Dear Editor: All of us at Living the Dream Auto Care, Father Bill’s & Mainspring, and Allied Auto Parts want to send out a great big thank you! Because of our current guests, new guests, and the shear generosity of the community, our “Free Brakes for Food” promotion was a huge success. There were even […]
Dear Editor: I would like to alert residents about the presence of aggressive coyotes in Canton. Around 7 a.m. on Sunday morning, February 12, while jogging along Elm Street toward Greenlodge Street, I was stalked by two large coyotes accompanied by a smaller one. I yelled at them, tossed sticks and a bottle, but they […]
DID YOU KNOW … Governor Deval Patrick’s latest tax proposal is to subject soda and candy to the state’s 6.25 percent sales tax. It is estimated that the tax would raise about $60 million in annual revenue for Massachusetts. It is interesting to note that 35 states already apply their sales tax to soda while […]
We liberals looked to President Obama to bring sanity back to America. We were done with a war that had destroyed our economy while making Vice President Dick Cheney — a man literally without a human heart or pulse — billions for his former employer in military contracts. We were done with the Bush Family […]
Dear Editor: We have 240,000 people looking for work and nearly 120,000 open jobs today in Massachusetts. How can we have so much opportunity available and so many people still looking for a chance? Business leaders tell me over and over again that it is because the people looking for jobs don’t have the skills […]
Dear Editor: Last week the announcement was made that Taunton State Hospital would close its doors by the end of this calendar year. This is the most recent proposed closure of a state psychiatric facility on the South Shore/Metro-South area, with South Shore Mental Health Center in Quincy and Medfield State Hospital having already been […]
DID YOU KNOW … The proposed MBTA fare hikes and service changes will have a major impact on all Canton residents, especially on senior citizens and people with disabilities living in Canton. If passed, the scenarios would be implemented on July 1, 2012. The following three scenarios have the most impact on Canton: 1. There […]
I get up at 5 a.m. every day to catch the 6:39 commuter train into Boston. That insane wake-up hour gives me time to shower, dress, eat, and make it to the train with seconds to spare. Since I’m barely conscious at that hour, I prepare everything I need for the morning the night before. […]
Editor’s note: The following letter was originally sent to Paul Cash from Dick Flanagan on July 23, 2004. Cash, a lifelong resident, passed away last month at the age of 87. The letter is reprinted below with permission from Mr. Flanagan. Dear Mr. Cash: I write this letter with great humility and trepidation. You don’t […]
Dear Editor: We would like to extend a thank you to all those who organized, attended and participated in the recent Metropolis Winter Hockey Classic. In particular, we would like to thank Coach Brian Shuman, his coaching assistants, and the entire Canton High School varsity hockey team, as well as the hockey teams from Norwood, […]
