DID YOU KNOW … Canton Police are now enforcing the town’s winter parking bylaws, which prohibit on-street parking longer than one hour between the hours of 1 and 6 a.m. other than if acting in an emergency. The Canton Historical Society will have another open house at 1400 Washington Street on Sunday, December 18, from […]
Dear Editor: As a former member of St. Gerard’s parish and the adult choir, I would also like to express my dismay at the elimination of the music program at St. Gerard’s parish, as did Frank Mahoney in his recent letter to the Canton Citizen. St. Gerard’s parish held a meeting at the church to […]
DID YOU KNOW … Congratulations to the Blue Hills Regional School football team (12-1), which won the Division 4A Super Bowl with a very controversial 16-14 win over Cathedral High School (11-1). Blue Hills was led by Junior Vincent Burton, who finished with 152 rushing yards on 37 carries with one touchdown and a pair […]
Holidays are funny things. Thanks to our Norman Rockwell-Hallmark state of mind, we expect that they will be all American perfection complete with abundant food, well-behaved children, and gifts that we’ve always longed for. No one argues; no one is cranky or dissatisfied or sad. We create a minefield of disillusionment for ourselves. Every year […]
All the pre-holiday heavy emphasis on buying-buying-buying got me thinking about a gift people can give themselves and their families — something precious, rare, and very, very valuable. Being debt-free. Does that mean being some sort of Grinch and not buying any gifts? Does that mean never using credit cards again and always paying cash? […]
Dear Editor: It appears St. Gerard’s Church is heading in a negative direction. Recently the music director and the entire adult choir were told they were not to be singing any longer. I am in the choir and it was quite a shock, especially at the holiday season. “Cost” was cited as a reason and […]
Dear Editor: To many of you, the holiday season begins with the preparation of decorating the outside of your house before the real bitter weather of New England falls upon us. We begin by cleaning the yard of the fallen leaves, making sure the flower beds are all pruned, the last of the leaves are […]
DID YOU KNOW … Social Security recipients will get a cost-of-living adjustment of 3.6 percent in January 2012, their first increase in three years. Some of the increase will be lost to higher Medicare premiums, which are deducted from Social Security payments. According to federal officials, most Medicare beneficiaries will pay $99.20 a month in […]
Dear Editor: We just wanted to take a moment to acknowledge the coaches of the Pop Warner C Team: Doug Ragusa, Lee Bryant and Craig Allen. Like all coaches, their volunteerism is what makes youth sports possible through their commitment and donation of their time. This triumvirate seems to have mastered the balance between dedication, […]
DID YOU KNOW … Canton will face Stoughton in the classic Thanksgiving Day matchup tomorrow at 10 a.m. at Memorial Field in Canton. Each year, MAC publishes some facts, records, and trivia from the Canton-Stoughton rivalry that started in 1926. So here we go for this year: The Canton-Stoughton rivalry is 85 years of football […]
