Man About Canton: Water Ban

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The state Department of Environmental Protection is still requiring Canton to implement mandatory outdoor water conservation measures through September 30. Use of automatic irrigation systems and sprinklers is limited to no more than two times per week and must take place between 5 p.m. and 9 a.m. Irrigation of lawns, gardens, flowers, and plants with a handheld hose is permitted between 5 p.m. and 9 a.m. No watering is allowed between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Please see the town of Canton website for more details.

Owen McGowan, a senior at Catholic Memorial High School, has been named to the Sports Illustrated All-American High School Watch List. Last year, the Boston Globe named McGowan its Division 1 Player of the Year.

Canton Police Department’s new intermittent officers include Stephen Mullaney, a 2013 CHS graduate; Kelly Dever, a 2016 CHS graduate; and Anthony Pascarelli, a Stoughton High School graduate.

According to Deputy Police Chief Helena Rafferty, 13 police officers have taken the sergeant’s exam to fill the open sergeant’s position with the retirement of Canton Sergeant Ken Drinan.

According to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, as of August 22, 2020, the total COVID-19 deaths in Massachusetts was listed at 8,657. Exactly 146 of them were people under the age of 50. In the town of Canton, as of August 31, a total of 397 positive COVID-19 cases (338 confirmed and 59 probable) have been reported while the state Department of Public Health has reported 43 COVID-19 deaths in Canton.

The Norfolk County Probate and Family Court is located at 35 Shawmut Road in Canton. The court deals with divorces, estates, and other personal matters.

The Canton Select Board recently named Jason Mello as the new chief town engineer. Mello replaces former town engineer Barbara Reardon, who has assumed the role of the town’s public health director.

The Select Board also recently appointed Allyson Podgurski as the assistant town accountant.

The Canton Board of Health chairperson is Dr. Julie Goodman.

In 2019, 92.9 percent of Canton High School students pursued post-secondary education.

Kristin Mirliani was reappointed as chairperson of the Canton School Committee.

According to Canton High School Athletic Director Danny Erickson, the earliest date that fall practices/tryouts can begin is Friday, September 18.

Lord & Taylor, the oldest department store in the United States, recently filed for Chapter 11 protection. The company, founded in Manhattan, New York, by two English immigrants in 1826, listed assets and liabilities of up to $500 million each in its petition.

Seven & i Holdings Company, based in Tokyo and operating internationally through its U.S.-based 7-Eleven Companies, the world’s largest convenience store franchiser, has agreed to buy Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s Speedway gas stations for $21 billion. Speedway is the second-largest chain of its kind in the United States with almost 4,000 stores in 36 states.

Phishing is a type of scam. It is the fraudulent practice of making phone calls or sending emails purporting to be from reputable companies, like Amazon or Verizon, in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information such as passwords and credit card numbers. This is how they get you: The fake company will call or send an email stating that thousands of dollars of purchases have been made to your credit card account, with the last sentence stating, “If you have not placed this order, call our fraud protection team at 1-360-234-2571 (which is the actual number that MAC was given in a phishing email he recently received, but thankfully did not call). If you get a call or email like this, it is most likely a phishing scam. Never call the phone number left on your voicemail or given in an email. Only call the number on the back of your credit card or look up the company’s actual fraud protection phone number. Be careful! These people are very sneaky.

Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.  –Abraham Lincoln

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

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

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