When Canton resident John Forger returned home in the fall of 2011 following his experience as a participant on Season 12 of NBC’s The Biggest Loser, he immediately made changes in his personal life. He had learned that making good food choices, exercising regularly and having healthy sleeping patterns are most important in maintaining a healthy […]
Five years ago, Katie Hathaway was out doing some Christmas shopping when she ran into a classmate of hers from her Galvin Middle School days, Michelle Loughran, and her heart broke for her when she learned that Michelle had cancer. Michelle, still very much in shock herself, had been told just days earlier that she […]
What makes for great television is great storytelling. And currently running on our local access channel is a terrific story that brings to life the passionate and unrelenting personality of Deborah Samson. And although
The story below originally appeared in the Canton Citizen on November 27, 2013. The Citizen republished it this week in honor of George Sykes, a longtime Canton resident and World War II veteran who passed away on Saturday at the age of 97. (Click here for obituary) *** At 94 years of age and part […]
In his mind’s eye he is a small child standing on the sidewalk in 1939 as the Memorial Day parade passes by. Looking out over the crowd from a small boy’s height, he sees his neighbors, friends, and all the people that make up this small, tight-knit community. Anthony presses against the skirt of his […]
Alissa Eardley, RN, spent some of her vacation days in a tropical climate last January, far from the cold weather of the Boston area. But instead of heading for the beach, Eardley and a friend flew to northern Nicaragua to volunteer for ten days with Humanitarian Efforts Reaching Out (HERO). Eardley grew up in Canton […]
This story was reprinted in the October 15, 2020 edition of the Citizen. The voice was human. Deep within the woods of the Fowl Meadow, the cries could be heard — melancholy crying that was supernatural and from another world. Indeed, the sounds that came from the Packeen Plain in 1770 were far beyond the […]
From his return to civilian life in 1968 until his death last May, William “Ginty” Wiederhold made the most of what he had and gave his all to his family and community — a stark contrast to the stereotypes often attached to Vietnam veterans. The same, it seems, could be said of his younger brother […]
It may not seem it at first glance, but Ryan Carpenter of Canton is a very lucky man. Diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor at the age of 31, Carpenter not only survived his terrifying ordeal and is alive and well some 19 months later; he also realizes now how much worse it all could […]
For more than 40 years as an educator, foster parent, and crisis counselor, Mary Centarrino Morningstar helped and counseled others while asking for little — and very often nothing — in return. The longtime Canton resident would sometimes buy clothes and other necessities for her students and once gave away her own dining room table […]
