DID YOU KNOW… With the start of a new year, it is time for MAC to report about some of our outstanding Canton athletes who are doing well in their individual sports. Congratulations to Canton High seniors Emily Dillon and Alli Guenthner for being named to the Boston Herald All Scholastic Women’s Field Hockey Team and teammates Michelle […]
DID YOU KNOW… The year 2010 is finally coming to an end, and we will soon be entering the new year of 2011, and MAC hopes it will be a good year for all of you. As we close out the year, MAC sends out congratulations to the Boy Scouts who are celebrating their 100th birthday. Scouting […]
DID YOU KNOW… The recent Canton Choral Society’s Holiday Pops Concert was an enjoyable evening of traditional music honoring the Christmas and Hanukkah seasons. Music Director Anne Tripp Miller conducted the singers who performed before an appreciative full-house audience of about 200 at the Canton Town Club’s function hall, and they certainly got their money’s worth. The […]
DID YOU KNOW… Canton resident and Blue Hills Regional School graduate Angela Federico recently opened Vanity Salon and Spa, located 351 Turnpike Street in Canton. Angela is a master stylist and color expert and is excited to bring her training and expertise to the residents of her hometown. Joining her at the salon are two childhood friends […]
DID YOU KNOW… The Board of Selectmen has accepted the increased tax rate recommended by the Board of Assessors. The rate for residential properties will increase from $10.83 per thousand to $11.55 per thousand. Commercial properties will increase from $21.77 per thousand to $23.04 per thousand. According to recent published reports, the total taxable valuation […]
DID YOU KNOW… The new information sign in front of the Canton Public Library may be colorful and look nice, but some people driving by on Washington Street, even at a relatively slow speed, find it difficult to read. The messages change too often, and you either have to be a sidewalk pedestrian, or pull […]
DID YOU KNOW… Canton will face Stoughton in the classic Thanksgiving Day matchup tomorrow at 10 a.m. at Memorial Field in Stoughton. Each year, MAC publishes some facts, figures, and trivia from the Canton-Stoughton rivalry that started in 1926. So here we go for this year: The Canton-Stoughton rivalry is 84 years of football action […]
DID YOU KNOW… Bob Brown, the popular longtime adjutant of the Beatty American Legion Post #24, will be honored for his many years of service at the post from 1-4 p.m. this coming Saturday, November 20. Brown, 88, was a World War II Navy combat pilot who left the Navy at war’s end in 1945 […]
DID YOU KNOW… Now that the election is finally over, it’s time to say something about Canton’s so-called “gentlemen’s agreement,” which was not adhered to this year. For many years, it was generally agreed that politicians running for office in Canton would not erect a multitude of unsightly political signs. This year, however, signs for […]
DID YOU KNOW… One of MAC’s readers who lives on Bolivar Street recently wrote an interesting complaint letter to MAC, which I want to share with you and the Board of Selectmen: “This past spring/summer, the DPW planted about 20 small evergreens on Bolivar Street in front of their buildings. Since I live directly across in […]
