The following story appears in the December 12 edition of “Man About Canton” by Joe DeFelice. Canton native Ed Estey, 88, recently received the Legion of Honor Medal from the French government. The medal was first instituted by Napoleon Bonaparte and is considered the highest military honor in France. Estey landed on the beach of […]
Did you know … December is here, and it is time to think about winter’s overnight parking restrictions. Town bylaws specify that all overnight on-street parking, longer than one hour between the hours of 1 a.m. and 6 a.m., other than if acting in an emergency, is prohibited between November 15 and April 1 so […]
The following special edition of “Kitchen Musings” by Rumni Saha appears in the Canton Citizen Holiday Gift Guide, available now on newsstands with the November 27 issue. It’s funny how the meaning of the holidays has changed with time. The best part of the holiday season these days has shifted from unwrapping gifts to watching […]
Did you know … Canton High School will face Stoughton in the classic Thanksgiving Day matchup tomorrow at 10 a.m. at Memorial Field in Canton. Each year, MAC publishes some facts, records, and trivia from the Canton/Stoughton rivalry that started in 1926. So here we go for this year. The rivalry now stands in Stoughton’s […]
I used to write a column each year before Thanksgiving, thanking all the people who made my life joyful. I haven’t done it in years. It’s not that I have no one to thank; it’s just that I’m not as good as I used to be about keeping on top of the holidays. When I […]
Did you know … On November 26, 2013, Charlie and Mary Stevenson will celebrate a major milestone: their 75th wedding anniversary. Charlie, a member of the Canton High School Hall of Fame and the Massachusetts High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame, quarterbacked CHS from 1929 to 1931, amassing 25 wins and only two losses. He […]
Israel “Izzy” Geller, a beloved community figure whose amazing tale of survival at the hands of the Nazis became an inspiration to generations of local residents, passed away on Friday, November 8, at the age of 89. A resident of Canton for the past 20 years, Geller had served the town for a decade as […]
Did you know … The Friends of the Canton Public Library are coordinating a mini-golf fundraiser inside the library on Sunday, January 19, 2014. The fundraiser is called the Caddy Stacks Mini Golf Fundraiser. A professionally designed 18-hole golf course will be set up throughout the library with refreshments available for purchase at the 19th […]
I just finished Billy Crystal’s new book, Still Foolin’ ’Em: Where I’ve Been, Where I’m Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys? Crystal writes about dealing gracefully with being 65. He may be a guy and famous, I may be a woman and definitely not famous, but there were times when I thought the […]
Did you know … Former CHS Bulldog great Billy Cravens, as you may have read in the Canton Citizen’s lead story a few weeks ago, is battling ALS, a progressive neurodegenerative disease that is often associated with the famed Yankee slugger Lou Gehrig. Many of you know Billy as either a Canton High football great […]
