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, […]
An 81-year-old man recently came in to talk about taking out a 30-year mortgage on his house in Canton. Given his age, you might be thinking, “What?” But times change. Financial tools change. And the way people can make use of those tools changes too. Some background: Up until about 1985, a homeowner might have […]
DID YOU KNOW … It is amazing how observant some people are. For example, MAC received this recent email that read: “Has anyone noticed that the flags on the lampposts downtown are not the correct representation of Old Glory? The union (blue part) is too big, being eight stripes high with five stripes underneath. On […]
Political yard signs encouraging, not ‘trashy’ Dear Editor: I must respectfully disagree with the recent letter to the editor decrying the presence of political signs that have popped up in yards around town. I do not find them to be “trashy.” On the contrary, in an era of voter apathy, I find it heartening to […]
Dear Editor: For the past 12 years, the students of Canton High School and I have participated in the Annual Walk for Breast Cancer. Over the last three years the students, with the support of the community, have raised over $31,000. The 2010 walk was a special year as we had over 80 students raise […]
DID YOU KNOW … In one of the most thrilling finishes in the 56-year history of the Canton Men’s Softball League, the Hannington Club won the playoff championship, beating Halfway Cafe 24-23 in the deciding seventh game. Hanningtons had to come up with seven runs in the last inning (five runs with two outs) to […]
Dear Editor: I have resided in Canton for over 30 years, and I have always been proud that at election time, Canton, unlike surrounding towns, was not littered with trashy candidate signs all over citizens’ properties. I had assumed it was a town ordinance banning them. However, I became even more proud of the citizens […]
