Editor’s note: The following is the first in a series of profiles on Canton’s golf courses. The series kicks off with a look at the Milton-Hoosic Club, a historic nine-hole course located on Greenlodge Street. With its roots in the golfing boom of the late 19th century and a design pedigree tracing back to renowned […]
You have driven by the small cemetery in Ponkapoag countless times. The weed-choked berm leaves no place to even pull over to take a quick walk through. It sits on a hill sandwiched between two modern subdivisions, and yet it is one of our oldest historic sites and one that tells a story of […]
There were more than 124 passengers on board the Washington Irving when she set sail from Liverpool, England, in the summer of 1850. The passengers all had mostly one thing in common: They were the Irish that could escape the famine that raged through their native land.
When Anna Huggins Porter was 5 years old, her mother signed her up for weekly riding lessons at a farm not far from the family’s home. She continued riding and competing through high school and college, and today she is a professional rider and the proud owner of Eight Fences Farm in Mansfield, where she […]
The following is an excerpt from “End of the Line,” the latest installment of True Tales from Canton’s Past by local historian George T. Comeau. Henry Crane Jr. was the first Crane to live in what is now Canton. He received his property on what is now Green Street in the best way possible — […]
Legendary Canton High School mathematics teacher and former department chair Martin Badoian had been teaching math for several years when a friend who was also a math teacher told him that she had started a math team for students at her high school. Badoian was intrigued, but had a question for her. “What’s a math […]
Whether he realizes it or not, Staff Sergeant Eric Estabrook cuts an intimidating figure. A handsome, physically fit U.S. Army drill sergeant, his demeanor is serious and measured, his eyes cold and piercing. Covered in tattoos and usually accompanied by his two German shepherds — his pet Sadie and his new service dog Freedom — […]
The following story appeared in the Citizen’s annual Salute to the Fine Arts, a special section included with the June 4 edition. When the members of the Canton High School Class of 2015 gather tonight in the school cafeteria for their senior banquet — one final get-together before tomorrow’s big day — they will be […]
The following is an excerpt from “Massacre at Cobleskill,” the latest installment of True Tales from Canton’s Past by local historian George T. Comeau. The story details the military service and sacrifice of former Cantonite William Patrick. … Little is known of Patrick’s early Army career. We do know that he was once captured by […]
The following is an excerpt from Worlds Collide, the latest installment of True Tales from Canton’s Past by local historian George T. Comeau. The story is part one in a series about Jack Battus, one of Canton’s most notorious murderers. … As a boy, Battus lived a typical life under the roof of the Blackman […]
