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Parents of Scott Herr offer
heartfelt thanks to community
By Jay Turner
Citizen Staff
For more than
eight uninterrupted hours at their son Scott’s wake, Joe and
Linda Herr never once sat down, nor did they ever leave their
place at the head of the receiving line alongside their oldest
son Joey.
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Scott Herr |
Instead, with
equal parts sadness and amazement, they stood there all
afternoon and evening as hundreds upon hundreds of Scott’s
friends, neighbors, classmates, teachers, teammates — even
opponents — came to offer their condolences along with a
handshake or a hug, with many of them braving the cold to do so
in a long line that stretched out into the parking lot and down
the adjacent sidewalk.
The Herrs, in
return, shared a moment with each one of them, and in some
cases, it was Linda or Joe who did the consoling rather than the
other way around.
“That was the
least we could do for those people who came there,” said a
grateful Joe Herr, who described the turnout at the wake as
“unbelievable,” even for someone as young as Scott.
Just 18 when
his life was suddenly taken in a car crash early on New Year’s
Day, Scott was, by all accounts, a model student and citizen —
intelligent, athletic, and just about as friendly as they come.
He also had deep community roots, having grown up his entire
life at the same Roberts Road home and having just graduated
from Canton High School after 13 years in the Canton Public
Schools.
To his
parents, Scott had always been special. Yet Joe and Linda said
they had no idea until the past few weeks just how much he meant
to those around him — how a “regular” kid from Canton was able
to touch so many lives in such a short time — and it is this
amazing legacy of his, which seems to be growing by the day,
that the Herrs fully admit are keeping them afloat during this
otherwise unbearable period of mourning and loss.
(Click here for full article)
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Paws for a Cause

Students in all four grades at
Canton High School, along with members of the faculty and staff,
recently competed against each other in the school’s first ever
“Paws for a Cause” fundraiser, which ended up raising $450 for a
Canton family in need. Pictured above are members of the winning
group — the CHS senior class — who were rewarded for their
generosity with an ice cream party courtesy of Friendly’s in
Stoughton.
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Selectmen pleased with initial
zoning re-codification
By Mike Berger
Citizen Staff
Selectmen
Tuesday night said they are pleased with the initial revisions
to the town’s zoning bylaw, a joint project and review by the
Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA), the Planning Board, and Building
Commissioner Ed Walsh.
Although the
goal is to present the completed re-codification to town meeting
in April, ZBA member Greg Pando said the process should not be
rushed, but should be complete and thorough. He suggested that
the re-codification be presented at a subsequent town meeting if
it is not ready for this year’s town meeting, which begins
Monday, April 26.
Final approval
of the re-codification will require a two-thirds majority of
town meeting voters.
ZBA member
John Marini said it is important for the public to understand
that the intent of the new codification is not to change zoning,
but to make the bylaws understandable for the average person to
know what he can or cannot do on his property,
“Our job is to
make it easier for the public,” Selectman John Connolly added.
Attorney Paul
Schneiders, who has represented many applicants before the ZBA
and Planning Board, said he is pleased to see the updates.
Schneiders said some of the language in the current bylaw dates
back to 1937 and is “archaic.” (Click here for full article)
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Incumbents
face little opposition in town election
By Jay Turner
Citizen Staff
It will be a
quiet election season for the town of Canton in 2010 as Friday’s
deadline to submit nomination papers came and went with little
fanfare, producing just a single contested race.
The lone
contest in the April 6 election will pit incumbent Housing
Authority member Ron Grinnell against challenger Jason Dupre,
while all other candidates, including incumbent Selectman John
Connolly, will run unopposed.
Connolly,
first elected in 1989 to a then three-member board, will seek
his eighth consecutive term, which would put him in a tie with
Selectman Avril Elkort for the longest current streak.
Also running
unopposed for reelection will be state Representative William C.
Galvin, who will seek a ninth consecutive term on the Board of
Assessors; former selectman and incumbent Planning Board member
George Jenkins, who will seek another five-year term; and
current School Committee Chairman Reuki Schutt, who will seek
her third consecutive three-year term.
The one
notable departure this year is on the School Committee, where
Dr. Robert Barker, an infectious diseases specialist and the
committee’s longest-tenured member, will step down after nine
years of service. Taking Barker’s place will be former colleague
John Bonnanzio, who will seek his second term following a
two-year hiatus from local politics. Bonnanzio, who served from
2005 to 2008, will now run unopposed after CAPE member Jill
Stevens decided not to submit her nomination papers.
The remaining
candidates, all incumbents, will also go unchallenged in the
annual spring election: Betty Chelmow, Kathy Fox Alfano and
Margaret Mead for three-year terms on the Library Board of
Trustees, and Robert Schneiders for a three-year term on the
Board of Health. (Click here for article)
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