The Canton girls’ soccer team’s 2011 season ended in the most heartbreaking fashion imaginable. The Bulldogs, despite dominating play on both sides of the pitch for nearly the entire 90 minutes, fell 1-0 to Auburn in the Division 2 state championship game. It was a tough pill to swallow for a team of girls who […]
When boys’ soccer head coach Danny Erickson gathered his team together before last Thursday’s practice, Chris Murray was totally unaware that he had just made Canton High history. Murray thought that perhaps the team would begin to breakdown their upcoming tournament opponent or go over a game plan. Instead, with his teammates gathered around him, […]
With seven world championships since 2001, the dominance of Boston’s professional sports teams in the past decade is well chronicled. Twenty miles south of America’s current sports capital, in Canton, another dominant run is taking place, albeit on a slightly smaller scale. Over the past seven years, Canton High School’s fall sports teams have established […]
On October 1, Dan King was enjoying a day at the beach in Bill Baggs State Park in Key Biscayne, Florida. King spent the morning swimming and soaking up the sun with his friend Rachel Molk, whom he was visiting, and her mother Elyse. The 2009 Canton High graduate and University of Central Florida sophomore […]
In the fall of 2006, Pam Abrams-Warnick walked around Marshalls in a daze, her arms full of clothes that she had no desire to buy. A year earlier, her son Jeremy had tragically passed away at the age of 20. He was a bright, energetic, fun-loving young man, full of life and vitality. His sudden […]
Thousands flocked to Prowse Farm last weekend for two days of good food, good vibes, and great music at the 2011 Life is good Festival, sponsored by Boston-based apparel company Life is good. For the second straight year, the festival was held at the base of the Blue Hills and featured over 20 live performances […]
On Sunday, September 11, hundreds of people packed the stands at Memorial Field to honor the brave men and women of Canton who served America in the Vietnam War. In a stirring hour-long ceremony, everyone from high-ranking military personnel to Galvin Middle School students came together to pay tribute to Canton’s heroes in America’s longest […]
The backroom of Tommy MacDonald’s Draper Street workshop is adorned with all manner of beautiful woodworking pieces — from laminated coat racks and folding kitchen tables to traditional sand-shaded clocks and standing mirrors. Beyond another locked door, in another nondescript backroom, stands MacDonald’s magnum opus: a beautifully detailed and seamlessly intricate chest of drawers that took […]
To many people, the selection and installation of carpeting would seem to be a cut-and-dried procedure. However, Canton residents Peter Lovetere and his son Matt are bringing a fresh angle to the industry. Peter is the owner and master tradesman, and Matt is the business manager of the Carpet Workroom and Reclamation Center in Needham. […]
In December of 2008, Brian Loughran, a meter reader for the Canton Water Department, received perhaps the most dreaded piece of news in the life of a family man. His wife, Michelle, who had recently fallen ill, was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a particularly intrusive form of cancer that attacks bone marrow and weakens the […]
