Did you know … The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects a 10 percent decline in spending for home heating oil this winter. Oil prices remain depressed around the world and nearly 20 percent of homes in the northeast rely on oil furnaces for their heating source. According to the EIA, spending for propane is projected to grow 14 percent […]
The other day, the owner of a local business came in to work and discovered he had apparently been laid off. It came as something of a surprise, since he knew for sure he had not laid himself off. He had not laid anyone off in many years. But his human resources manager had an […]
Fellow Citizens: I really don’t understand what some of us are so angry about. I urge you to think about how the president has been deftly leading us into a true V-shaped recovery: While the above was penned with tongue in cheek, the graph clearly illustrates our critical need for real leadership. We need Joe […]
Dear Editor: As a conservative, I find myself with virtually no platform for speech. Conservatives have often been censored from Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and many newspapers and news outlets. Google manipulates its search results through programming that sends conservative links to the back of the queue or blocks them entirely, while promoting liberal-leaning results on […]
Dear Canton Community: The Norfolk County Commission owns and operates Norfolk County Agricultural High School in Walpole. It is moving forward with plans to lease 25 acres of forest and farmland to a commercial solar development company. If the project proceeds, the lease will last for 20 years. The project would take 17.5 acres of […]
Minutes after the first day of school let out at Canton High School, the fire alarm went off, capping off an already tumultuous start to the school year. Technically, this was the third “first day of school” — the first day happened when all students logged on remotely, and then again when ninth graders arrived […]
A customer came in to talk to Canton Co-operative Bank Branch Manager April McKee. He had received an email that seemed a little off and wanted to get an objective second opinion from her. April was able to reassure this gentleman immediately. “Between the email itself and what he told me, the email just sounded […]
Dear Editor: Massachusetts voters will have the opportunity to vote on ranked choice voting on the upcoming November ballot. Indivisible Canton is endorsing a Yes vote for Question 2, which would pass ranked choice voting for Massachusetts elections beginning in January 2022. Ranked choice voting gives voters the option to rank their preferred candidates in […]
Did you know … Dunkin’ Brands, the Canton-based coffee and donuts empire, recently released two new breakfast cereals based on two of its most popular coffee drinks: caramel macchiato and mocha latte. The cereals are produced by Post Consumer Brands game and are available for purchase in stores and online. According to a press release, […]
Dear Editor: I write to give my full support to the School Committee, the superintendent, other school administrators, and the Canton Teachers Association for their school reopening plan. I am certain that they all knew ahead of time that no matter what decisions were made they would be criticized. They are in a no-win situation. Still, […]
