Man About Canton: Fall has arrived

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Now that Labor Day has come and gone, kids are back to school, and the hot summer months are over, signs of autumn are beginning to be seen all around. Fall will officially begin on September 23 at 3:50 a.m. The weather is starting to change, and temperatures are beginning to slowly dip downward (this week’s warm spell notwithstanding), causing crickets to chirp a little slower in the evenings. With their two-plus months of summer freedom over, students have returned to their classrooms, and most, if not all beaches and swimming pools have closed until next year. Tomatoes, peppers, zucchinis, and cucumbers have finished ripening on the vine. Summer flowers are now being replaced with fall mums, and it won’t be long before we will be wearing long-sleeved shirts during the day and sweaters in the evening to keep the chill away. Sports fans will be glued to the TV in the coming weeks in hopes of another Patriots Super Bowl appearance.

It won’t be long before the leaves on the trees begin changing from green to more colorful yellows, oranges, and reds before they fall to the ground, leaving bare trees behind to cope with biting winter winds and snow. While we all can look forward to Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, together with a few pleasant Indian summer days, we also have to face the fact that winter will soon be knocking on our doors, and that is not a very pleasant thought (for some of us), especially after the last few years of record-breaking cold weather. MAC hates to say it, but it is time to dig out your winter clothes and boots, replacing what no longer fits or has worn out, and remember where you stashed the old snow shovels when last winter ended. So there you have it, summer is officially over and fall is here.

This year, the September full moon, which occurred on the 14th, is called the Harvest Moon. The Harvest Moon provides the brightest light at a time when it’s needed most — to complete the harvest.

September is the ninth month of the year. The word September comes from the Latin word “septem,” meaning seven, because it had been the seventh month of the early Roman calendar.

The town of Norwood has built an apple orchard on its conservation land off Mylod Street across from the Norwood Community Garden. Fifty trees were planted with the hope of picking fruit from them in the future.

The Rodman Celebration for Kids/Rodman Ride for Kids, founded by the late Don Rodman of Canton, donated $2,500 to the Canton Police Department. The funds will be deposited into the general police gift fund.

When the favored New England Patriots beat the Los Angeles Rams 13-3 last February in the lowest scoring Super Bowl ever, bookmaker FanDuel, Inc. reported losses of $5 million as more than 75 percent of the money was bet on the Patriots. The bookies took a beating.

The Internal Revenue Service reported that the average 2018 refund is more than 8 percent lower than last year — $1,865 compared with $2,035.

Proctor & Gamble bought the Gillette Company in 2005 for $57 billion.

On January 1, 2020, the minimum wage in Massachusetts will increase to $12.75 per hour, while workers who receive tips will see their wage rise to $4.95 per hour.

Last year the Coca-Cola Company acquired Moxie, a longtime and beloved New England soda brand that is the official state beverage of Maine. The soda is produced at a facility in Londonderry, New Hampshire.

The Dean Foods Company of Dallas, Texas, the largest United States milk producer, is blaming falling sales on consumers switching to water and alternatives like almond milk.

There are currently only 32 Republicans serving in the 160-member Massachusetts House of Representatives and only six Republicans in the 40-member Senate. In the House of Representatives, there are eight Republican women. There are no Republican women in the Senate.

The new rabbi for B’nai Tikvah, the south area Jewish congregation located in Canton, is Rabbi Leonard Gordon.

The Canton Over 30 Men’s Softball League consisted of only four teams this past season. Turnpike Café won the 2019 league championship.

According to a recent article in the Canton Citizen, selectmen authorized the following DPW projects to begin with the arrival of $750,000 in new state Chapter 90 roadway money for the 2020 fiscal year: Reclaiming Cedarcrest Road; reconstructing the south sidewalk from Spring Lane to Oakdale Road; constructing a new sidewalk from Oakdale Road to Dedham Street; and installing missing wheelchair ramps at sidewalk intersections on Dedham Street. DPW Superintendent Mike Trotta said the work done earlier this spring and summer on Walpole Street, Longmeadow Drive, and Fairway Drive was paid for with leftover money from other FY19 DPW projects as well as some financial contributions from Eversource.

One advantage of talking to yourself is that you know someone is listening.

This is all for now folks; see you next week.

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

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