Man About Canton: Town Elections

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Town Clerk Tracy Kenney has announced that nomination papers for the 2020 annual town election to be held on Tuesday, April 7, are available in the Town Clerk’s office with the deadline to obtain nomination papers being Friday, February 14, at 1 p.m. Those seeking office in the election must obtain the signatures of at least 50 registered Canton voters. The deadline to file completed nomination papers with the Board of Registrars is Tuesday, February 18, at 7 p.m. There are two openings on the Board of Selectmen: two 3-year terms currently held by Attorney Christopher Connolly and Tom Theodore; one 3-year term on the Board of Assessors currently held by Gene Manning; one 3-year term on the Board of Health currently held by Dr. Julie Goodman; one 2-year term on the Board of Health recently vacated by Ruth Slattery; one 5-year term on the Planning Board currently held by David McCarthy; two 3-year terms on the School Committee currently held by Reuki Schutt and Nicola Gallagher; and three 3-year terms on the Library Board of Trustees.

Schutt has not taken out papers and may not run for reelection to the School Committee. Janice Davis has taken out papers to run for School Committee.

Lisa Lopez, who only lost by three votes for a Board of Selectmen seat last year, has taken out papers to run against the incumbents.

The first session of the 2020 annual town meeting is scheduled for Monday, May 11, starting at 7 p.m. in the Canton High School auditorium.

Canton residents Michael Kennedy and Elizabeth Newcomb were among the 22 training academy graduates sworn in as the newest members of the Norfolk County Sheriff’s Office.

Among the large donations made by the Canton Association of Business and Industry in 2019 were $10,000 to the Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children; $5,000 to the Canton Food Pantry; $5,000 to the Canton Police Department, and $2,000 to St. Vincent de Paul of Canton.

The Canton School Committee approved Superintendent Dr. Jennifer Fischer-Mueller’s recommended fiscal year 2021 operating budget of $46.913 million, which represents a 6.34 percent increase over FY20.

The Presidential Primary election in Massachusetts is scheduled for Tuesday, March 3, while the Presidential Election will be on Tuesday, November 3, 2020.

The State Primary Election is Tuesday, September 1, 2020.

Dog licenses expire on April 1 of each year. Dog licenses cost $15 for dogs that have been spayed or neutered and $20 for those not spayed or neutered. Proof of spay/neuter must be provided the first time a dog is licensed.

According to the Assessors office, the total taxable valuation of the town of Canton is over $5 billion this year. The town has increased in value by more than a quarter of a billion dollars over the last year.

The next revaluation is scheduled for fiscal year 2021.

The Yard Waste Recycling Center located at 99 Pine Street (the old town dump) will be open for the regular season on Wednesday, April 1. Winter hours are Wednesday through Saturday from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

One of MAC’s favorite Boston restaurants, the century-old “No Name Restaurant” (founded in 1917), on the South Boston Fish Pier, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection, which provides for the liquidation of business property and the distribution of assets to creditors. The No Name now joins Jimmy’s Harborside, which closed in 2005, and Anthony’s Pier 4, which closed in 2013, as another classic restaurant closed down along a famous stretch of the Boston waterfront.

The No Name is the latest high-profile Boston restaurant to close this year. According to the Boston Globe, Doyle’s Café in Jamaica Plain shut its doors this past fall after 137 years. Durgin Park in Faneuil Hall closed early this past year, and L’Espalier, a high-end offering in the Back Bay, closed at the end of 2018. Also, after 54 years, the Top of the Hub restaurant on the 52nd floor of the Prudential Center will close on April 18, 2020.

Saying what you believe others want to hear is, of course, a form of lying.  –Karl Ove Knausgard

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

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

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