The Canton Citizen is pleased to partner with the Canton Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee to present “Community in Unity,” a monthly series spotlighting Canton residents of diverse backgrounds. *** Dr. Cathy D. Stern, DO, retired at the end of 2020 following a 40-year career of helping both children and adults with vision therapy and […]
A few years ago, Canton Fire Chief Charles Doody’s niece dialed 911 because of an emergency with her then two-week-old daughter. “She was choking overnight,” Doody said of the baby girl. “The dispatcher was able to provide CPR instruction over the phone to my niece’s husband, who kept her alive until we were able to arrive.”
The Canton Citizen is pleased to partner with the Canton Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee to present “Community in Unity,” a new monthly series spotlighting Canton residents of diverse backgrounds. The series will continue monthly for the remainder of 2021. *** Learning how to make a budget, preparing a meal, and helping customers in a […]
The Canton Citizen is pleased to partner with the Canton Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee to present “Community in Unity,” a new regular series spotlighting Canton residents of diverse backgrounds. The series will run weekly throughout Black History Month and continue monthly for the remainder of 2021. *** Shelia Donovan, the founder and owner of […]
The Canton Citizen is pleased to partner with the Canton Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee to present “Community in Unity,” a new regular series spotlighting Canton residents of diverse backgrounds. The series will run weekly throughout Black History Month and continue monthly for the remainder of 2021. Karim Gibson, who is in his third year […]
Following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020, a group of Canton residents started a conversation about finding ways to make everyone in town feel included, comfortable, and safe. What came out of those discussions is the newly formed Canton Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee (CDEI). The committee has started working […]
The Reverend Thomas Rafferty, the pastor of Canton Catholic Community, which saw the merger of St. John the Evangelist and St. Gerard Majella churches into a single parish in October of 2020, announced last week that the new combined parish will be known as St. Oscar Romero. The new name of the parish is likely […]
The full version of this story appears in the October 22 print edition. St. John the Evangelist Church and St. Gerard Majella Church have long served the Catholic population of Canton. St. John’s Parish dates to 1860; the present St. John’s church building opened in the 1960s. St. Gerard’s Parish was created in the 1960s, […]
Coffee lovers who visit Church St. Brewing Co. in Canton will experience the taste of coffee from owner Denis Toomey’s native Costa Rica as well as a décor in the coffee shop that incorporates natural woods from Martha’s Vineyard, where he grew up. Toomey and his business partner, Amanda Bonanca, created Church St. Brewing Co. […]
Canton High School alumni Edy Massih has spent his entire career sharing with others what he learned how to prepare during his childhood in his native Lebanon: the freshly made Lebanese food that his family ate every day. Massih has worked for others as a chef in restaurants and owned his own private chef and […]
