DID YOU KNOW… It’s the end of October, which means it is time for one of the great days that all kids look forward to and celebrate each year, Halloween. Kids of all ages will traditionally disguise themselves as hobos, ballerinas, dancers, ballplayers, and a variety of other things — some of which require some sort […]
DID YOU KNOW… Bolivar Street has been repaved. The street has been in need of a major paving job for several years, and the selectmen finally found the funds to do it. The selectmen opted to have the street economically ground down a few inches and then repaved. By doing it that way, they had […]
DID YOU KNOW… As a new service to residents, the Stoughton Police Department has begun posting a daily police log on its web page at www.stoughton.org. The log details when the initial call came in requesting assistance, the assistance taken, the names of the responding officers, what kind of incident they responded to, and what action […]
DID YOU KNOW… Joe Uliano was my close friend. As a matter of fact, Joe was a friend to hundreds of people. He was a friend to all the members of the Canton Town Club. He was a friend to all the people he came in contact with as a longtime, hardworking member of the […]
DID YOU KNOW… This coming Wednesday, October 6, is the 140th anniversary of the tragic and untimely death of Etta K. Barstow. That name may not mean anything to you, but it should. Etta Barstow was a dedicated Canton schoolteacher who many “townies” will recognize as the teacher who was “stoned to death” many years ago; […]
DID YOU KNOW… Autumn officially arrived yesterday, September 22, which means the baseball season is almost over. Whatever the season, baseball doesn’t appear to be over for white-haired and bearded “Spaceman” Bill Lee, the 63-year-old left-handed former pitcher for the Red Sox who recently won the game he pitched for the Brockton Rox against the Worcester […]
DID YOU KNOW… Canton’s sixth annual homecoming celebration is coming up on Saturday, September 25. It will get underway at 8:30 a.m. with the annual Reebok/Canton Homecoming Road Race, which starts and finishes at Canton High School. This year’s race, which has a 7:30 a.m. registration time, will feature a 5K and 10K, a wheelchair […]
DID YOU KNOW… There is no question. It costs a lot of money to build or renovate a school building today, as evidenced by our recent Canton High School renovation, which cost Canton taxpayers over $40 million. In recent years, school construction costs have been getting out of hand. For instance, the most expensive public high […]
Former Canton High basketball standout Mike Byrnes has accepted an assistant coaching position with the men’s basketball team at Robert Morris University in Pennsylvania. He has 20 years of coaching experience. Many of you will recall that Byrnes is a 1984 Canton High graduate and played two years at forward for Coach John Calipari at […]
DID YOU KNOW … Despite all the big headlines and negative publicity directed at the Judge Rotenberg Center on Turnpike Street, Senator Brian A. Joyce’s annual bill to handcuff the school appears to be going nowhere — again; and it appears there isn’t enough support in the House of Representatives to adopt the measure and send […]
