Craig Breslow, a relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, spent an hour on Saturday. May 31, speaking to the Little Leaguers of Canton about playing Major League Baseball, winning a World Series, and his Strike 3 Foundation, which raises money and awareness for pediatric cancer. Breslow spoke for about 30 minutes on his journey […]
Dear Editor: The United Church of Christ in Canton sends heartfelt thanks to the Canton Fire and Police departments for their rapid response to the dumpster fire on our church grounds late Tuesday night, June 3. We are also grateful to the Merrigan family who spotted the flames when driving by and immediately called 911. Due to everyone’s […]
My dad began his writing career at age 88. He started with his autobiography: how he was a caddy for Mayor Curley of Boston and a cadet at Roxbury Latin; how a beautiful lady came into the grocery where he worked and he fell instantly in love; how he was assigned to the first Signal […]
They evoked images of superheroes and of Disney heroines. They amazed and astounded and made unforgettable memories together, and in their final act as Canton High School students, the 213 members of the Class of
The Canton American Legion Post 24 baseball team opened the 2014 summer season with high hopes after an exciting end to last season. The 2013 team advanced to the south sectional playoffs — the furthest the squad has gone in team history, after finishing 13-11 in the regular season and upsetting Foxboro 3-0 and Easton […]
They were called “young hoodlums,” and the newspaper editorial was particularly vicious in the description of these children of Canton. “They are allowed to roam around the village making life almost unbearable for the passer-by on some of our streets during the day and early evening.” It was the heat of that August 1912 that […]
Editor’s note: The following letter was originally addressed to the Board of Selectmen and is being reprinted at the request of the author. Dear Editor: This is to voice my extreme disappointment and frustration with the decision to employ a flat-rate fee for parking on the public way of Greenlodge Street near the 128 commuter […]
The Board of Selectmen will vote in two weeks on a plan presented by DPW Superintendent Mike Trotta and Town Engineer Jim Donovan to design and build a roundabout (rotary) at the intersections of Pleasant Street, Bolivar Street, and Lincolnshire Drive. The project, which is aimed at slowing traffic and improving overall safety, drew initial […]
Over two days last week, Canton firefighters battled a dumpster fire at the United Church of Christ on Washington Street and an oven fire inside the Sika Sarnafil building on Dan Road. In each case a Canton firefighter sustained minor injuries, but both men have since returned to work. Firefighters were called to the dumpster […]
Friends, family members and colleagues of the late Susan Lipton, a physical therapist in the Canton Public Schools, spent the last year raising the money needed to support their dream of honoring Lipton’s memory and legacy by creating a playground at the Rodman preschool. Their successful efforts will be recognized on Saturday, June 14, with […]
