Charles “Chuck” J. Armando, a lifelong member of the Canton community, passed away on August 10, 2025, surrounded by his family. Born on April 8, 1944, in Canton to Gabriel and Patricia Armando, Chuck’s life was a testament to the power of kindness and the impact one person can have on the lives of so […]
Warner E. Lund, Jr. of Canton passed away on July 26, 2025, at the VA Hospital in West Roxbury. Born in Gloucester and raised in Beverly, Warner was a graduate of Beverly High School. He played football for Beverly High and even years later enjoyed attending the Beverly-Salem game on Thanksgiving when possible. He attended […]
Jean Ellen Arnao (née Ashley), 93, passed away peacefully at Silverado Memory Care in Frederick, Maryland, on July 24, 2025. Jean was a longtime resident of Canton, where she and her husband of almost 62 years, Francis (Frank) Arnao, lived until he passed on May 15, 2021. Jean is survived by her daughter, Heidi Arnao, […]
The Canton High School Athletic Department recently released details for the first fall practices/tryouts with the start of the season fast approaching. Anyone interested in participating in a fall sport must have a parent/guardian register them before participating. Registration can be completed online at tinyurl.com/chs-fall-sports. The user fee for all fall sports is $245 per […]
Weeks after being notified of its removal from the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), the town of Canton took steps to remedy the situation with the adoption of a newly revised set of floodplain regulations at a Special Town Meeting held Monday evening in the CHS auditorium. Drafted by new Town Planner Connor Murphy with […]
Four Canton moms have given new meaning to the “hockey mom” identity. Besides spending time at ice rinks cheering on their offspring, they have taken up the challenge of learning stick handling and puck control. In the process, they have learned a bit about themselves and the sport of hockey and have developed a deeper […]
This past May, I wrote a Smart About Money column about the failure of “banking-as-a-startup” fin-tech Synapse and how Synapse customers who thought their money was FDIC-insured learned that was not the case. A reader asked, “What’s a fin-tech?” The words are short for financial technology and, according to IBM, a fin-tech company’s “core capability […]
Teamsters vote to reaffirm strike With the labor dispute against waste management company Republic Services reaching the one-month mark and no progress made to date in negotiations, members of Teamsters Local 25 voted overwhelmingly in support of continuing the work stoppage with 93 percent of employees preferring to stay on strike while rejecting the company’s […]
I pray you never lose a loved one to opioid use. I have, and it’s an agony I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy. Our son, Evan, died many years ago after overdosing on heroin. Back in 2014, that was the drug of choice. But times have changed, and now fentanyl has permeated every segment […]
It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved mother, Toni Jane Arsenault, 68, of Stoughton, who departed this life on July 15, 2025, at Boston Medical Center – South. After enduring months of complications from a stroke she suffered in November 2024, Toni’s spirit has found peace. Toni is survived […]
