DID YOU KNOW … Governor Deval Patrick’s latest tax proposal is to subject soda and candy to the state’s 6.25 percent sales tax. It is estimated that the tax would raise about $60 million in annual revenue for Massachusetts. It is interesting to note that 35 states already apply their sales tax to soda while […]
We liberals looked to President Obama to bring sanity back to America. We were done with a war that had destroyed our economy while making Vice President Dick Cheney — a man literally without a human heart or pulse — billions for his former employer in military contracts. We were done with the Bush Family […]
Dear Editor: We have 240,000 people looking for work and nearly 120,000 open jobs today in Massachusetts. How can we have so much opportunity available and so many people still looking for a chance? Business leaders tell me over and over again that it is because the people looking for jobs don’t have the skills […]
Dear Editor: Last week the announcement was made that Taunton State Hospital would close its doors by the end of this calendar year. This is the most recent proposed closure of a state psychiatric facility on the South Shore/Metro-South area, with South Shore Mental Health Center in Quincy and Medfield State Hospital having already been […]
Evelyn Miller (Rosen), 90, a resident of Orchard Cove in Canton, formerly of Brookline, entered into rest February 4, 2012. Beloved wife of the late Benjamin Miller. Dear daughter of the late Albert and Rose (Sissitsky) Rosen. Devoted mother of Arlene Bargad of FL and Karen Glover of Brookline. Beloved sister of Joseph Rosen of […]
Burnett L. Feldman, 91, of Peabody, formerly of Watertown, entered into eternal rest surrounded by his loving family at the Kaplan Family Hospice House on February 3, 2012. Beloved husband of Winnifred (Demb) Feldman. Devoted father of Marv and his wife, Gayle, of Canton, and Jim and his wife, Debra, of Beverly. Loving brother of […]
Robert M. Gorham, 83, of Canton, passed away February 2 at Milton Hospital. Born and raised in Dorchester, he graduated from Boston English High School and was a Navy veteran of WWII. He was the owner and operator of Gorham Fire Appliance in Quincy for many years. He previously was active in Canton Little League […]
If you are looking for some family fun, then mark your calendar for Sunday, March 11. Back by popular demand, Music Counts! and the Canton Performing Arts Department will present Cantonstock! This event features student performances with an entertaining twist: an all-day festival of music presented in an informal setting, along with fun family activities. […]
The Canton Association of Business and Industry recently held a board meeting where the following new officers were selected: Gene Manning, president; Paul Clark, vice president; Eleanor Grant, secretary; Stephen Costello, treasurer; and John Ferrari, past president. In addition, the following sub-committee chairs were named: Eleanor Grant, Membership; Paul Clark, Donations; Stephen Cesso and Paul […]
Click here for Part 1 of George Comeau’s profile on Frederic Endicott. Perhaps water was in the Endicott family’s blood. There was a fairly antiquated water system in Canton developed in the late 1700s by William Crane. As it turns out, Crane was the great-grandfather of Endicott. The primitive system was constructed of wooden pipes […]
