Canton resident Frances Downey was awarded first prize in the photography category at the fourth annual Massasoit Arts Festival, held Sunday, May 20, at Massasoit Community College in Canton. Downey is pictured above with her winning photograph, “The Carousel.” Downey is the president of the Norwood Art Association and will be exhibiting her photographs at […]
Representative William C. Galvin (D-Canton) joined his colleagues in promoting “On Main Street,” an event organized by the state legislature’s Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business in honor of National Small Business Week, an annual celebration started by President Kennedy in 1963. Continuing this tradition in recognizing the important contributions of the nearly […]
Four sales associates in the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage office in Canton were recently recognized with top sales awards at a special company celebration, held April 10 at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Britta Reissfelder was honored with the President’s Circle award, given to the top 4 percent of approximately 85,000 sales associates […]
Dear Editor: How long are we going to condone the horrors at the Judge Rotenberg Center in Canton? You would be arrested for child abuse if you used the taser-like shocking machinery they use, the food deprivation techniques, the humiliation, the slapping, the pinching. But because of an apathetic legislature, we the people are allowing […]
Margaret A. Sheehan (McManus), 75, of Canton, passed away on May 26, 2012, at the Hellenic Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Margie grew up in Dorchester and moved to Canton in 1958 to raise her family. Devoted wife of the late Edward P. Sheehan. Mother of Annmarie Regan and her husband, Chip, Robert G. and his […]
Rev. Thomas F. Murray, senior priest, of Mashpee, passed away May 26 at the Marion Manor in South Boston. Born and raised in Boston, he attended Boston College High School, Boston College School, and was ordained at St. Joseph’s Seminary on February 2, 1957. Father Murray served as parochial vicar at St. Ann in Peabody, […]
Robert L. Allen, 75, of Canton, passed away at Kindred Health Care in Stoughton on May 24. Born in Concord, he was raised in West Roxbury and graduated from West Roxbury High School, where he was active in sports, especially baseball, football, bowling and golf. After school he enlisted and served in the Army. After […]
Veterans Agent Tony Andreotti, whose mission for over a decade has been to make sure that no veteran is forgotten, was honored as the Blue Hill Civic Association’s Dr. Richard J. Elkort Citizen of the Year at a dinner at the Canton Town Club on May 14. (Photos by Tanya Willow) Photo 1: Selectman Avril Elkort, […]
Longtime Canton resident Ryan Sceviour graduated from the Plymouth Police Academy on April 6. Sceviour, a 2007 Canton High School graduate and a 2011 University of Massachusetts Amherst graduate, completed the intensive 21-week Recruit Officers Course training that started on November 14, 2011. At age 23, Sceviour was the youngest member of the 51-cadet class. […]
Veterans Agent Tony Andreotti, whose mission for over a decade has been to make sure that no veteran is forgotten, was honored as the Blue Hill Civic Association’s Dr. Richard J. Elkort Citizen of the Year at a dinner at the Canton Town Club on May 14. Andreotti is pictured holding a citation from the […]
