Harold W. Devlin Jr., 76, of Canton, died Saturday, August 27, 2016, peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family. Harold was a retired Boston firefighter and United States Marine Corps veteran. He was born and raised in Charlestown and has resided in Canton since 1972 … Order a digital subscription to access the full version of […]
James Mathias Gorham of Canton passed away peacefully on August 26, 2016, surrounded by his loving family. James, better known as Jim, Jimmy, and Uncle Jimbo, was 71 years old. As both an Army veteran and a career AT&T man, Jim had a career that enabled him frequent trips to Ireland and a home base […]
Josephine McNamara, 77, of Danbury, CT, died peacefully August 24, 2016, at Milton Hospital after a brief illness. Josephine was the devoted wife of the late Richard W. McNamara. Loving mother of Steven McNamara and his wife, Susanne, of Clermont, FL, and Christine Trendell and her husband, Benjamin, of Canton. Sister of the late Ann […]
Jean (Bobinsky) MacSwain, 72, of St. Augustine, FL, died at home on Wednesday, August 24, 2016. Jean is survived by her husband, Bob. She is preceded in death by her son Brian and her parents, Sis and George Bobinsky. She is also survived by her sister Katy Phaneuf and her husband, Ralph, of Canton. Jean […]
Marcia Blondell Bridgham passed away on Thursday, August 18, 2016, in West Burlington Township, PA, with her sons by her side following an extended period of illness. She was born to the late Martin E. and Marjorie (Swift) Blondell on May 4, 1942, in Milton. She grew up in Canton and graduated with the Canton […]
Joan Redmont, of Canton, passed away on August 7, 2016, three weeks before her 98th birthday. Born and raised in New York, Joan was a daughter of William and Melanie Tokaji Rothenberg, founding directors of Camp Kokosing, one of the first private interracial summer camps in the U.S. She was a member of the first […]
By the end of Tuesday morning’s two-hour selectmen’s meeting with Reservoir Pond abutters, there was a spirit of compromise in the room. Ten abutters and interested residents attended the August 30 meeting, which was scheduled in the morning to accommodate the availability of selectmen. Selectmen Chairman Bob Burr said he had called the meeting at […]
It is a small, unassuming house on Elm Street. Look closely and examine it from the street and you will see a low hip roof, an elegant yet simple porch, and a fanlight over the front door. This address, perhaps the finest and most sophisticated Italianate style house in Canton, is a national jewel beyond […]
When Elaine Lovett casually mentioned to a group of her friends at a social gathering earlier this summer that she was planning to go to Rio de Janeiro in August to attend the 2016 Olympic Games, they were genuinely excited for her but also understandably concerned. A few weeks later, while attending a USA women’s […]
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) and the MBTA are proposing to restore passenger rail transportation between the South Coast and Boston. MassDOT and MBTA are designing a new rail connection making use of the existing MBTA Stoughton Commuter Rail Line, which travels through Canton. Design for this route is currently 15 percent complete. In […]
