Man About Canton: Fall Is Here
By Joe DeFeliceDid you know …
Another summer is gone, leaving nothing but memories; and the fall season is well upon us with its cooler weather. There is a lot to look forward to in the fall. The colorful fall foliage, Halloween, Thanksgiving feasts, weekend football games, trees devoid of leaves, and of course, the drudgery of Christmas shopping. There is also the brisk and snowy weather. This fall we also had the long and boring political season that finally came to a merciful end with the long-awaited Massachusetts gubernatorial election on November 4. We have to dig out our winter clothes and boots, replacing what no longer fits or has worn out, and we will try to remember where we stashed the old snow shovel when last winter finally ended. Yes, fall is here.
The Orchard Cove Hebrew Senior Life Center at 1 Del Pond Drive, off Route 138 in Canton, recently celebrated its 20th birthday. Call 781-821-1730 to schedule a tour or check out www.orchard-cove.org to read 20 reasons why Orchard Cove is the best in senior living. They have recently completed extensive renovations of their facilities.
The Open Book Coffee House, located at the Canton Public Library at 786 Washington Street, is entering its 10th consecutive season of showcasing live acoustic music. Performances are held monthly on Saturday nights starting at 7:30 p.m. For more information, go to www.town.canton.ma.us/library/coffeehouse or call 781-828-6606.
Danny Erickson, CHS athletic director and longtime boys soccer coach, was recently inducted into the Massachusetts Soccer Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
Canton Superintendent of Schools Jeff Granatino was selected as one of the two school superintendents to serve on the board of directors of the Mass. Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA). One problem the MIAA should try to solve is how to prevent high school football teams from playing the same team three times during the same season. If CHS had beaten Oliver Ames, it would have played Stoughton High three times this year.
The recent Canton/Reebok Road Race drew 750 runners, 50 more than last year. Gene Manning, president of the Canton Association of Business and Industry (CABI) and one of the race organizers, said that close to $50,000 was raised and will be distributed to Canton organizations. The event has raised over $400,000 in its 10-year history.
The town of Canton recently dedicated the DPW garage in honor of longtime employee Ronald “Butch” Pasquarosa.
MAC was sad to see the recent passing of Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino on October 30. Mayor Menino was the longest-serving mayor (20 years) in the city’s history. MAC met the mayor only once, when he stopped in to eat at the Dry Dock Café, a restaurant in the Seaport District owned by Canton’s Kathy Spiropoulos. According to Kathy, the mayor would stop in for a “power lunch an average of three times a week.”
MAC was also sad to hear that Daisy Buchanan’s restaurant and bar in Boston recently closed. The 44-year-old Newbury Street watering hole was the unofficial baseball headquarters for visiting teams in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s. MAC once dropped in to visit his daughter, Joanna, who waitressed there during her college years. Too many young people for MAC!
Richard and Eileen Russell of Canton were featured in the AAA Southern New England Magazine’s November issue. They recently celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary.
A belated “Happy birthday” to MAC’s barber, Hal Hanlon, who celebrated his 80th birthday on October 12. Hal has been cutting hair in downtown Canton for over 55 years.
How many of you know what “#tbt” means? If you are on Facebook, it means “Throwback Thursday,” a social media phenomenon in which people post old photos of themselves.
A little history for you trivia buffs: Boston Latin, founded in 1635, is the oldest school in America, while English High, founded in 1821, is the nation’s oldest high school. Their Thanksgiving Day contest is said to be the oldest continuous high school football rivalry in the country. This year will be their 128th meeting that started in 1887.
Radar detectors are legal in all states except the District of Columbia and part of Virginia.
The World Series matchup between Kansas City and San Francisco produced the lowest television ratings in the series history. To make matters worse for Major League Baseball, the TV debate between Martha Coakley and Charlie Baker scored a 75 percent margin of victory over Game 6 of the World Series in Boston, which, by the way, topped all other previous televised debates in the Boston market by a huge margin.
The most important thing in communicating is hearing what isn’t said.
This is all for now folks. See you next week.
Joe DeFelice can be reached at manaboutcanton@aol.com.
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