Dear Editor: It seems as time goes by in the year 2016, Canton has lost many people through accidents and unexpected deaths. My son, Allan J. Doody Jr., was one of those people. He lived in Virginia and he was brought home to be buried with his father. The outpouring of cards, flowers, food and […]
A question about credit reports that I have never seen addressed before came up the other day. “I always hear we should check our credit reports annually,” a bank customer said. “So I do. But I don’t even know what I’m looking for, or if it’s really important to check them at all. Am I […]
Overcast skies and intermittent showers didn’t discourage the hundreds of Luce families and teachers, as well as district administrators and community members who gathered for the unveiling of the Kaleigh Kenyon Buddy Bench last Friday. Kaleigh was a Luce kindergartner whose tragic death during a February snowstorm, along with that of beloved hockey coach Tom Gunning, rocked […]
The warm weather has arrived and summer is drawing near, which is good news for Canton schoolchildren but not necessarily for local motorists. For the lazy days of summer also happen to be the peak of the outdoor construction season, and over the next several months there are several major roadway projects planned in Canton. […]
Murder indictments were unsealed last week against the three men — including one from Canton — who have already been charged in the New Year’s Day 2014 kidnapping of an Avon man, according to Norfolk District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey’s office. James Robertson was taken from his parents’ Avon home by two men identifying themselves […]
The Canton we know today was once the wilds of Dorchester. This area, largely inhabited by the Ponkapoag tribe, became an attractive settlement for a handful of pioneering men and women leaving the relative congestion of larger towns. The idea of buying and selling land was a purely English notion; the natives had no concept […]
