The following is an excerpt from “The Last Picture Show,” the latest installment of True Tales from Canton’s Past by local historian George T. Comeau. Marion Nay sits in the kitchen of the house she grew up in on Tolman Street. Her eyes sparkle as she brings out several spiral notebooks that she has kept […]
The postseason has not even started yet, but Chris Sullivan may have already solidified his place as the best wrestler in Canton High School history. On Saturday at the Hockomock League championship meet at Oliver Ames, the Bulldogs’ all-time wins leader and former D2 state champion set a new league standard by winning his fourth […]
Ninth months ago, two bombs went off near the finish line of one of the biggest marathon events in the world. This event changed the city of Boston forever — not in a negative way as some would think, but instead transformed Boston into Boston Strong. “We never thought it was going to happen so […]
The Canton High boys’ ice hockey team inched closer to a playoff berth last week with back to back wins over Hockomock basement dwellers Stoughton and Taunton. The red-hot Bulldogs, winners of four straight and six out of their last seven, are now just one win away from locking up a postseason spot with six […]
While the wins have been hard to come by this season, no one can question the effort of the Canton High girls’ ice hockey team, which continues to scrap and battle against a brutal schedule littered with the state’s top teams. Last week was yet another example of this as the Bulldogs gave it their […]
Both CHS swim teams gave it their all at the recent Hockomock League championship meet in Milford, and it showed in their performances as several Bulldog swimmers delivered personal-best times. In the team competition, the girls had the better showing, placing seventh out of 12 schools on Saturday. The boys, meanwhile, swam a day earlier […]
John T. Brooks of Taunton, 74, formerly of Canton, died Wednesday, January 29, 2014, after a long illness. John was a proud lieutenant firefighter for the town of Canton for over 33 years until he retired in 1999. He was a member of the Canton Town Club, the Ponkapoag Civic Association, and the Knights of […]
Helen A. Podgurski (Satkiewicz) died January 27, 2014, after a brief illness. Born in Norwood, she graduated from Norwood High School. Helen was thoughtful, caring and generous. She had a wry sense of humor and was a proud Red Sox fan. Daughter of the late Louis and Anna Satkiewicz, she was the devoted wife of […]
Kirby G. Harnum, 57, of Canton, passed away suddenly on January 27, 2014. Born in Merced, California, Kirby was raised in Burlington. He graduated from Burlington High School and the University of Maryland. He worked for the family business, Harnum Industries, in Wilmington and Haverhill. Kirby was an avid golfer and a member of the […]
Alan K. Brown, 60, of Easton, passed away unexpectedly January 25 at home. Born in Staten Island, NY, he was raised in Canton and graduated from Xaverian Brothers High School. He went on to graduate from Northeastern University and received his master’s in counseling from Cambridge College. He formerly worked for the Department of Social […]
