Dear Editor: I hope that our selectmen have done their homework regarding the solar farm. Being in the green energy field for 20 years, I have some concerns. First, it looks like this is a non-bid contract. As a town, we just do not know if this is the best deal for this project. It seems to […]
Jerilynn “Jeri” Margaret (Tordoff) Flagg, 69, of Canton, died Monday morning, February 21, 2011, in her home after a brief illness. Born in Norwood, she was raised and educated in Canton, where she resided most of her life. She was the daughter of the late Arthur E. and Margaret R. (Keith) Tordoff. Mrs. Flagg loved […]
Dear MAC: Thank you for the mention of my father in your February 3 column (“Two Canton Icons Pass Away”). It was thoughtful of you to mention dad as an “icon,” though he would have cringed at that description, being the humble man he was. He lived and worked with people such as Maurice Ronayne Sr., […]
Florence L. Moritz (Crosby), 89, of Canton, passed away at home February 17. Born in Cambridge, she graduated from Watertown High School and previously lived in Waltham and Easton before moving to Canton 20 years ago. She worked as a receptionist at Dr. Michael Edelstein’s optometrist office in Waltham for several years. She was a […]
Responding to the impassioned remarks of Selectmen Chairman Victor Del Vecchio about the importance of a second ambulance, the Finance Committee voted last week to transfer $113,000 from the town’s reserve funds to boost the Fire Department’s minimum manning level and restore the department’s second ambulance to full status. Fire Chief Charlie Doody had made […]
Carlo A. DiStasio, 86, of Middleboro, formerly of Canton, passed away February 15 at the Life Care Center in Raynham. Born in Boston, he was raised in Hyde Park and graduated from Hyde Park High School and was a Navy veteran of WWII. He worked as the custodian at the Canton Public Library for many […]
After breathing new life into a struggling Randolph High School in only three years’ time, Dr. William Conard, a man described by Canton Superintendent Jeff Granatino as an “educational visionary,” has accepted an offer to become the new principal of Galvin Middle School. Pending successful contract negotiations, Conard, a Canton native, will take over for […]
Five years after the Main Course Market opened its doors at 11 Washington Street in Cobb’s Corner, the local community remains just as important to the business as the foods it sells. “We’ve managed to fill a need in the community for a full-service store with the highest quality products,” said Bob Palmer, who owns […]
Height, rebounding, and good outside shooting proved to be too much for the CHS boys’ basketball team as the Bulldogs fell to 5-14 with losses to Franklin in the Hockomock Classic 72-37 and to Stoughton 73-53 earlier last week. Canton had one more regular season game to play against Fairhaven before awaiting its playoff seed […]
Albert J. Pierce, 90, formerly of Hyde Park, passed away February 14 at the Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton. Born and raised in Boston, he attended Boston schools and graduated from Boston University in 1949. He was an Army veteran of WWII and worked as a mail carrier for the Post Office in Hyde […]
