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MAC responds to the IBEW on safety

MAC is aware of rising concern for the safety of individuals who stroll through solar parks or meander through electrical substations. A new solar park is being built on Canton’s Pine Street landfill, which will essentially make electricity from sunshine. There is an electrical substation on Route 138. The electricity there is made the old […]

MAC: Lions Club’s 35th Annual Pancake Breakfast

DID YOU KNOW … The Canton Lions Club will hold its 35th annual Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, April 22, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Canton American Legion Hall. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for children. Proceeds will go to benefit eye research and blindness prevention as well as other Lions’ […]

Man About Canton: Pleasant Street Dam Repairs

DID YOU KNOW … The long-awaited repairs to the Pleasant Street Dam will begin shortly, and a work permit will be issued to the J. D’Amico Company. Owner Jim D’Amico, a Canton resident, hopes to begin work this month. He estimates that the project will take about six weeks to complete, and residents around the […]

Smart About Money: Teaching Teens the Value of Money

A friend whose daughter is turning 13 asked me what I, as a banker, would recommend he and his wife could do to make sure she had solid “money/finance” confidence before she legally becomes an adult at 18. It’s a great question. Community bankers helping customers (of all ages!) work their way out of a […]

Electrical union responds to MAC’s criticisms

Dear MAC: I am writing in response to your recent opinion on the solar farm being constructed illegally in Canton. There is absolutely nothing political about any of our mailings, a point that is easily supported by the documentation we have publically provided and that is also found on our website (www.CantonSolarExposed.com). On January 19, […]

Note to Residents: Please Stop Littering

Dear Editor: Our town is being trashed with beer cans, bottles, and fast food wrappers. Properties along Cedar and Greenlodge streets in particular are littered with beer cans and boxes. The 16th hole at the Ponkapoag Golf Course is a sea of beer cans and liquor bottles. It is disheartening to know that some people in […]

CHS alum urges school officials to preserve German program

Editor’s note: The following letter was submitted by Caroline Earle (CHS ’88) to Canton school officials in response to the proposed elimination of the German language program, and is posted below with permission from the author. Dear Superintendent Granatino and Canton School Committee: My name is Caroline Earle and I am writing to express my […]

Thank you Tony Andreotti and Honor Guard

Dear Editor: I would like to thank Tony Andreotti and the Veterans Honor Guard for their ceremony at my father’s graveside. The town of Canton should be proud that Tony and the honor guard show our veterans the respect they deserve for fighting for our freedom. The family of Charles Campisano, PFC U.S. Army, World […]

CPA organizers grateful for support, hopeful for future

Dear Canton voters: To the CPA supporters and voters: My heartfelt thanks and gratitude for your support of the Community Preservation Act. You worked hard to raise awareness for CPA and you have certainly laid a foundation for further education about CPA in our community. You took the long view, knowing in the future we […]

MAC: Union Solar Farm Mailing Crossed the Line

DID YOU KNOW … MAC recently received an interesting postcard in the mail informing him that there is a “time bomb” in Canton and quickly noticed that this postcard was a political piece sent out by the IBEW (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers). MAC believes that the IBEW is simply unhappy because they bid on […]

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