Canton resident Jamie Kotkowski Pratt was overweight growing up. She describes herself as someone who was always the heaviest student in her classes at school and recalls avoiding the seesaw at playgrounds because she was afraid of being told that she was too heavy to be another child’s partner. Her motivation to lose weight and […]
Robin Tobin credits her grandmother and mother for helping her to discover her passion for working with senior citizens and the disabled. The eldest of three sisters, Tobin grew up in Wrentham and was very close to her grandmother. Tobin’s mother was a health care professional who worked at nursing homes in the Wrentham and […]
One of the tasks that Veterans’ Agent Tony Andreotti performs each year is to decorate the veterans’ memorials near the Canton Corner Cemetery with wreaths at the holidays. The memorials honor those who served in the Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq. Several years ago, a Canton family called […]
In 1956, the Canton Garden Club began a tradition of decorating local homes for the holidays as a way to both celebrate the season and raise funds for its beautification and educational projects. These days, touring the beautifully decorated homes has become a tradition in itself for some of the visitors. This year’s holiday house […]
The Canton Garden Club’s Holiday House Tour, “Songs of the Season,” starts tomorrow, December 7. Club members have decorated three local homes and Pequitside Farm for this year’s fundraiser. “They’re quite different,” said Marie Duffy of the three homes. Duffy, who handles publicity for the club, explained that the process starts in the summer when […]
More than 30 decorated trees will be displayed and raffled to lucky winners as part of the first Winterfest Celebration at the Massachusetts Hospital School, located at 3 Randolph Street in Canton. Winterfest begins Friday evening, November 30, and will conclude with a raffle drawing on Friday, December 7. The upcoming holiday celebration combines fundraising […]
Dr. Nelson D. Batchelder of Canton has always loved history. As a corporal in the U.S. Army during World War II, he created his own history by witnessing the initial Nuremberg Trials. In September of this year, he was honored at a Veterans Coffee Hour at the Canton Town Club for his service to the […]
The last year of high school can be a stressful one for students. In addition to their studies, seniors need to fill out college applications and include a personal statement — the essay. Writing the essay can be the most challenging part of applying for university admission as teenagers concentrate on finding the right words […]
The black walls loom high above the street. Tattered white curtains flutter at the windows. The Hidden Hotel used to be a luxury destination for the rich; now the furniture in its lobby is covered in dust as the evening mist creeps in through holes in the walls. The hotel’s fate was sealed one stormy […]
If you see a car with the license plate SFTBLL heading down Washington Street, there’s a good chance it’s heading to a softball tournament. The driver, Canton native and longtime Canton Citizen columnist Joe DeFelice, has had a decades-long love affair with baseball and softball. He played in his first Little League game at the age of […]
