Man About Canton: NEW CANTON CONDOS BEING FORECLOSED

DID YOU KNOW…

One of the larger and more surprising foreclosure notices recently published in the Patriot Ledger concerned the new Blue Hills Commons Condos belonging to B.H. Commons, LLC., located at 780 Dedham Street, Suite 400 in Canton, which are being foreclosed by their 2006 mortgagee, the National City Bank. The condo complex is located at 6, 8, 10 and 12 Royall Street, as well as 5, 8 and 10 Davenport Avenue and 2736 and 2738 Washington Street, all in the shadow of the Blue Hills.

MAC just bought a copy of George Comeau’s new postcard history book, “Canton,” published by Arcadia Publishing. It only cost $20, and if you’re interested in Canton history, you should have this book in your library. It is informative, interesting and very well done.

The Fiddlehead Theatre, located at 109 Central Street in Norwood next to the common, has been sold for $925,000. The building underwent extensive modifications to the exterior and interior in 2006, after which the Fiddlehead Theatre Company ran a live theater business. Business began to decrease, however, and the location has been dormant for almost a year.

The Caritas Health and Wellness Center’s facility, located at 920 Washington Street in Norwood’s RAMA Shopping Center, will be closed by the Norwood Hospital management team and cease operations on February 28. The center’s operator said the closure is the result of the faltering economy and an increase in the number of facilities in the area offering similar services.

If you’re planning to buy a new or used car, you should be familiar with the state’s so-called “Lemon Law,” especially since some dealers aren’t doing all they should to make the rules clear. The state’s Lemon Law regarding new and used vehicles requires that different notices be placed on each eligible car for sale at a dealership. The notices must detail the consumer’s right to a refund after reasonable attempts to repair a car are made, and they must also outline the arbitration process that a consumer can pursue to decide whether the car qualifies for a refund. The law for used cars applies to vehicles sold at a dealership that cost at least $700 and have fewer than $125,000 miles, and used car dealers must provide limited warranties on eligible cars. 

The Route 24 resurfacing project is closed down for the winter and will resume in the spring. The project includes resurfacing and bridge overpass repair along a four-mile stretch in Stoughton and Avon.

The Massachusetts Supreme Court has overturned the conviction of fired Stoughton Police Sergeant David Cohen who was charged with public corruption. Even though the court overturned the guilty verdict because of errors in the jury selection process, the court also said evidence against Cohen supported the verdicts, so Cohen can be retried on all charges on which he was found guilty.

At the latest count, about 37.9 million people — or one in every six Americans — are receiving food stamps, as enrollment set a record for the ninth month in a row. The average monthly benefit was $133.60 per person in October.

Collective Brands, Inc., the Kansas-based owner of Payless Shoe Source, Stride Rite, Keds, and Saucony, is in the process of buying the Above The Rim brand from Canton-based Reebok International. The price hasn’t been announced.

Some noteworthy people recently passed away. One of them was Donald Goerke, who died at age 83 in New Jersey. Mr. Goerke was a longtime employee of the Campbell Soup Company’s Franco-American line and is credited with creating Chunky Soups and kid favorite SpaghettiO’s.

In Amsterdam, Netherlands, Mrs. Miep Gies died at age 100. Mrs. Gies’ family hid the Jewish family of Anne Frank from the Nazis for two years, and it was Mrs. Gies who was credited with saving Anne Frank’s diaries, which were scattered following her arrest. Without those diaries, Anne Frank’s story would never have been known.

Lastly, in Louisiana, singer-songwriter Bobby Charles died at 71. He was the man who wrote the unforgettable and popular Fats Domino hit “See You Later, Alligator.”

When school is in session, MAC often eats lunch at the Chateau de Bleu at the Blue Hills Regional, and he suggests you try it. The menu changes daily, and whatever they serve, it is excellent and very reasonably priced.

Finally, it doesn’t surprise us that Russia has one of the highest levels of personal alcohol consumption in the world. Reportedly, the equivalent of 18 liters, or almost five gallons of pure alcohol per capita, per year, is consumed there. Coincidentally, a study published last year in the Lancet Medical Journal said drinking has caused more than half the deaths among Russians ages 15 to 54 since the 1991 Soviet collapse.

The things you control, you take care of.  What you don’t control, you must let take care of itself.   

This is all for now folks; see you next week.

Joe DeFelice can be reached at
manaboutcanton@aol.com

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