John J. Madden Jr., 83, of Canton, passed away September 21 at the Ellis Nursing Home in Norwood. Born in Roxbury, he was raised in Roslindale and attended Sacred Heart School. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War and worked as a plumber for Local 12 in Boston for many years before retiring. […]
Salvatore Guardione, 55, of Canton, passed away Tuesday, September 18, at Boston Medical Center after a courageous battle with leukemia. Born in Springfield to Ilda and Frank Guardione, he grew up in Agawam and attended Agawam High School, where he graduated as the salutatorian in 1975. Sal then attended Boston College, where he met his […]
The Canton Board of Health will host its 25th annual Health Fair on Saturday, October 6, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Canton High School. As this is also the beginning of the flu season, residents will conveniently be able to receive their annual flu shot while at the Health Fair. The fair will […]
Canton businesses seeking high-quality employees to diversify their workforces are invited to attend a unique Disability Job Fair on November 8 to meet job seekers who are blind or visually impaired. The job fair will connect employers that need to fill full- or part-time entry-level positions with qualified candidates with visual impairments from all over […]
The Canton Fire Department held a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at CFD headquarters on Tuesday, September 11. Photo 1: Fire Chief Charlie Doody addresses the audience at the ceremony. Pictured from left are Police Chief Ken Berkowitz, Selectmen John Connolly and Sal Salvatori, Selectmen Chairman Bob Burr and state Representative Bill Galvin. Photo 2: Members of […]
This coming Saturday, September 22, the Norwood Montessori School will host a Kids Night Out in support of one of its students, 4-year-old Indira Nunnally of Canton, who is fighting kidney cancer. The event will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Gymnastics Academy of Boston, located at 95 Vanderbilt Avenue in Norwood. Pizza […]
Canton Boy Scout Tim Zoidis is planning a concert to benefit the Canton Food Pantry on Saturday, September 29, at First Parish Unitarian-Universalist, located at 1508 Washington Street in Canton. The “We Can” concert and food drive will go from 7:30 to 11 p.m. and will feature several local bands. The cost to attend is […]
If you were considering upgrading your bathroom with a new toilet, or thinking about purchasing a new clothes washer, you may want to do it in the next few weeks before the Canton Water Department Rebate Program comes to an end. Residents can receive a $100 credit for replacing a toilet that uses 3.5 gallons […]
The York Street Neighborhood Association wants to thank Mike Trotta, Danny Teague, Bill Walsh, and the rest of the DPW staff for the fabulous job they did in the York Street area recently. They removed debris and cut dead trees along the roadway, redesigned the bridge, painted “SLOW” on the roadways, added reflective strips on poles, and repainted the street lines […]
Dear Editor: A special thank you is extended to the Police Department, namely our son-in-law, Officer Kevin Albert, and the Fire Department, Captain Andy Morgan, Paramedics Rowan Olmstead, Doug Connor, Jamie Meier and Leo Reardon, and firefighter Brian Leary, regarding Andy’s injury last Wednesday. We feel very fortunate to have these two most important responders […]
