While School Superintendent Dr. Jennifer Fischer-Mueller has welcomed Debbie Rooney, new director of teaching and learning for preK-8, and new GMS Principal Sarah Shannon to the administrative team since the close of school in June, she now has two other significant administrative positions to fill over the summer. Fischer-Mueller informed the School Committee last Wednesday, […]
On June 28, Canton High School Class of 2018 graduates Colleen Boucher and Molly Colburn were named to the 2018 US Lacrosse High School All-Academic Team and received their awards at halftime of the Major League Lacrosse All-Star Game at Harvard Stadium in Boston. Boucher and Colburn were two of the captains of this year’s […]
The Friends of the Blue Hills are pleased to be partnering with Marina Bay “sister restaurants” Siros and Port 305 — two highly acclaimed and very popular restaurants in Quincy — for this year’s Dinner in the Blue Hills Raffle. One lucky winner and five guests will enjoy a mouth-watering dinner at the top of the Blue Hills Observatory, the […]
Kathleen E. Moore, 55, of Stoughton, formerly of Canton, passed away July 22 at Norwood Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Born in Newport News, VA, she was raised in Canton and graduated from Canton High School and Bay State Community College. She worked as a nurse at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston for […]
Major Daniel F. McCarthy, retired USMC, passed away July 20 at the Baypointe Rehabilitation Center in Brockton. Born and raised in Milton, he was a “Double Eagle,” graduating from Boston College High School and Boston College. He was a Marine Corps veteran of World War II and the Korean War and retired as a major. […]
Robert F. Sefton, 84, passed away July 18 at home surrounded by his loving family. Born in Boston, he was raised in Dedham and was a resident of Canton for 62 years. He attended Saint Sebastian’s School in Needham, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, and served in the United States Army during the Korean War. Bob […]
James “Jim” Wilfred Murphy, 68, of St. Petersburg, Florida, peacefully floated away surrounded by his family on July 19, 2018, after battling complications from pneumonia in New Brunswick, New Jersey at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. The loving son of John “Joe” Joseph Murphy and Marie (Gaudreau) Murphy, he was born on September 11, […]
Carol A. Kodis (Powers), beloved wife, mother and sister, 75, of Canton, passed away July 17 at home surrounded by her loving family. Born in Norwood, she was a lifelong resident of Canton. She graduated from Canton High School and had a long career in the business sector, working with many companies in the area. […]
Dear Editor: “Silence condones” — our eighth grade teacher’s challenge to the evil of segregation. And today we have the same disgusting silence where we are following Germany’s lead in 1933. As detailed in Erick Larson’s In the Garden of Beasts, “Beneath the surface … Germany had undergone a rapid and sweeping revolution that reached deep into […]
For an unprecedented three years in a row, Canton’s Junior League all-star baseball team won the Massachusetts state championship and will be heading to Freehold Township, New Jersey, to compete for the Eastern Regional Championship on the road to Taylor, Michigan. With big shoes to fill, Canton’s top 13-14 year olds came out strong and proved […]
