The Canton Garden Club is busy preparing for several upcoming events. On Friday, April 25, the Garden Club will hold its annual Arbor Day tree planting at the Canton Police Station beginning at 2 p.m. An additional dogwood tree will be planted beside the existing dogwood, previously planted by the club for all to enjoy. The event […]
Geraldine F. McFadden (Tobin), 91, of Sharon, passed away unexpectedly April 14 at Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton. Born in Revere, she was raised in South Boston and attended Boston schools and Kelly Business School in Boston. She worked as an accountant for Hardware Mutual and Quincy Mutual for several years before retiring. She […]
Marion J. McKenna (Hunt), 81, of Canton, passed away April 9 surrounded by her loving family. Born in Dorchester, she was raised in Mission Hill and graduated from Mission High. She worked as a secretary for General Electric and St. Elizabeth’s Hospital before retiring. She has lived in Canton for the last 16 years and […]
The American Heart Association is hosting a new charity event that is sure to pique the interest of fitness fans and obstacle race enthusiasts across the region — the inaugural Heart Challenge. The organization’s first, adventurous 5K obstacle trail run through Prowse Farm in Canton will be held on Saturday, May 10, beginning at 9 a.m. […]
Hundreds of friends, family members, and supporters turned out on Sunday for the dedication of the Billy Cravens Field at the Luce School. Cravens, who is currently battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), is a Luce alumnus and a longtime employee of the Recreation Department. (Above) Billy and his wife, Rose, admire the autographed softballs that […]
Several Boston firefighters with ties to Canton responded to the deadly blaze in the Back Bay on Wednesday, March 26. Above: Firefighters rush an injured firefighter on a stretcher down Beacon Street. Pictured at far right is FF John Stivaletta, a 2006 graduate of Canton High School and a Marine Corps veteran of the Iraq […]
Jean E. Sicard Kelleher, 54, of Canton, passed away April 8 at home surrounded by her loving family. Born in Warwick, Rhode Island, she lived almost her entire life in Canton and graduated from Canton High School, Class of 1977. She received her bachelor’s from Boston College and her master’s in education from Wheelock College. […]
Charles Edward Hagan, 84, of Borrego Springs, CA, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 2. Born in Norwood, he grew up in Canton, graduating from Canton High in 1946 and Boston College in 1951. He was chief engineer at Microsonics in Weymouth for many years before moving to California in 1978 to work with TRW. […]
Edna J. (Warren) Tenney, nearly 99, of Naples, Florida, formerly of Canton, passed away peacefully on March 9, 2014. She was the beloved daughter of the late James Wilbur Warren and Mary (Carey) Warren, and wife of the late Harold Tenney. Loving sister of the late Gertrude Bowman, Doris Brady, and James Warren. Beloved mother […]
Dear Editor: Congratulation to DPW Superintendent Mike Trotta for his leadership as Canton’s representative in the first-of-its-kind regional water conservation campaign by the Neponset River Watershed Association. The association is a grassroots nonprofit dedicated to cleaning up and protecting the Neponset River and its watershed. Of course, Mike is right: “In Canton and towns all across the country, we are facing aging water and sewer infrastructure and […]
