Matthew P. Malloy, 47, of Canton, passed away on Friday, March 9, 2012, at home. Since his graduation from law school, Matthew was a legal consultant, specializing in personal injury litigation and the general practice of law. Prior to becoming a consultant, he was a residential home builder speculating in real estate development in and […]
Ethel A. Tuv (Andersen), 86, of Canton, passed away March 7 at the Hellenic Nursing Home in Canton. Born in Boston, she was raised in Milton and graduated from Milton High School and Northeastern University. She worked as a bookkeeper for the Lutheran Home in Brockton and also trained nursing home activity directors at Massasoit […]
Agnes M. Mooney, 96, of Sharon, formerly of Canton, passed away March 6 at the Epoch Nursing Home in Sharon. Born and raised in Dorchester, she attended Gate of Heaven School and Nazareth High School. She worked for the commonwealth of Massachusetts as a clerk for 20 years before retiring in 1978. She also worked […]
Francine S. (Gross) Devlin, 76, formerly of Avon and Brockton, of San Jose, CA, passed away on Friday, March 2, after a long illness with her family by her side. Francine was the beloved wife for more than 40 years of the late Richard I. Devlin. Born in Brockton, she was the daughter of the […]
Benedette “Betty” (Carroccio) Guastalli, 69, of Florida, formerly of Canton, passed away January 11, 2012. Born on January 5, 1943, in Hyde Park, Betty moved to Canton with her family at age 16. She graduated from Notre Dame Academy. In 1962 she married Alfred Guastalli Sr., and together they owned and operated Canton Lumber Company […]
Fourteen Canton High School students and three chaperones took a trip to Spain and Morocco over the recent February vacation. While in Spain the students visited the cities of Madrid, Grenada, Toledo and Seville, as well as the Costa del Sol. They saw masterpieces by Velázquez and El Greco, the windmills of Cervantes’s Don Quixote, […]
Rome may not have been built in a day, but at Temple Beth Abraham in Canton, the community is invited to build the Old City of Jerusalem in just two hours. Instead of using bricks, stone, and mortar, architect Stephen Schwartz will lead the group in the reconstruction of a 16-by-16-foot model of the Old […]
On Saturday, March 24, at Lombardo’s in Randolph, Canton resident Courtland Priest will compete against 24 of the region’s top spellers in the Comcast South Shore Regional Spelling Bee for a chance to travel to Washington, D.C., to participate in the renowned Scripps National Spelling Bee. Priest, an eighth grader, won the qualifying bee at […]
Dear Canton voters: I ask that you support approval of the Community Preservation Act (CPA) on Election Day, April 3. As a member of the Canton Historical Commission, I have a particular interest in using CPA funds to finance historic preservation projects. To be clear, the views expressed in this letter are mine, rather than […]
Dear neighbors: I will vote “Yes” to adopt the Community Preservation Act (CPA) at our upcoming town election because I love the quality of life in our town. And particularly during these tough economic times, it makes good fiscal sense to take advantage of this law to help communities take back control and decision making […]
