The Canton Community Preservation Committee (CCPC) will host a public presentation of the newly completed Canton Corner Cemetery Preservation Plan on Monday, September 28, at 7 p.m. in the Salah Meeting Room on the second floor of Town Hall. Canton Corner Cemetery is one of the community’s most significant historic landscapes. With nearly three centuries […]
By Ret. Brigadier General Frank LaBollita I was 5 years old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, too young to understand what was happening to the world. Within a few months, when I visited my grandfather’s house, I began to notice pictures of men in uniform on his upright piano. When […]
By Canton Public Health Nurse Kara Johnson As we wrap up National Immunization Awareness Month and look forward to the start of a new school year, now would be the perfect time to begin thinking about seasonal vaccinations. Vaccines are a safe, effective way to slow the spread of contagious disease. Not only do they […]
The Paul Revere Heritage Site in Canton preserves history with roots going back to the creation of our country. Over the years, it expanded into a large industrial site, initially by the Revere Copper Co. and continuing in the early 1900s with the arrival of the Plymouth Rubber Co. The entire area has since been […]
By Brad Cole Twenty years before he bought his first computer at Radio Shack, Orchard Cove resident Ron Lang designed the technology that let NASA monitor astronauts on the moon, nearly 250,000 miles away. Lang recently shared his experience developing the Apollo Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) and portable life support system (PLSS) — the space […]
By Kristine Meaney, Stormwater Manager, Canton DPW Dog waste that is left on the ground is a public health issue that you can help prevent. Some dog owners who don’t pick up after their pet may think dog waste just quickly degrades on its own and isn’t a big deal, or that it’s fertilizer. However, […]
None other than Boston’s own four-time marathon winner Bill Rodgers joined Orchard Cove residents to celebrate the completion of their recent personal marathons for the senior living community’s Miles for Scholarship event.
Dear Editor: The Canton Senior Center is approximately 6,100 square feet. Planning guidelines used throughout Massachusetts suggest that a community the size of Canton should have a facility of approximately 20,000 to 25,000 square feet. With 37 percent of Canton residents now age 55 and older, our current facility provides only a fraction of the […]
Imagine spending the morning hiking through the woods in the 7,000-acre DCR Blue Hills Reservation, having lunch in the cool shade of large, mature pine trees, and then coming back to kayak on beautiful, unspoiled 230-acre Ponkapoag Pond. Then you sit back and take in the unforgettable sunset across the pond. With both cabins and tent […]
To the Canton Community: By now, many of you have learned about the text messages sent between former State Trooper Michael Proctor and ex-Canton Police Sergeant Sean Goode that were full of hate speech against Jews, queer people, people of color, and other marginalized groups. It is both frightening and heartbreaking to hear what these […]
