Over the course of the past several weeks, the entire world has been through what will almost certainly be an indelible experience of dealing with sudden, drastic, unwanted change. Even many people who had the time, opportunity and determination to prepare for such a scenario found themselves shocked and shaken by the reality of it, […]
Dear Editor: The first Earth Day in 1970 inspired the passage of key environmental legislation, including the Clean Air, Clean Water and Endangered Species acts and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In 2016, the United Nations chose Earth Day as the day when the historic Paris Agreement on climate change was signed […]
Dear Editor: Thank you to the dedicated people responsible for making sure youngsters get the nourishment they need since school has been closed. Each day at 11:45 a.m., a Bulldog van has pulled into our complex to pass out lunches, rain or shine. Kudos to all. Canton is fortunate to have people like you. Sincerely, […]
While the COVID-19 emergency is in full swing around the country and in Canton, news is hard to come by as most of us are under a self-quarantine stay-at-home order. MAC, with time on his washed and sanitized hands, found a paper written by the late Edward Bolster, a longtime member of the Canton Historical Commission. Ed […]
Dear Editor: For the past few weeks, I have enjoyed reading about the championship season of our girls and boys hockey teams; they certainly deserved all the plaudits they received. However, there is another team that didn’t get the opportunity to “skate for a title” and show what its hard work had achieved — it […]
By Julie E. Goodman, PhD By now you have heard the predictions of thousands or maybe millions of illnesses and deaths from the coronavirus if we don’t continue to take measures to prevent its spread. That’s a pretty wide range, and it’s hard to know what to believe. The reason for this range is that […]
In the hours before and after performing surgery, Sue Harrington makes masks. A veterinarian at Randolph Animal Hospital, Harrington knows how important proper personal protective equipment (PPE) is for healthcare workers — and how problematic it is that hospitals around the country are already running low during this time of crisis. Harrington knew how she […]
Benjamin Franklin is credited with coining the phrase, “An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure,” after seeing how Boston handled fires in the city. Even though Mr. Franklin was referring to fire prevention, this is true of almost everything, and especially health. The problem with prevention, if you could call it that, […]
It’s all too easy to lose track of the reality that gift cards are cash equivalents. A skeptical consumer might wonder if the companies like it that way. After all, every gift card that’s not fully redeemed is “free money” for them. Gift cards that aren’t redeemed at all are obviously even better. State governments […]
Dear Editor: I have only known Lisa Lopez for a year, but I have admired her as a citizen of Canton for a long time. Over the years I had seen her speak at annual town meeting first as a proponent of the Community Preservation Act and then, after passage, as the chair of the […]
