Man About Canton: New Water Treatment Facility
By Joe DeFeliceDID YOU KNOW …
The new Edward M. Sullivan Water Treatment Facility off Neponset Street cost $11 million, which will come out of the town water department’s long-term capital water and sewer enterprise account. The new facility, according to Canton Water Department Supervisor Dennis Morton, is a plant filled with state-of-the-art machinery. Morton said that Canton now receives over 75 percent of its water from town wells, and it is all treated at the new plant and distributed back out through a network of pipes. The remaining 20-25 percent of our drinking water comes from the MWRA and its Quabbin Reservoir, which is about 60 miles west of Canton, and the Wachusett Reservoir about 35 miles west of Canton.
Three years ago, the town of Canton depended on the MWRA for 100 percent of its drinking water. Today, we only need 20-25 percent, which will greatly reduce the overall cost that the MWRA charges to the town of Canton.
Canton Police Chief Ken Berkowitz recently announced the promotion of Officer Chuck Rae to sergeant replacing Sergeant Mark Ronayne, who recently retired after serving the town of Canton for 32 years.
It is interesting to note that Sgt. Rae’s father, Cantonite Jay Rae, a retired Milton firefighter, is a major player in the senior softball 65-and-over division. Jay plays shortstop in the winter for one of the top teams in Florida and in the summer for the well-known Bostonian 65-and-over tournament team.
According to the Boston Herald, the town of Canton was listed as one of the towns that passed a pit bull bylaw that required owners to register their dogs, muzzle them in public, post “beware of the dog” signs, and limit them to two per household. State legislators recently acted to override the “pit bull law” of Boston, which will make the Canton bylaw null and void. Boston Mayor Tom Menino vowed to resurrect a city pit bull muzzling rule that was nixed when a new state law took place on November 1, 2012.
The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce recently honored the Life is good Company as a top small business at its 2012 Small Business of the Year Awards. The annual Life is good Festival held at Prowse Farm in Canton raised more than $1.7 million in the past three years, providing education resources and support to child care providers who dedicate their lives to helping “kids in need.”
Babson College is ranked as one of the top women’s volleyball teams in New England. One of the stars of the team is Canton’s Paige Sawyer. According to Babson coach Eric Neely, “Paige is physical with great height at 6’2” and the freshman is emerging at middle hitter.”
According to AARP, 22.3 percent of women and 12.5 percent of men 50 and over live alone.
School Superintendent Jeff Granatino told the School Committee that at the start of the new school year, 36 new staff members joined the Canton school system.
The Canton High School class of 2002 is holding its 10th class reunion on Friday, November 23, at MJ O’Connors on the waterfront in Boston; the CHS class of 1977 will hold its 35th reunion on Saturday, November 24, at the Canton American Legion, while the class of 1987 will hold its 25th class reunion on November 24 at Four Points by Sheraton in Norwood.
Canton Point, the new 55-plus active adult community featuring luxury town homes built off Turnpike Street around Reservoir Pond, lists pre-construction prices starting from $400,000. A model is now available for viewing. Their sales center is open at 475 Turnpike Street from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, or call 877-881-0086 for appointments.
Facebook has 1 billion users. The number one social network also has 600 million mobile users. Facebook is based in Menlo Park, California, and has 4,000 employees. It is interesting to note that the median age of a Facebook user is only 22.
The Canton school cafeteria workers union recently signed a new three-year contract covering 24 employees. The contract calls for 2 percent raises in each of the three years.
Detroit, the fastest growing city in the world in 1930, is now the fastest shrinking in the United States, with more than 100,000 abandoned homes and empty lots.
Seventy percent of the cars built by General Motors are built outside of the United States, mostly in China. In fact, there are 2,700 GM dealerships in China … wonder why Detroit is shrinking?
This year’s SAT college entrance exams show a substantial gap between racial groups. Asian Americans scored an average of 595 in math while Caucasian students averaged 536 and African American students averaged 428.
The race is not always to the swift, but to those who keep on running.
This is all for now folks. See you next week.
Joe DeFelice can be reached at manaboutcanton@aol.com.
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