DID YOU KNOW … Canton state Representative Bill Galvin recently held his re-election kickoff campaign fundraiser at the Chinatown restaurant in Stoughton. Galvin, who is the chairman of the House Committee on Personnel and Administration, had many high-profile Democrats in attendance, including Congressman Bill Keating, Massachusetts House Speaker Bob DeLeo, Stoughton Representative Lou Kafka, and […]
DID YOU KNOW … There are some high school teachers you never forget. Fred MacDonald was one that MAC will never forget. A lover of history and a social studies teacher at Canton High School for 39 years, Fred recently died at the age of 87. Fred had quite a background. Originally from Dorchester, he […]
Our dog, Snoopy, has routines that he follows religiously. Every morning he performs his yoga stretches, visits the trees, then has breakfast. After begging for his extra piece of cheese, he goes back to sleep for the rest of the morning. Upon awakening he drives Steve crazy until our neighbor, Cheryl, comes to take him […]
On October 15, my family went to the Boston Book Festival to hear Pulitzer Prize winning and nominated authors speak on the dangers of a lost economic decade on scientific progress. Later that Saturday we found ourselves swept in the passions of “Occupy Boston,” which marched past the Trinity Church near the Boston Public Library […]
DID YOU KNOW … Bank of America, the nation’s largest bank with branches in Canton and Stoughton and in most cities and towns in the U.S., plans to charge customers a monthly fee of $5 for using debit cards for purchases beginning in early 2012. Wells Fargo and Chase are testing $3 monthly debit card […]
Dear Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to thank former firefighter Butch King for his continued effort, even in retirement, in providing quality CPR and first aid instruction to the citizens and employees of the town. For years, Butch instructed classes to anyone who wanted to learn this important yet simple lifesaving technique. […]
To George Comeau: Thank you for your wonderful article about Ed Bolster in last week’s Canton Citizen (October 20). Ed was a great man, a humble man, a humorous man, and a trusted friend. Your article brings Ed’s spirit and unusual life to so many new people who did not have the privilege of personally […]
DID YOU KNOW … The Lagadinos family is discussing with town officials the possibility of donating a two-story, 10,000-square-foot building to the town of Canton. The building is located at 222 Bolivar Street. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the building was home to the sometimes-controversial Canton Reporter newspaper owned by Tony Pazasis. The […]
Right now, we are seeing one of the country’s largest banks in the news on a regular basis for all the wrong reasons: government investigations; a disastrously failed acquisition; higher and higher fees; foreclosure litigation; branches possibly closing; monster layoffs. Does this mean that the bank is in trouble? Absolutely not! What does it all […]
It’s hard to believe that a year has passed and I am sitting in Temple once again asking God’s pardon for my behavior during the past year. Things are slightly different this year. Last year we joined my mom at her place of worship; this year she came with us to our service at Temple […]
