Canton High seniors and soccer teammates Colby Gavigan, Scott Levy, Andrew Vinciguerra and Chris Murray pose with their bronze medals from the 2011 Bay State Summer Games. The four friends were on the Southeast team and have represented Canton at the Bay State Games since they were freshmen, winning two gold medals and a bronze. […]
Photo 1: Three Canton firefighters recently graduated from a 12-week Massachusetts Firefighting Academy Training Program on June 23. From left to right are firefighter/paramedics Doug Connor, Lyle Chandler and Stephen Driscoll. Photo 2 & 3: Students in Canton High School’s driver education program participated in an auto-extrication class taught by retired firefighter Butch King. Students […]
A few Canton residents had notable performances at the Bay State Summer Games last week. On July 7 at Waltham High School, Colby Gavigan, the starting goalkeeper for the CHS boys’ soccer team, collected a shutout in net for the Southeast team in a 0-0 tie against Northeast. Gavigan was also instrumental in Southeast’s 2-1 […]
Dear Editor: State Senator Brian Joyce took on the Judge Rotenberg Center recently by bad mouthing the founder of the center, Matthew Israel, its methods of controlling very emotionally disturbed children, and ranting on about cruel and abusive treatment by introducing legislation to ban skin shocks, a treatment approved by the parents of the children. […]
Veterans’ Agent Tony Andreotti is asking Canton residents for help in finding the current addresses of the Vietnam veterans listed below. Anyone with information about any of these veterans should contact Andreotti by email at tandreotti@town.canton.ma.us, or by mail: 801 Washington Street, Canton, MA 02021. *** James M. Allen, Kenneth R. Andrews, Joseph M. Andrus, […]
Catherine R. Balsamo, 80, of Canton, formerly of Quincy, passed away July 12 at Norwood Hospital. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was raised in Dorchester and graduated from Dorchester High School. She worked as the controller for College Town in Braintree for over 30 years and later was the accounts receivables manager for TAC Worldwide […]
Robert J. Sevieri, 62, of Canton, died peacefully in the Hellenic Nursing and Rehab Center in Canton on July 7, 2011, after a brief illness. Robert was self-employed and operated JDR Communications Inc. in Canton for over 23 years. He was a past member of the Sons of Italy in Canton. Son of the late […]
Charles F. Steffy, 82, of Canton, passed away at the Goddard Rehabilitation Center in Stoughton on July 6. Born and raised in Pennsylvania, he attended the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf. Charles joined the Army in 1951 and served in the Korean War as a private first class. He was honorably discharged in March […]
Anastasia Conlon, of Edgewood, KY, passed away on July 4. Born April 27, 1924, in Jersey City, NJ, she was formerly of Westbury, NY, Canton, and Camp Hill, PA. Predeceased by her beloved relations, including her parents, Leon and Rose Zachko, her grandmother, Roseanna Fitzpatrick, her husband, Walter J. Conlon, and her sister, Rose Washburn. […]
Emilia Marie (Tortora) Bevivino, 92, died peacefully on July 4, 2011, at her residence of six years, Sunrise Senior Living of Norwood. Born and raised in New York City, she was the daughter of the late Ralph and Rose (Malgieri) Tortora and the sister of the late Frank P. Tortora, DDS, also of New York. […]
