David Ingram spent much of his life researching Colonel Richard Gridley. And as far as Canton’s famous citizens go, Gridley stands alongside Paul Revere and Roger Sherman when it comes to American Revolutionary superstars. Gridley played significant roles in King George’s War, the French and Indian War, and the American Revolution, and yet he remains […]
Some people give of their time to help those in need while others donate their possessions. John “Jake” O’Neill does both. In August he will spend two days riding his bike in the Pan-Mass Challenge in honor of his mother who is undergoing treatment for cancer. In March he gave one of his kidneys to […]
This story originally appeared in the April 26, 2018 edition of the Canton Citizen and was republished this week. There is a beautiful Irish song with lyrics that evoke a lovely scene. “How I longed for to roam, by Mount Massey’s green groves or poach by the light of the moon. That spot of my […]
A display of quilts by a local artist, an annual arts festival, and an art museum that houses a wide range of works are all part of campus life at Massasoit Community College in Canton. The college houses both the James C. Akillian Gallery and the Milton Art Museum (MAM). The two art centers are […]
We lose things all the time. I’m not talking about big things. Not the buildings, like the Crane School or the Canton Center train station, or even the old shovel shop. Recently we lost the historic waterfall and dam at Shepard’s Pond, and of course we are likely to lose the Canton Waterworks building while […]
Emeline Crane was born in Canton in 1829; by the time she was 28 she was likely insane and a guardian was appointed to oversee her affairs. At the age of 59, Crane died in Taunton after a life plagued with chronic mania. The Annual Town Report for that same year shows an appropriation for […]
Diane Wolk-Rogers is a social studies teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. A few days after the shooting at the school on Valentine’s Day that left 14 students and three faculty members dead, Wolk-Rogers posted a message on a Facebook page for Advanced Placement Psychology teachers. She wasn’t sharing teaching strategies […]
It all started with Jack London’s The Call of the Wild. For the past 15 years, when the snow begins to fly and the temperature drops, the eighth grade students at the Galvin Middle School experience this rich and timeless piece of classic literature. The wintery scene outside the classroom window is the perfect backdrop […]
As the moon rose over Canton on a cold January night in 1887, the distant sounds of laughter echoed across Forge Pond. It was a night for sleighing and late into the night the ritual was in the last throes of enjoyment. There is, of course, the refrain in Jingle Bells that calls the best […]
At the age of 54, Thomas Gibson slipped quietly away from this world on May 6, 1899. The end came at Boston City Hospital, and after a life of pain and sorrow, the hurting stopped. The details of Gibson’s life are very hazy, and yet today there are still people who care for this man […]
