DID YOU KNOW… A number of MAC’s readers are complaining about the steady stream of negative news concerning the operating school budget shortfalls from our outgoing school superintendent. Could it be we are being set up for another tax-increasing override? Superintendent John D’Auria has painted a very bleak picture indeed, and there’s no question that […]
Planning my gastric bypass – Wednesday, January 14, 2009 This is the second in a three-part series by Gary Titus chronicling his struggle with food addiction and obesity that subsequently led to his decision to undergo successful gastric bypass surgery a year ago. By Gary Titus I’ve been preparing for this since the end of […]
I have a cold, so it’s been a miserable week. For me the worst part of a cold isn’t the stuffy nose or hacking cough, attractive though they might be; it’s the fact that I can’t sleep at night. Over the years I’ve developed my own regimen for getting through a cold. At night I […]
DID YOU KNOW… Where are all the candidates for local town offices? Where are all the budding politicians? Has voter apathy become our fate and destiny? Once again our town election will be a quiet, lackluster affair. This time, we have only one contest, and that is for one seat on the Canton Housing Authority. […]
Guest columnist Gary Titus begins his three-part series this week chronicling his struggle with food addiction and obesity that subsequently led to his decision to undergo successful gastric bypass surgery a year ago. By Gary Titus Saturday, January 10, 2009: I’m 51 years old and weigh 321 pounds. I’ve been morbidly obese for at least […]
I love cities. I love the messy, vital, constant movement; the color, the busy sweep, the very insanity of so many people living and working together in a small space. The other day I found myself defending my love of cities to a woman who hated them. “I’m a farm girl at heart,” she told […]
DID YOU KNOW… Before anything else, MAC needs to clarify that the charity hockey game between the Canton Fire/Police team and a team from the Boston police will take place on on Saturday, February 27, starting at 8 p.m. at the Metropolis Skating Rink. MAC incorrectly said last week that the game was on Sunday. […]
I was a half hour early for my lunch date last Saturday so I wandered around the outdoor mall looking for interesting stores. Most of them were the usual chains, but then I came upon a paper store and was immediately enticed inside. I love stationery stores — the bright colors, the textures, the designs, […]
DID YOU KNOW… In case you haven’t looked around lately, Canton now has 17 locations (that we know of) where you can buy a pizza: Apollo Pizza, Beatty Post 24 American Legion, Bertucci’s, Big D’s (Neponset Café), CenterField’s, Center Pizza, Cobb’s Corner Pizza, D&E, Good Name Pizza, Grand Slam Deli, Kelly’s Pub, Mangia Neapolitan Pizza, […]
We went out with another couple on Saturday night and they asked us how long we’ve been married. “Thirty-three years,” Steve and I answered almost simultaneously. I saw their eyes widen and realized that my husband and I are probably not the norm when it comes to married couples these days. We’ve been married for […]
