Commercials pushing products with scare tactics always make me skeptical. So a recent radio commercial for a monthly-fee service offering to protect homeowners from home title fraud got my attention. While other kinds of scams and frauds are all too common, no one seemed to be talking about home title fraud. So I decided to […]
Dear Editor: On January 6, 2021, President Trump betrayed our country by attempting a coup with 40,000 of his paramilitary militia against our government at the Capitol. Based on the big lies over the past four years, he encouraged an angry and unruly crowd of 40,000 people to march on the Capitol and confront our lawmakers, […]
By Nichola Gallagher & Dr. Julie Goodman With the start of a new year and COVID case counts rising, we want to take a moment to both acknowledge how much the Canton community has done in terms of testing and contact tracing, and to remind everyone why this is such a vital part of keeping […]
Did you know … The Milton-Hoosic Golf Club, located off Greenlodge Street in Canton, was recently ranked the 26th best nine-hole course in the world by the Golf Magazine. A recent article in the Canton Citizen outlined the story about the Milton-Hoosic Golf Club receiving this prestigious award. MAC decided to add to the story of the […]
A while ago, there was an article in The Wall Street Journal about something that had been becoming more common, more annoying and increasingly expensive — mandatory fees. After the coronavirus fades, chances are those fees will be back. The article, “A backlash brews against fees,” focused on what may be about the most hated […]
As we approach the end of 2020, the general feeling is “good riddance.” What a year it has been, bringing unprecedented death to our nation. As of December 19, approximately 315,000 Americans had died from COVID-19 during this year. The number of COVID-19 deaths is staggering, almost incomprehensible. Bringing it closer to home, over 11,000 […]
Dear Editor: We would like to honor a friend and member of Canton’s business community, Chris Soper. Chris works at the salon Stylists at Six Thirty on Washington Street. He is a very, very special man and someone Canton should be so proud of. Chris has always decorated the outside of his salon with festive holiday decorations — Thanksgiving, […]
“Caveat emptor” is Latin for “Let the buyer beware.” Which means buyers needed to beware thousands of years ago and buyers still need to beware today, especially when shopping online. Because some things online are changing … for the worse. One example: It is now abundantly clear that online reviews have been corrupted to such […]
Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite holidays. It has my three favorites — family, food and football! I loved the tradition of attending the Thanksgiving Day football game (full disclosure: I was a Wildcat from Milton, not a Canton Bulldog) — attending as a spectator when I was young, participating in the halftime […]
Dear Editor: On behalf of all Canton, a big thank you to Town Clerk Tracy Kenney, the Town Clerk’s Office, and all of the poll workers who together did a magnificent job assuring a smooth and safe election experience for all. This was an extraordinary and demanding year for our clerk’s office: a postponed local […]
