Dear MAC: Thank you for the mention of my father in your February 3 column (“Two Canton Icons Pass Away”). It was thoughtful of you to mention dad as an “icon,” though he would have cringed at that description, being the humble man he was. He lived and worked with people such as Maurice Ronayne Sr., […]
DID YOU KNOW … There was a time when Canton was a “hot” political town — a time when there would be four or five candidates for selectman, a time when there would be contests for many of our town offices — but not this year, not in Canton. This year, for the first time in Canton’s […]
It was one of those silly arguments that we have occasionally because of our differing memories. I kept insisting that we had eaten at Schraftt’s on our first date and Shatz kept saying that no, it was Howard Johnson’s. “I should know,” he said. “I asked my mom where we should eat after the play, […]
DID YOU KNOW… It appears the old Pine Street landfill/dump, which has been closed and capped for over 20 years, could soon become one of the New England’s largest solar facilities, which will be able to generate enough electrical energy to power more than 750 homes. Under the solar generation proposal, approximately 24,000 solar panels […]
Click here for Part 1 The technology piece of our presentation was driving me and my co-trainer Merilee slightly mad. You remember me, the one who owns a cell phone that only — gasp — makes phone calls. Ironically, when I had originally filled out my application to be a STAR trainer, I had blithely […]
To our family, friends and supporters: It has now been over a month since our lives completely changed forever in an instant. We are so grateful that we made the decisions we did that night on December 26. We are all adapting and getting our lives back on track. My family and I would like to take a […]
Dear Editor: I’m writing to thank and praise a local citizen. Patrick Gibbs is a homeowner, firefighter and landscaper. He is also a decorated Marine who proudly served his country. During a recent snowstorm, the streets around our neighborhood became treacherous during a blizzard. Neighbors couldn’t get their cars home and school buses became stuck in […]
Dear Editor: I am responding to a letter to the editor in last week’s paper. The Canton Food Pantry is willing and able to collect donations on an ongoing basis. We have several drop-off locations that are available to donate any non-perishable items, including: Canton Public Library Canton Co-operative Bank Bank of Canton Pratt Realtors […]
DID YOU KNOW … MAC admits that some of our snowfalls are not only spectacular, but they also can (and do) cripple normal activity. Although there is a growing number of vehicles with snowplows attached to their front ends and expensive snow blowers in use, there is a serious shortage of snow shovelers to manually […]
Click here for Part 2 It’s so cold in this classroom today that you could hang meat in here, but still I’m thrilled to be in this room. It’s quiet, the sun is shining in my window, and, best of all, there are no deadlines this week. I’m hoping that for a couple of weeks […]
