Canton was spared the worst from Hurricane Sandy on Monday, although the storm still brought down trees and power lines and forced the cancellation of school for two days. The town received two to three inches of rain, with sustained wind gusts of 40 to 50 miles per hour. A gust of 80 mph was recorded […]
Dear Editor: Life is never what you expect. In the October 6, 2012 article from The Daily Beast titled “Heaven is Real: A Doctor’s Experience with the Afterlife,” Dr. Eben Alexander retells a harrowing account of a week in 2008 when his life teetered between life and death. Upon waking one morning, Dr. Alexander’s entire cranial […]
Dear Editor: Canton has been overrun with 40B projects that bring apartments to Canton. We are impacted in an AA Zone on Randolph Street with three projects: Blue Hills Village across from Blue Hills Regional High School and two more Avalon Apartments on Randolph Street on the Canton-Randolph line. Chapter 40B was passed by the […]
Canton-based Humboldt Storage and Moving was honored for its outstanding performance at the Cartus Corp.’s 2012 Global Network Conference held October 7-9 in Washington, D.C. Cartus Global Network is Cartus’ industry-leading worldwide service provider network. Each year, Cartus recognizes the companies and individuals in the network who have provided extraordinary service to its international customers […]
Walter J. Casale, 89, of Canton, passed away suddenly October 29 at Norwood Hospital. Born and raised in Jamaica Plain, he attended Boston schools and graduated from Boston Trade High School. He was a decorated Army veteran of WWII where he was the recipient of a Purple Heart for his service. He was a member […]
Robert T. Lydon, 73, of Hyde Park, passed away October 26 at the Goddard Rehabilitation Center in Stoughton. Born in Boston, he grew up in Jamaica Plain and lived most of his life in Woburn before moving to Hyde Park five years ago. He attended Boston Trade School and was a veteran of the United […]
Charles Elmore Newcomb, 82, of Canton, died after a long illness at home after a visit by his family. During the Korean War he served as a radar instructor in the Air Force. He worked for IBM and then was employee number five at Inforex. He resided in New York, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Kansas. […]
Dorothy M. LaBombard, formerly of Canton, of Pocasset, passed away October 26 in Haverhill. Born and raised in Canton, she graduated from Canton High School and lived her entire life in Canton before recently moving to Pocasset. She worked as a broker for Westwood Insurance for many years and also was an independent broker for […]
Virginia “Ginny” Noll Brown, 68, formerly of Canton and Westborough, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, October 25, 2012, at her home at the Kindred Care Facility in Marlborough. Ginny was born on September 27, 1944, to Gustav and Phyllis Noll. She attended Canton elementary and high schools, obtained her BA degree in language education from […]
The Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage office in Canton will help to sell Thanksgiving pies prepared and donated by more than 150 of Greater Boston’s top restaurants and caterers, including Aquitaine, Blue Ginger, Flour Bakery & Café, Harvest, Mistral, Sel De La Terre, The Capital Grille, and Upstairs on the Square. Apple, pecan, pumpkin, sweet potato, […]
