Nineteen people die every day in the United States waiting for a kidney transplant. The team at Canton-based MatchingDonors.com is working hard to make sure that doesn’t happen. On January 20, members of MatchingDonors.com, including Joel Pratt of Canton, and of Pratt Realtors in Canton, and Walter A. Towner II of Smithfield, Rhode Island, were […]
Five years after the Main Course Market opened its doors at 11 Washington Street in Cobb’s Corner, the local community remains just as important to the business as the foods it sells. “We’ve managed to fill a need in the community for a full-service store with the highest quality products,” said Bob Palmer, who owns […]
Opening your own salon and spa may seem like a daunting task at 23 years old, but the premise didn’t faze Canton resident Angela Federico. After working as a hair stylist at a local salon for several years, Federico said this week she was ready to venture out on her own. In November, she opened […]
After the birth of her daughter, Janice Araujo wanted to find a way to work part time and to also spend time at home with her family. Now she can do both thanks to her new business, Beads of Roses, which sells handcrafted and personalized jewelry made from rose petals. Araujo, who learned how to make […]
There’s no longer a need to go to the outlets to find reasonable prices on designer apparel. Locals can skip the long ride and visit Designer Warehouse, a discounted clothing retailer, which opened its newest location at 100 Washington Street — across from the Village Shoppes — last month. Manager Layla Hosseini’s stepmom started the […]
Cathy Walsh has four simple rules by which she lives her life. Rules number one and two led her recently to an activity room at a downtown medical facility, where she spent a couple of hours instructing homeless patients in the art of painting ceramic holiday ornaments. “Rule number one is get up every day […]
Sika Sarnafil, a Canton roofing manufacturer, took part of the roof at its Dan Road facility and transformed it into a solar park, turning an otherwise unproductive and costly entity into an asset for the company. The solar park will displace about 37 percent of the facility’s electricity use, according to a press release from […]
While rumors of a potential shakeup in the ownership of Westwood Station have been swirling for months now, a newly issued statement from the town of Westwood, currently available on its website, appears to have erased all doubts in the matter. According to the statement, which is two paragraphs in length, the project’s current owners […]
An employee at Reebok’s World Headquarters in Canton has been diagnosed with measles, according to John Ciccotelli, the director of public health in Canton. After the case was identified Friday, June 11, public health officials spent last week helping to prevent this highly transmissible disease from spreading. “To ensure the well-being of all our employees […]
Little girls in black leotards and pink tights. Grade schoolers in black tap shoes tied with ribbons. Aspiring ballerinas in shiny pink satin pointe shoes. Lanky teenagers in jazz pants and high-heeled tap shoes. These sights are seen at dance studios throughout the country every afternoon, but at the Hazel Boone Studio in Canton — […]
