Dear Editor: I want to thank my young neighbor who stopped to help me after my fall outside my home on Thursday, October 25. Unfortunately, with all the confusion, I didn’t get her name. I also want to thank Officer Branca of the Canton Police Department and EMTs Jeff O’Brien and his crew that responded […]
Dear Editor: Temple Beth Abraham hosted the 24th running of the Canton Fall Classic on October 28, attracting 885 sign-ups for the 10k, 5k, and the kids’ one-mile fun run. Unlike last year, when the race was postponed due to snow, this year we dodged hurricane Sandy. There was a buzz in the air before […]
DID YOU KNOW … November is here, and it is time to think about winter’s overnight parking restrictions. Town bylaws specify that all overnight on-street parking (1-6 a.m.) is prohibited between November 15 and April 1 so that streets are kept clear for snow removal. Violators are subject to a $15 fine for each violation. […]
Dear Editor: Life is never what you expect. In the October 6, 2012 article from The Daily Beast titled “Heaven is Real: A Doctor’s Experience with the Afterlife,” Dr. Eben Alexander retells a harrowing account of a week in 2008 when his life teetered between life and death. Upon waking one morning, Dr. Alexander’s entire cranial […]
Dear Editor: Canton has been overrun with 40B projects that bring apartments to Canton. We are impacted in an AA Zone on Randolph Street with three projects: Blue Hills Village across from Blue Hills Regional High School and two more Avalon Apartments on Randolph Street on the Canton-Randolph line. Chapter 40B was passed by the […]
DID YOU KNOW … There are three binding statewide ballot questions that will appear on the November 6 ballot. The first is the availability of motor vehicle repair information. A yes vote would allow vehicle owners and independent repair facilities in Massachusetts access to the same vehicle diagnostic and repair information that the manufacturers, dealers, […]
Philistine: a person who is guided by materialism and is usually disdainful of intellectual or artistic values It was a beautiful fall day, so we decided to go for a ride. I had read that a new exhibit had opened at the deCordova museum in Lincoln. Though Steve is not a great museum aficionado, he […]
Dear Editor: Believing that only an informed electorate can govern themselves properly, the Canton Council on Aging sponsored a forum on the all-important last event of our lives: the act of dying. Dr. Marcia Angell, who teaches medical ethics at Harvard School of Medicine and is a leading proponent of this bill, says that the […]
Dear Editor: When 45 years ago we chose to bring up our three children in the charming town of Canton, it was because of the “country like” living with lots of open space. Through the years we have seen many open fields disappear and the trees come down so that by the time my grandson […]
DID YOU KNOW … Stoughton selectmen voted 5-0 to appoint Michael J. Hartman of Canton as Stoughton’s next town manager. Hartman has been the town manager in Jaffrey, NH, since 2007. Before that he was the town administrator in Wareham (2001 to 2007) and Medway (1998 to 2001). Hartman replaces interim town manager Joshua Feaster, […]
