, 1887. He went on to receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1946. (I found this while reading the book form of the Encyclopedia Britannica, as old fashioned as that may seem.) The […]
The Supreme Court is ruling on the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8 — a ballot that banned same sex marriage, and on “DOMA” (Federal Defense of Marriage Act). Advocates have called gay marriage today’s civil rights issue. Under that analogy, anyone who opposes it is easily dismissed as a homophobic bigot. It has been a […]
DID YOU KNOW … Canton Town Clerk Tracy Kenney was hoping to save the town a portion of the estimated $8,000 to $10,000 in associated election costs by combining this year’s town election on April 2 (which had no contests) with the April 30 special state primary election for the U.S. Senate. The state legislature […]
