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, […]
DID YOU KNOW … The Canton Board of Selectmen will once again offer to Canton senior citizens (age 60 and older) the “Senior Citizen Tax Credit Program.” The program affords seniors the opportunity to work part-time for the community. In exchange, the town will provide residential property tax credit up to $1,000 per year. Participants […]
DID YOU KNOW … A recent federal report, published in the Patriot Ledger newspaper, states that Massachusetts is one of only four states where an illegal drug (in this case, heroin) outpaces alcohol as the most common reason for admission to state-funded substance abuse programs. In fact, the report goes on to say that this […]
A while ago I confessed that though I love Shakespeare, Arthur Miller and Chekhov, at the end of a long, stressful day all I want is a television show that helps me escape. I want to be entertained, taken completely out of my world, and if you can make me laugh, that’s a bonus. So […]
Dear Editor: On January 4, Canton lost a member of the greatest generation. We have all heard of Tom Brokaw’s book The Greatest Generation, and we of Canton have been blessed with many members of this group. I would like to introduce you to one of them with this brief statement. As I write, you […]
