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 […]
Dear Friends: It has been my privilege to serve on the Board of Trustees of the Canton Public Library since 1977. It is now time for me to step down. So many wonderful things have happened to the library since 1977. Perhaps the most significant occurred more than ten years ago when, with the cooperation […]
DID YOU KNOW … This year, for the second time in three years, there were no contests for any of our town offices, and all incumbent candidates got another free ride back into office. While it is true the incumbents have generally done a credible job, the need for competition is obvious, as the lack […]
For most of the years that Steve and I have been married we’ve always held a Passover seder in our home. Lisa was a baby for our first one, and mom and dad were visiting from Israel so we had plenty of help from my folks. We used Steve’s parents’ seder plate and improvised the […]
Dear Editor: The enthusiasm emanating from the senior center these days is contagious. After a series of disappointments in the past, the time has finally come. There will be a new center and the excitement of planning its basic requirements and the opportunity to offer additional services has not only the director and her staff […]
Dear Editor: On Friday, March 15, two separate events were held in Canton to support the Scott M. Herr Memorial Foundation. The first event was the finals of the fourth annual Scott M. Herr Memorial floor hockey tournament held in the afternoon at Canton High School. Games were played from March 11-15 in the school gym. […]
Dear Editor: I saw the article that was written about one of our Canton natives who ran solo in the Boston Marathon and raised $4,200 for the Pat Tillman Foundation. I read that the money will be used for educational scholarships for military and their spouses. It reminded me of someone my mother has often […]
