Photo 1: In conjunction with the annual Read Across America Day, the second graders at the Luce Elementary School celebrated Be Excited About Reading (B.E.A.R.), a month-long program that featured dress-up days, a door decorating contest, a teddy bear sleepover, and lots of reading-based activities. (Courtesy photo) Photo 2: The Ponkapoag Civic Association held its […]
Town Clerk Tracy Kenney has announced that Tuesday, April 21, will be the last day to register to vote in order to be eligible to attend the annual town meeting, which is scheduled to convene on Monday, May 11. If you are already registered to vote at your present address, you do not need to […]
Linwood F. McKee, 81, of Mansfield, passed away April 14 at the Highgate Manor in Dedham. Born and raised in Gardiner, Maine, he attended Gardiner schools and worked as a machinist for the Christian Science Monitor for 30 years before retiring. He also was a self-employed auto mechanic and previously worked for the Boston Globe […]
Edward A. Hanson, 94, a lifelong resident of Canton, passed away April 14 at home surrounded by his loving family. Born in Canton, he graduated from Canton High School and ran his own business, Blue Hill Auto Repair in Canton, for many years before retiring in 1986. He was a member of the Blue Hill […]
His name is hockey royalty around these parts, but Kevin Rooney has played his way onto the throne. Only five years after delivering Canton High School its first state hockey championship and three years removed from winning a New England prep school title as a member of the Berkshire Bears, Rooney has done it again […]
Alma Marion Fachy (Finnegan) entered into eternal peace early Saturday morning, April 11, 2015. Born on February 7, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Jeremiah Finnegan and Marion Gilmore and sister of the late Jackie Finnegan. Alma graduated from Roslindale High School in the early 1940s and worked at R.H. Stearns as a […]
Donald “Ducky” O’Shea of Canton died on January 8, 2015, in his winter home of Sebastian, FL. Donald grew up in Dorchester before joining the Navy at 17 and serving in the South Pacific during World War II. Upon his return, he met and married his beloved wife, Helen Frances Ennis, and together they moved to […]
For the third time in her career, Canton native Olivia Murphy, a junior forward on the UMass Boston women’s basketball team, has been recognized on the ECAC Division III New England Women’s Basketball All-Star team, the ECAC announced last week. The 2012 ECAC New England Rookie of the Year earned her second consecutive Second Team […]
Did you know … Let’s get it straight, the majority of Cantonites do not vote in town elections. If five excellent candidates running for selectman, including a longtime (27-year) incumbent, could only muster up 15.9 percent of the registered voters in Canton, then we are all in trouble — and we are not alone. In […]
Two weeks after voting to eliminate the proposed start time changes for the middle and high schools due to budget concerns, the Canton School Committee has found a way to revive the idea, thanks to a compromise plan put forward by new committee Chairman Bob Golledge Jr. Golledge, who had previously voted not to fund […]
