Canton’s own DJ Gary Titus is on the Boston Red Sox’s long list of qualified candidates to be a “guest in the chair” as PA announcer for a Red Sox game. Longtime announcer Carl Beane passed away in May, leaving big shoes to fill. Red Sox president Larry Luchino told WEEI’s Dennis & Callahan show […]
DID YOU KNOW … Bob Caparella, who has owned the LaScala Italian Restaurant (populated by many Canton residents) in Randolph for the past 42 years, recently purchased the closed Piccadilly Pub next door to LaScala. Caparella leased the Piccadilly Pub location to three restaurateurs and it was recently opened as The Lodge Bar and Grille […]
Our back yard has seen so much — troops of kids digging in our sandbox, hanging from monkey bars, sliding down the slide and swinging from swings. Games of hide and seek, tag, and duck, duck, goose. Softball and soccer rolling through the grass, excited shrieks echoing in the sky. We’ve hunted for snakes and […]
By Nancy Pando A little cowboy rode into our family on April 27, all eight pounds and two ounces of him: our first grandson, Wyatt Van Bonwell. When word of his safe arrival rang throughout the family, we let out a collective whew that could have blown a house off its pins. Wyatt has a […]
Dear Editor: As a trustee of Paul Revere Village Condominium Trust, I am interested that the town is finally taking a proactive approach as to the best use of the former Plymouth Rubber Company locus. Having had some dealings with Attorney Bobrowski during my tenure on the Zoning Board of Appeals, I think you have […]
DID YOU KNOW … According to a recent story in the Boston Globe, there are only two species of venomous snakes in New England, the northern copperhead and the timber rattlesnake. Both make their home in the Connecticut River Valley and “surprisingly right here in the Blue Hills Reservation,” bordered by Canton, Milton, and Quincy. […]
Dear Editor: In a world of “bus bullies” and “me against you” reality TV, the town of Canton has Mike and Judy Mahan. Mike and Judy have their own children and grandchildren, and full-time jobs, which is enough to keep us all more than busy and self-involved. What Mike and Judy have given to the […]
DID YOU KNOW … MAC congratulates Dick Staiti on his retirement from teaching at Canton High School. Dick, better known as “Doc,” spent 39 years as an educator, and 37 of these years were at Canton High School. For many years, Staiti was the CHS athletic trainer, and for the past five years he was […]
Next week my daughter Lisa will be marrying her longtime love, Matt. Steve and I are thrilled since we’ve been watching them gradually move toward this moment for three years. They are utterly in love, two parts of a whole, so there’s no problem there. The problem appeared when they asked us if they could […]
Dear Editor: I am writing this letter with the hopes that the town will help me out with a safety issue. I own property at 9 Manitou Road, which is off of Lake Road, and my 88-year-old mother lives on Glen Road, which is also off of Lake and Manitou. I am concerned about two […]
