Dear Editor: First I wish to thank the Citizen for such great year-round community news coverage. Our town is very fortunate to still have this vital news source by dedicated local staff and ownership! Did anyone else notice the advertisement in the last edition for only four Masses at St. Oscar Romero over the holidays? […]
Brought to you by Canton’s Sustainability Committee Holiday season is a time for family, friends, and making memories. It’s also a busy season for shopping, decorating and baking — which can lead to a lot of extra trash. Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, American households generate roughly 1,000 extra pounds of waste. That’s according […]
A fellow local banker and I got talking about how local banks can often help borrowers who get into mortgage repayment difficulty if only the borrowers will come in and talk to us. That’s true. Many struggling borrowers do come in. Some don’t. But ignoring problems usually makes things worse. Or things can get dramatically […]
Last Tuesday was a good day. No, I am not talking about candidate wins or losses. Everyone has their own opinion of those. I spent Election Day as a poll watcher at an urban New Hampshire precinct. I’m talking about process. Given the campaign season drama and hyped prognostications of how the day might play […]
Dear Editor: Thank you to the Canton community for all your support to help make our 2022 market season a great success! From the volunteer crew to our sponsors, customers, community groups, and of course, our vendors, it was a true collaborative effort. We had more than 14,000 visitors to the market this year, and […]
By Ray DiPasquale, Massasoit Community College President In recognition of the National First-Generation College Celebration on November 8, I’d like to share some resources for individuals who are first in their family to attend college, along with some personal thoughts and experiences. At Massasoit Community College, we are committed to providing services for students to […]
A fellow banker recently told me about a gentleman who stopped by his local bank to tell them he’d just realized that a person he thought he was doing business with was actually a scammer. As it so happens, the man was in shock. He was angry at the scammer and very upset with himself. […]
By Laurie Vachon Over the summer while in a North End café, I struck up a conversation with tourists from Connecticut. We exchanged places to visit in our respective hometowns. I had mentioned I wanted to go to Mystic to try the pizza — made famous by the 1988 film Mystic Pizza. The couple gave […]
The Canton Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee (CDEI) held its first ever Jewish High Holidays celebration on Sunday, September 18, in the Canton High School cafeteria. The event served as a kickoff to Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year (Sept. 25-27), which is followed one week later by Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement […]
According to the Boston Globe, “An increasing number of people desperate to secure a place to rent are being duped out of thousands of dollars by online scammers.” The article caught my attention. The word “desperate” really jumped out. Scammers usually specialize in generating desperation. In fact, the bottom line of most scams is that […]
