DID YOU KNOW… Canton Recreation Director Jeff Kaylor and the Recreation Commission are busy putting together the final plans for the town’s annual July 4th celebration. For the first time, this year’s event will be held at the Galvin Middle School on Pecunit Street on Monday, July 4. The festivities will begin at 5 p.m. […]
We’ve just finished reading two short stories by Mark Twain, entitled “Eve’s and Adam’s Diary.” Twain describes Adam as a man with little imagination, caring only about building structures and animal husbandry, and Eve as intelligent, imaginative and courageous but also vain and self important. The task that Eve loves best (besides naming all the […]
Although the real estate market here in eastern Massachusetts has generally held up better than in other parts of the country, there are still plenty of people who are struggling with mortgages and many who are underwater on their loans — meaning they owe more than they could currently hope to sell their home for. […]
Bill Thibeault, former Canton executive secretary and a Navy veteran and one of MAC’s best friends, died unexpectedly last Thursday after collapsing on Memorial Day at the American Legion Hall. He was 74 years old. Bill came to Canton in 1974 from Beverly, Massachusetts, by way of Derry, New Hampshire, his hometown. Bill adopted Canton […]
DID YOU KNOW … MAC was saddened to hear of the passing of Agnes Drake-Bender on February 13 at the age of 97. Mrs. Drake-Bender was born in Brooklyn, New York, but resided for many years at her home in Canton that formerly stood at 14 Elm Street until it was torn down a few […]
Dear Editor: What the U.N. couldn’t do, what Mother Jones in 2007 couldn’t do, what the town of Canton wouldn’t do, what the Department of Justice may have helped with, Attorney General Martha Coakley has done. Matthew Israel, the torturer of children at the Judge Rotenberg Torture Center, has pled guilty to two counts of […]
Dear Editor: The Canton Summer Fun and Safety Fair, sponsored by the Board of Health, was held on May 21 at Pequitside Farm and, thanks to clear skies and a break in the weather, went off without a hitch. Consequently, it seemed that everyone who participated thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Of course, this could not have […]
Part of being a trainer who teaches teachers is supporting them when they go back to their classrooms to begin implementing the techniques that you have taught them. You exchange emails, speak on the phone and then eventually visit their classrooms to see them in action. It’s always a nerve-wracking experience for a teacher, no […]
Dear Editor: I want to thank the Canton Post Office and employees and Canton residents and businesses who pitched in to make the May 14, 2011 National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp-Out Hunger Food Drive an overwhelming success. It is very gratifying to see the community and the Canton postal team working together to re-stock […]
MAC extends his congratulations to several outstanding Canton High School athletes who were recently named to prestigious all-scholastic teams by the Patriot Ledger newspaper: CHS senior Greg Boyd was selected to the boys’ hockey team; junior Joe McCabe to the boys’ basketball team; and seniors Jon Vaughn and Matt Sidney to the all-scholastic track team. […]
