Dear Editor: As a Boston Marathon runner who did not get to finish, I consider myself lucky. I wasn’t feeling well and was way behind my projected four-hour time. But I was fortunate in more ways than one on Marathon Monday. Due to my slower time I was able to better experience and take in […]
Dear Editor: On April 30, voters will select a Democratic nominee for the United States Senate. I am supporting Congressman Stephen Lynch to be our next U.S. Senator. In Congress, Stephen Lynch has been a staunch defender of seniors, veterans, and working families. As a former iron worker, Steve has a unique story to tell […]
Dear Editor: Kudos to the Canton Senior Center for sponsoring the new Zumba Gold class. We “younger seniors” are thoroughly enjoying it and hope it will continue. While the classes have to be held at an offsite facility at the present time, we are looking forward to the new center. Hopefully there will be sufficient […]
Dear Mr. DeFelice: I thought I would educate you on the circumstances surrounding my decision not to run again for the Planning Board. I typically do not sit at the computer and respond to articles or points of information within the newspaper. However, given your recent article (April 4) with its inaccurate information and its […]
Dear Editor: I was recently inspired and encouraged by finding out about James Batcheller Sumner, who was born in Canton on November 19, 1887. He went on to receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1946. (I found this while reading the book form of the Encyclopedia Britannica, as old fashioned as that may seem.) The […]
Dear Friends: It has been my privilege to serve on the Board of Trustees of the Canton Public Library since 1977. It is now time for me to step down. So many wonderful things have happened to the library since 1977. Perhaps the most significant occurred more than ten years ago when, with the cooperation […]
Dear Editor: The enthusiasm emanating from the senior center these days is contagious. After a series of disappointments in the past, the time has finally come. There will be a new center and the excitement of planning its basic requirements and the opportunity to offer additional services has not only the director and her staff […]
Dear Editor: On Friday, March 15, two separate events were held in Canton to support the Scott M. Herr Memorial Foundation. The first event was the finals of the fourth annual Scott M. Herr Memorial floor hockey tournament held in the afternoon at Canton High School. Games were played from March 11-15 in the school gym. […]
Dear Editor: I saw the article that was written about one of our Canton natives who ran solo in the Boston Marathon and raised $4,200 for the Pat Tillman Foundation. I read that the money will be used for educational scholarships for military and their spouses. It reminded me of someone my mother has often […]
Dear Editor: The St. John the Evangelist School Foundation would like to express its most sincere gratitude to the following individuals and families who made donations in the name of Mildred Ryan: Denise Dupont, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hagen, Stephen Karp, Florence Kiggins, Mr. and Mrs. Carter, the Slawsby family, and Walter & Shuffain, P.C. Through […]
