Comedian Bill Burr, brother of Canton Selectman Bob Burr, recently performed at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston. According to the Boston Globe, the Canton native has been one of the more prolific and consistently hilarious voices in comedy over the past few years. Bill will now reprise his role as “hard hat guy” on the […]
DID YOU KNOW … MAC recently listed the percentage of condos and apartments in Canton against single family housing at over 22 percent. It is interesting to note that out of the 22 percent, over 10 percent of the housing units are subsidized under Chapter 40B, the Massachusetts Affordable Housing Bylaw. In neighboring towns, Stoughton […]
DID YOU KNOW … The new ADA-compliant ramp at the Canton Senior Center, located at 660 Washington Street, has been completed. According to Council on Aging Director Diane Tynan, “What a difference it makes for those entering and leaving the Senior Center.” Talking about the Senior Center, a free Italian dinner, sponsored by an anonymous […]
DID YOU KNOW … The Canton High School Class of 1961 will hold its 50th class reunion on Saturday, October 29, at the Hilton Hotel in Dedham. Seventy-five former graduates have already signed up to go. Those interested in attending who have not signed up can contact class president Jim Halley at 401-295-4421, or email […]
DID YOU KNOW … The stock market recorded losses for four straight weeks in the month of August. In fact, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had 10 days of more than a 100-point movement up and down (mostly down). If you ask MAC, the U.S. economy is headed toward a recession. The weak economy is […]
DID YOU KNOW … At over 22 percent, Canton has one of the highest percentages in the south shore of condos, apartments, and multi-family homes. Stoughton is close to 25 percent, while Sharon is less than 10 percent. The state average is 11.8 percent. Oklahoma now has the country’s highest monthly average temperature ever recorded. […]
DID YOU KNOW … The main sticking point in the Canton school teachers’ contract negotiations with the School Committee is the proposed restructuring of the salary scale that would double the number of years (from 12 to 24) that a teacher would have to complete in order to reach the top of the pay scale. […]
DID YOU KNOW … Canton DJ Gary Titus was recently featured in the “Inside Track” of the Boston Herald in a story detailing the decline of the summer weekend Cape Cod happy hours. A picture of Gary taken at Pufferbellies in Hyannis in the 1980s shows him smiling as he held court over a raucous happy […]
The Hannington’s of Massachusetts Over-55 softball team traveled to Raleigh, North Carolina, for the Senior Softball-USA Eastern National Softball Tournament and came away winners for the second consecutive year. Hannington’s had previously qualified for the Eastern Nationals by winning tournaments in Palmer (Mass.) and Syracuse, New York, earlier in the year. Hannington’s started the tournament […]
DID YOU KNOW … Canton’s own Jim Carmichael is a U.S. Air Force Captain flying B-52 stratofortress bombers stationed at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota. Most of us who read the Canton Citizen know that a flood recently inundated his home in North Dakota. His home was under water for weeks, and everything […]
