Man About Canton: CANTON: PIZZA CAPITAL OF THE SOUTH SHORE

DID YOU KNOW…

In case you haven’t looked around lately, Canton now has 17 locations (that we know of) where you can buy a pizza: Apollo Pizza, Beatty Post 24 American Legion, Bertucci’s, Big D’s (Neponset Café), CenterField’s, Center Pizza, Cobb’s Corner Pizza, D&E, Good Name Pizza, Grand Slam Deli, Kelly’s Pub, Mangia Neapolitan Pizza, 99 Restaurant, Pizza Works (House of Pizza), Rosario’s Grille, Slices Italian Pizzeria, and Shaw’s supermarket. We probably should include Papa Gino’s at Cobb’s Corner on our list, but technically it is over the line in Stoughton. The latest addition to this long list is Good Name Pizza at 588 Washington Street in the Downtown Business District where the former Good Taste Eatery Chinese restaurant and Jim’s Variety used to be located. While Junction Pizza at Canton Junction was recently closed, it is available for an entrepreneur who is brave enough to do battle with all the competition. Additionally, there are also persistent rumors about Dominos coming to town in the near future. We can’t imagine why.

Incidentally, pizza and calzones prepared by Dick Lane are on the menu at the Beatty Post American Legion between 5 and 10 p.m. on Thursdays and Fridays. Also, if you like to sing, Friday evening is Karaoke night, so take a ride down and enjoy yourself.

There is still a lot of grumbling going on about the MBTA arbitrarily charging St. John’s parishioners to park in the empty Canton Center parking lot behind the church during mass when the trains on are weekend hours.

Voters in Sharon and Dedham have approved multi-million-dollar property tax increases to pay for school improvements, while voters in Plymouth, Carver and Swampscott rejected their increases.

There will be a charity hockey game between the Canton Fire/Police team and a team from the Boston police on Sunday, February 27, starting at 8 p.m. at the Metropolis Skating Rink at 2167 Washington Street. Admission is free. There will be a 50/50 raffle, a “chuck-a-puck” contest, and a silent auction to raise funds, which will go directly to the Ricky Shannon 27 Foundation as well as to two $1,000 scholarships. So you and your family should attend and enjoy the show while supporting a very worthy cause. If you can’t make it to the game, you can drop off a check payable to the “Canton Firefighters’ Association” at the Revere Street fire headquarters.

The Stoughton selectmen voted 3-2 on February 2 to offer Stoughton District Court Judge Francis T. Crimmins a three-year contract as town manager. Board Chairman Stephen Anastos and members Joseph Mokrisky and John Anderson voted to approve the offer, while John Anzivino and Cynthia Walsh voted against it. Anastos said last week that Crimmins has already accepted the job. Crimmins, who is expected to start work on February 22, will make $158,000 a year. Former town manager Mark S. Stankiewivz, who accepted the position of town manager in Plymouth in December, was paid about $120,000 a year at the end of his tenure. Crimmins, a former selectman and town meeting moderator, joined the Stoughton court in 1992 after being appointed by Governor William Weld. He became the court’s presiding judge in 2001.

In reviewing the results of last month’s U.S. Senate special election, Democratic Attorney General Martha Coakley only carried two South Shore communities, while Republican Scott Brown swept her in all the others. Coakley carried Milton by 89 votes, and Sharon by 925 votes.

It was a short-lived retirement for the folks at Connors Wayside Furniture. They are now back in business at 2239 Washington Street (Route 138), and they are available to fill your furniture needs. As a matter of fact, you can save 40 to 60 percent off retail during their winter sale. The store is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. So stop in and see them, or call them at 781-828-0785.

A state-wide group of citizens known as the “Coalition for the Repeal of 40B” is trying to repeal the controversial Massachusetts affordable housing law known as Chapter 40B. However, they are not going to have an easy time of it because a number of developers, lawyers, and consultants are now organizing and planning to spend as much as $1 million to combat the citizen effort. Chapter 40B has been in effect for 40 years and allows developers to bypass local zoning if they set aside at least 20 percent of their housing stock for low- and moderate-income housing. A pro-40B organization called Citizen’s Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA) estimates the law has helped create 56,000 housing units since the early 1970s. The upcoming 40B fight should be interesting.

If you are tired of winter weather, take heart — Red Sox pitchers, catchers and injured players voluntarily reported to spring training in Fort Myers, Florida today, February 18. Other players are obligated to report by March 2 to get ready for the first spring training games against teams from Northeastern University and Boston College on March 3.

Most of us spend a lot of time dreaming of the future, never realizing that a little of it arrives each day.

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

Joe DeFelice can be reached at
manaboutcanton@aol.com

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