DID YOU KNOW … Brennan Sullivan of Canton was named the 2011-2012 student athlete of the year at Xaverian Brothers High School in Westwood. Brennan, who played on the 2008 Canton Junior League Baseball World Series team, won nine varsity letters at Xaverian. He was a three-time MVP of the soccer team, a two-time captain, […]
As I sat through two graduations during these past few weeks when so many of our children were graduating, the strangest word popped into my brain: plastics. You may remember the 1967 film The Graduate. Dustin Hoffman plays a recent college graduate who was unsure of what to do with his life. At his graduation […]
They entered the bank after the morning rush hour had ended. The off-duty police officer had just finished his shift, and business had been especially brisk that day. At 10 in the morning on Thursday, July 18, 1957, one of Canton’s most spectacular bank robberies was just about to take place. By the end of […]
DID YOU KNOW … The Canton Memorial Day Parade is scheduled to step off on Monday, May 28, at 9 a.m. from the front of Canton High School. This year’s co-marshals of the parade will be George McPhail and John Jennison. Karen Ronayne, with the help of the Canton Girl Scouts, put American flags on […]
DID YOU KNOW … The cost of bringing a family of four to a Boston Red Sox game is getting ridiculous. According to Team Marketing Research of Chicago, it will cost you an average of $337, which is the highest cost in Major League Baseball. This year, your favorite Fenway frank will cost you $5, […]
The Canton community is rallying around Alexandra Hildred, the CHS sophomore who remains hospitalized with severe head and brain trauma following a car accident on York Street in March. Two benefit concerts have been planned to help support Alexandra and her family, and both will feature performances by Canton High students and/or alumni. On Friday, […]
The Blue Hills Civic Association is proud to announce its 29th annual Dr. Richard J. Elkort Citizen of the Year award. This year’s recipient is Tony Andreotti. Andreotti has been Canton’s well known veterans’ services agent for over 10 years, but his legacy of service to the town he calls home is extensive and unheralded. […]
DID YOU KNOW … The outstanding Canton Choral Society will perform a spring pops concert on Sunday, May 20, at 8 p.m. at the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church at 1508 Washington Street. The singers will present a selection of well-known music from Porgy & Bess, work from Brahms Nanie, and the program will also […]
My husband, Steve, runs a business from our house, which means I never get to see him anymore. Well, okay, I do pass him in the hall or the kitchen, but lately we’ve become ships in the night. When he used to work a typical nine-to-five job, our weekends were reserved for family and chores. […]
At this year’s Annual Town Meeting, Article 37 deals with abandoned properties. Not so long ago, who would have thought that such an article would be needed anywhere in our state or even in the East Coast, never mind in a town like Canton? The housing crisis is something that’s not easy to understand. From […]
