MAC extends his congratulations to several outstanding Canton High School athletes who were recently named to prestigious all-scholastic teams by the Patriot Ledger newspaper: CHS senior Greg Boyd was selected to the boys’ hockey team; junior Joe McCabe to the boys’ basketball team; and seniors Jon Vaughn and Matt Sidney to the all-scholastic track team. […]
DID YOU KNOW … “Boston Rob” Mariano, who grew up in Canton and graduated from Xaverian Brothers High School, is the winner of the CBS reality show Survivor: Redemption Island. The season finale, which aired Sunday night, ended with 35-year-old Mariano taking home the $1M prize — and an additional $100,000 from Sprint. It was […]
DID YOU KNOW … MAC hates to tell you again, but it appears Social Security recipients are facing a third consecutive year without a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), which would give them a modest increase in their checks. The government is now projecting a slight cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security benefits for next year; but for […]
DID YOU KNOW … You might be interested to know that Canton wasn’t the only area community not to have any contests on their town ballot. Sharon, Raynham, Scituate and Westwood didn’t have any contests either. Apathy must be getting contagious. Work on the final phase of a five-year, $1 million plan to repair and […]
DID YOU KNOW … Public hearings by the Army Corps of Engineers to discuss the proposed $1.5 billion South Coast Rail Project between Fall River and New Bedford to Boston will be held on May 4 and May 5. The May 4 hearing will be at 7 p.m. at the Qualters Middle School, 240 East […]
DID YOU KNOW … The 2011 Canton Annual Town Meeting gets underway at 7:30 p.m. this coming Monday evening, April 25, at the Morse Auditorium at Canton High School, and voters will be able to discuss and vote on several important and controversial warrant articles. Canton has the open town meeting form of government, which […]
DID YOU KNOW … Congressman Stephen Lynch has nominated Peter Bettinelli of Canton to the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. He is a senior at Xaverian Brothers High School and is the son of John and Patricia Bettinelli of Highland Street. MAC extends congratulations and best wishes to Peter and his family. The non-profit Canton […]
DID YOU KNOW … The Army Corps of Engineers and state transportation officials have decided that the new $1.4 billion commuter rail line connecting Boston to New Bedford and Fall River will pass through Canton and Stoughton. After Stoughton, the new line will pass through Easton, Raynham, and Taunton before branching off into two lines: […]
DID YOU KNOW … Canton’s Annual Town Election will be this coming Tuesday, April 5, between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. even though, sadly, there are no contests on the ballot. Although there are no contests, however, it is our civic duty to vote. Our unopposed incumbent office holders deserve our vote because they at […]
DID YOU KNOW… Dave Bohane, who has led the middle school football program for the past two years, has been named the new varsity football coach at Canton High. MAC thinks Bohane sees an abundance of talent in the GMS program and has high hopes for the future. Article 37 in the upcoming Annual Town […]
