How come everyone else can refinance … and you can’t? If you read the news reports or listen to ads, you might think that every homeowner in the entire United States has recently refinanced into a mortgage rate so low that it practically amounts to a complete giveaway. That idea is making a lot of […]
DID YOU KNOW… The Board of Selectmen has accepted the increased tax rate recommended by the Board of Assessors. The rate for residential properties will increase from $10.83 per thousand to $11.55 per thousand. Commercial properties will increase from $21.77 per thousand to $23.04 per thousand. According to recent published reports, the total taxable valuation […]
DID YOU KNOW… The new information sign in front of the Canton Public Library may be colorful and look nice, but some people driving by on Washington Street, even at a relatively slow speed, find it difficult to read. The messages change too often, and you either have to be a sidewalk pedestrian, or pull […]
DID YOU KNOW… Canton will face Stoughton in the classic Thanksgiving Day matchup tomorrow at 10 a.m. at Memorial Field in Stoughton. Each year, MAC publishes some facts, figures, and trivia from the Canton-Stoughton rivalry that started in 1926. So here we go for this year: The Canton-Stoughton rivalry is 84 years of football action […]
I was in the airport, getting redressed in my shoes, jacket, belt and whatnot, remarking to the guy beside me that in my wildest dreams I never thought I’d be undressing in public and I never wanted to do it again. I was also thinking, “Why are you struggling to grab your belongings from plastic […]
DID YOU KNOW… Bob Brown, the popular longtime adjutant of the Beatty American Legion Post #24, will be honored for his many years of service at the post from 1-4 p.m. this coming Saturday, November 20. Brown, 88, was a World War II Navy combat pilot who left the Navy at war’s end in 1945 […]
Last week we spent the better part of a day going through the boxes that my mom had shipped here from Israel. There were only 13 boxes left of the household that she had dissolved last summer. I wonder if there’s some sort of mathematical life equation for this, as in 40 years divided by […]
DID YOU KNOW… Now that the election is finally over, it’s time to say something about Canton’s so-called “gentlemen’s agreement,” which was not adhered to this year. For many years, it was generally agreed that politicians running for office in Canton would not erect a multitude of unsightly political signs. This year, however, signs for […]
DID YOU KNOW… One of MAC’s readers who lives on Bolivar Street recently wrote an interesting complaint letter to MAC, which I want to share with you and the Board of Selectmen: “This past spring/summer, the DPW planted about 20 small evergreens on Bolivar Street in front of their buildings. Since I live directly across in […]
I can’t imagine my life without conversations. From the minute I wake up to the moment that I go to sleep I’m talking or listening to someone. On the phone, at work, on the train, even walking to work, there are always people to delightfully schmooze with. My sweetest high school memories center around the […]
