Dear Editor: Did you know that Canton offers a fire prevention program that many of our residents may not be aware of? Thanks to Fire Chief Charlie Doody, all it takes is a phone call to the Fire Department and a team from Fire Prevention will be at your home ready to install not only […]
Did you know … Westwood Station, now known as University Station, had its official groundbreaking ceremony three months ago. The 2.1-million-square-foot project adjacent to Interstate 95/University Avenue and the Route 128 railroad station is expected to open its first phase in the spring of 2015. It will include 600,000 square feet of retail and service […]
Note: The following letter was written in response to Joe DeFelice’s Man About Canton column that appeared on January 30. Dear Editor: Welcome to February … The month when people stop saying Happy New Year. The month when the people of Pennsylvania pull a rodent out of a hutch and the Route 138 corridor is tugged out […]
Did you know … According to the Massachusetts Department of Revenue, 71 income tax filers in the town of Canton reported $1 million or more in income. The average income of those 71 filers was $2.5 million. In all, 12,665 Massachusetts residents earned $1 million or more in 2011, the most recent year for which […]
I’m an incurable romantic. I’m a sap for mushy movies, happy endings, couples persevering against all odds. I savor transformations of ugly ducklings and Cinderellas. I want to believe that there is a partner for everyone because it would make me too sad to think that there wasn’t. That’s why despite the fact that it […]
Did you know … Eagle Scout candidate Shawn Lynch of Canton recently told selectmen that he plans to list every selectman who has served the town since it was incorporated in 1797 and have their names engraved on a plaque to be presented to the town. Lynch is a Life Scout and will achieve Eagle […]
The Friends of the Canton Public Library wish to thank all who sponsored the Caddystacks Mini Golf fundraiser at the library through generous donations of cash, gift cards, goods, and services. The course, laid on the top two floors of the library, was fun for the whole family as they putted along through tees and holes […]
Dear Editor: Thank you, thank you, thank you. Those words cannot be said enough and they will never relay completely how our families feel. Saturday night at the Canton Town Club was amazing. Rose and Billy Cravens have so many wonderful friends — some they would truly call family. These friends, from all different places […]
Did you know … It is time to resurrect the Route 138 Economic Opportunity Overlay District Bylaw. The bylaw, which took nearly two years to draft, would have established two overlay zones, one from the Milton town line to the I-93 overpass and one from Randolph Street to Tracy Wood Road. The bylaw would encourage […]
I love to shop. I always have. I can remember spending my time in a candy store deciding just where to spend my nickel. I remember haunting the toy store across the street from where we lived in Brooklyn, Fain’s Toys. It was my idea of kid heaven, living across the street from a toy […]
