Man About Canton: Another Deer Hunt

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State wildlife officials are proposing another deer hunt in the Blue Hills over six days in November and December to cull deer from the 7,000-acre reservation. This year’s proposal would allow 117 shotgun hunters, and for the first time, 23 archery hunters during each two-day segment for a total of 420 hunters. Last year the state proposed 196 shotgun hunters for the hunt, which spanned only four days. A lottery will be used to select the 420 hunters, more than twice as many as last year. The state’s 2015 deer management plan called for controlled hunts through 2024 and beyond. Archery will be permitted only in a designated area of the reservation, and hunters will be able to use either bows and arrows or shotguns, not both. Last year, the four-day hunt yielded only 64 deer, including 47 female deer. This year’s hunts would take place on November 29 and 30, December 5 and 6, and December 8 and 9.

Michael Donovan is seeking a site plan approval and necessary permits from the Canton Zoning Board of Appeals to construct two additional dwelling units at 847 Washington Street.

In high school football news, Oliver Ames has moved to the Kelley-Rex (large school) Division while North Attleboro is moving to the Davenport (small school) Division and will now face Canton High on the schedule in all sports. The two schools switched divisions because of changes in their enrollment.

Talking about football, Canton High School will open its 2016 season against nonleague opponents Pentucket (September 10) and Scituate (September 16). The first day of practice is August 19.

Longtime Menudo super fan and Canton resident Lisa K. Berton is organizing a 13-hour Menudo extravaganza to mark the 20th anniversary of the website www.menudoonline.com dedicated to the Puerto Rican pop group that will take place on Saturday, October 15, from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the Best Western Adams Inn, 79 Hancock Street in Quincy. Tickets cost $125.

Today’s population of the United States is estimated at 322.7 million people. In 1776, it was estimated at 2.5 million.

The state legislature recently approved five all-alcohol pouring licenses for Canton restaurants and three additional package store licenses. Selectmen will hold one each in abeyance for further economic development but will distribute the remaining licenses. Clients that are interested include the two new hotels, the Hilton Garden Inn and Best Western (pending local approval); Oliveira Steak House at the Village Shoppes; and Mai Place on Route 138.

Selectmen recently approved Robert Boulanger as a part-time animal control officer in Canton.

As of July 1, 2016, the number of single family homes sold in Canton was 96 with an average selling price of $595,131 while in the neighboring town of Randolph, 123 homes were sold with an average selling price of only $303,302.

MAC’s recent article on bullying included many factual points. On the Facebook page “Everything Canton,” there were over 100 comments on the subject. It is obvious that a lot of buried and not-so-buried childhood trauma came up as a result of the article. Some people had bullying issues and some didn’t. A bullying problem continues when parents look the other way and refuse to believe their child does anything wrong instead of talking it out between the parents and the kids and trying to diffuse a volatile situation. Instead they let it drag out and make it worse for everyone involved, especially the bullied child. Parents have little control over what happens in school, and they depend on the teachers and school officials to reprimand and deal with the bullies. MAC hopes that school officials step up and stop the bullying that is going on, especially at the middle school level.

Look at the manners of others and mend your manners.

That is all for now folks. See you next week.

Joe DeFelice can be reached at manaboutcanton@aol.com.

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