A group of eight Canton firefighters and representatives of various local agencies worked to free a horse stuck in the mud near Ponkapoag Pond around 3 p.m. on Friday, April 13. Photos courtesy of the Canton Fire Department
Kane was found outside on March 26, cold and alone. He was covered in ticks and very thin. Staff members at the Canton Animal Control Department tried to locate an owner, but he didn’t match the description of any missing cats that had been reported, and he didn’t have a microchip. They cleaned him up […]
U.S. Senator Scott Brown paid a visit to Canton while on the campaign trail last week, driving his signature GMC pickup to stops at Blue Hills Brewery and Queen Anne’s Sub Parlour, where he greeted employees and patrons and signed autographs. Elected in a 2010 special election to succeed the late Ted Kennedy, Brown is […]
State Representative William C. Galvin (D-Canton) welcomed Canton resident Dasol Lee to the State House last week to congratulate her for winning a statewide bookmark contest. Lee, a seventh grader at the Galvin Middle School, was awarded first place for creating a design using this year’s theme, “I’m Wild about my School Library.” Lee was […]
Canton High School held its junior prom on Friday, April 13, at Lake View Pavilion in Foxboro. Photo 1: Lindsey Arthur, Colby Gavigan, Jaclyn Bornemann, Matthew Droney, Gianna Sapounakis, Justin Rudy, Emily Breviglia, James Frazier, Megan Flynn and Kevin Martin Photo 2: Jude Altabbaa, Lauren Oldenburg and Chiara Thompson Photo 3: Jamie Tran, Jaime Cudmore, […]
Floral arranger Joan Marie Driscoll, owner of Floral Scents in Canton, and assistant arranger Maribel Powell, president of the Canton Garden Club, will represent the Garden Club during Art in Bloom 2012 at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. This three-day festival showcasing flower arranging as an art form takes place Saturday to Monday, […]
Dear Editor: On Saturday, April 14, the Canton and Randolph high school softball teams played in a doubleheader. The Canton players, parents, and alumni sold food and drink donated by the community, and the players and their families made baked goods. Their efforts raised several hundreds of dollars for two charities: Cops for Kids with […]
Dear Editor: Over several weeks’ time, Canton residents have received two separate mailings of oversized color postcards that take issue with photovoltaic solar panels being installed by a company that the town of Canton has leased land to. The land is located at the formerly unusable acreage of Canton’s old town dump site on Pine […]
Dear Editor: In recent weeks the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union Local 103 has sent several misleading and factually incorrect brochures to the citizens of Canton purporting to contain “facts” about the Canton Landfill Solar Project. After you read the rest of this letter, I hope you will question the motivation of the electrical […]
Elaine T. Walsh (Hill), 78, a lifelong resident of Canton, died peacefully Monday, April 16, 2012, after a long illness. Born in Boston, she was raised in Canton and attended Canton schools. She was a retired telephone operator for New England Telephone. Elaine was the devoted and loving wife of the late Paul A. Walsh. […]
