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 […]
Dear Chief Doody: I am writing to extend our sincere gratitude to the town of Canton Fire Department and EMT group for their assistance in a medical emergency in our home. On Friday, September 14, we were enjoying a normal, lovely afternoon. Out of the blue my husband experienced sudden excruciating pain, could not move, […]
DID YOU KNOW … The add-a-lane project (a fourth lane) from Route 9 to Route 24 along Route 128 will cost an estimated $350 million. The Federal Highway Administration is paying 80 percent with the state funding the other 20 percent. The $42 million Route 24 to Route 109 in Westwood stretch (5.7 miles) is […]
The York Street Neighborhood Association wants to thank Mike Trotta, Danny Teague, Bill Walsh, and the rest of the DPW staff for the fabulous job they did in the York Street area recently. They removed debris and cut dead trees along the roadway, redesigned the bridge, painted “SLOW” on the roadways, added reflective strips on poles, and repainted the street lines […]
Dear Editor: A special thank you is extended to the Police Department, namely our son-in-law, Officer Kevin Albert, and the Fire Department, Captain Andy Morgan, Paramedics Rowan Olmstead, Doug Connor, Jamie Meier and Leo Reardon, and firefighter Brian Leary, regarding Andy’s injury last Wednesday. We feel very fortunate to have these two most important responders […]
