DID YOU KNOW … Canton’s Annual Town Election will be this coming Tuesday, April 5, between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. even though, sadly, there are no contests on the ballot. Although there are no contests, however, it is our civic duty to vote. Our unopposed incumbent office holders deserve our vote because they at […]
This week gold topped $1,400 an ounce in worldwide trading markets. The ever-increasing value of precious metals means you may have hundreds of dollars in unused jewelry just collecting dust at home. That’s when you turn to NCT Gold Buyers at 525 Washington Street. Nick Carbone opened the store with business partner and friend Corey […]
The second annual Scott Herr Memorial Hockey Game between the Canton High School varsity team and Canton coaches and parents will take place on April 2 at 6:30 p.m. Proceeds from the game will benefit the Scott Herr Scholarship Fund. Scott was a freshman at Northeastern University when he passed away as a result of […]
Within days, Canton firefighters — with help from neighboring towns — battled two house fires: one at 1842 Washington Street on Wednesday, March 16, and the other on Monday afternoon, March 21, at 119 Pecunit Street. No one was in either home at the time of the fire and no firefighters were injured. Both fires, […]
The sinewy strings tighten as places are called and participants grow quiet. Muscles contract, held in tension, as eyes focus on the backs of the competition. Everything is still when the gun goes off, unleashing an explosion of energy that launches a thick pack of tangled up runners onto the course and into the race. […]
There is an ancient map from 1794 inscribed with the names of the selectmen of Stoughton — Elijah Crane, Jabez Talbot and Nathan Crane — and on this map there are more than six bridges that cross the Neponset River in what is now Canton. Today, we mostly cross the Neponset River along Neponset Street, […]
The Joshua Tree, a Boston-based U2 tribute band, stopped by the Irish Cultural Centre Saturday night for a gig to close out the ICC’s 17 Days of March celebration. The Joshua Tree played for two-plus hours with a set that consisted of some new U2 rockers, some older rarities and many U2 classics. Louise O’Shea, […]
While teaching a new reading skill the other day in class, I was reminded yet again of how little my students know about the world outside their neighborhoods. Teaching comprehension according to this new method is difficult enough, but when I’m also presented with the challenge of filling in crater-sized knowledge gaps, it’s put-my-head-on-the-desk-and-sigh time. […]
One cannot turn on the television lately without seeing and hearing of the sad aftermath of the natural and man-made string of disasters that have transpired recently in Japan. The ongoing events resulting from the 9.0 earthquake, followed by a devastating tsunami, and the ensuing meltdown of multiple nuclear facilities in Japan on March 11, […]
