Vince Jornales has been interested in martial arts since his childhood, but didn’t pursue his passion until after he was an adult. He is now a martial arts instructor and teaches tai chi at different locations in Canton as well as in other communities. Jornales grew up in New Bedford and has a Bachelor of […]
Canton’s Brookwood Community Farm is celebrating 20 years of providing fresh, healthy food through its seasonal Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program; education, volunteer
Chris McGarry was born with spina bifida, a condition that happens in a developing embryo when the spine and spinal cord don’t form properly. As a result, McGarry has mobility challenges and requires the assistance of a wheelchair. Several years ago, he had balance problems and became concerned that leaning too far from the wheelchair […]
Forty years ago, Chryssie Zervos Sapounakis opened Chryssie’s Bridal, a full-service bridal boutique, at 636 Washington Street in downtown Canton. She and her team follow their motto of Elegance, Service, Creativity to make every bride look and feel beautiful on her wedding day. Originally from Athens, Greece, Sapounakis moved to Canton when she was 8 […]
Private First Class (PFC) Richard Wesley Brown was only 20 years old when he died in France during World War II, one of the thousands of American soldiers killed in Normandy during the D-Day invasions. Canton resident Marie Schuhmacher, his only sibling, does not have any memories of her brother. In letters Brown wrote to […]
Massachusetts-based golf technology company Pinned Golf has created The Caddie, a tablet for golfers who want to know the distance from their ball to the pin as they play. The Caddie was selected as the Best New Product in the New Product Zone at the 2025 Professional Golf Association (PGA) Show in Orlando in January. […]
What happens when a trio of superhero sugar cookies work together to make the world a sweeter place? Chris and Stephanie Sabatino know the answer. The couple has created a superhero comic book for children using their own super talents. Their new book The Delicious Adventures of the Super Cookie Squad combines Chris’ talents as […]
One night in the summer of 2014 before she started seventh grade at the Galvin Middle School, Olivia Chambers walked outside to ask her older brother a question. He was adding citronella oil to a tabletop firepot and it unexpectedly burst into flames as Chambers drew near. Her brother pushed her away and smothered the […]
When Mike Mariano was a seventh grader at the Galvin Middle School, he joined his classmates for a field trip to Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire. Once there, he ran to the top of the mountain and was the first in the class to get there. “I thought it was a race,” he said. Exhausted, […]
Students and staff at the Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children (PRHC) as well as members of the public gathered on Thursday, October 24, for the unveiling of the mural “Flight of Dreams.” The mural is the idea and product of art students at PRHC, who worked with teacher Ned Hall to create and design two […]
