DID YOU KNOW … The eighth annual Reebok/CABI Road Race will be held on Saturday, September 15, at the Reebok World Headquarters in Canton. It is the primary fundraiser for the Canton Association of Business and Industry (CABI). Over 5,500 cyclists participated in the 33rd annual Pan-Massachusetts Challenge, including 24 from the town of Canton. […]
DID YOU KNOW … The Canton High School football team will open the regular season against three high profile non-league opponents. The first game will be played at home on Friday, September 7, at 7 p.m. against last year’s Division II Super Bowl winner, Dennis/Yarmouth, followed by a game at Quincy High School on Friday, […]
DID YOU KNOW … The $1.9 billion South Coast Rail Project that would extend the railroad line from Canton and Stoughton through Easton, Raynham, and Taunton, then split into two lines, one to New Bedford and one to Fall River, is moving ahead as several crucial studies (according to the Boston Herald) have recently been […]
DID YOU KNOW … Canton Development Properties, a subsidiary of the Napleton Company of Illinois, will fund a $40,000 independent study on the 42-acre property of the former Plymouth Rubber Company on Revere Street. The study will evaluate traffic, environmental issues, impact on our schools, and the financial impact on the town of Canton. This […]
Canton’s own DJ Gary Titus is on the Boston Red Sox’s long list of qualified candidates to be a “guest in the chair” as PA announcer for a Red Sox game. Longtime announcer Carl Beane passed away in May, leaving big shoes to fill. Red Sox president Larry Luchino told WEEI’s Dennis & Callahan show […]
DID YOU KNOW … Bob Caparella, who has owned the LaScala Italian Restaurant (populated by many Canton residents) in Randolph for the past 42 years, recently purchased the closed Piccadilly Pub next door to LaScala. Caparella leased the Piccadilly Pub location to three restaurateurs and it was recently opened as The Lodge Bar and Grille […]
DID YOU KNOW … According to a recent story in the Boston Globe, there are only two species of venomous snakes in New England, the northern copperhead and the timber rattlesnake. Both make their home in the Connecticut River Valley and “surprisingly right here in the Blue Hills Reservation,” bordered by Canton, Milton, and Quincy. […]
DID YOU KNOW … MAC congratulates Dick Staiti on his retirement from teaching at Canton High School. Dick, better known as “Doc,” spent 39 years as an educator, and 37 of these years were at Canton High School. For many years, Staiti was the CHS athletic trainer, and for the past five years he was […]
DID YOU KNOW … Canton’s very own singing duo “The Oladipo Sisters,” Oladunni, 13, and Olayeni, 11, have just released a brand-new single called “A Song for America.” It is an original patriotic song that celebrates the true American spirit. The song is dedicated to all our veterans and everyday unsung heroes. The Community Club […]
MAC has learned that the Canton senior center’s move to 500 Pleasant Street (the old Knights of Columbus building) is progressing nicely. Before demolition of the interior walls and renovations can begin, the purchase and sales agreement and some other legal documents must be signed. The Council on Aging (COA) feels that they have sufficient […]
