In my hands are several fine pieces of china, remembrances of Canton’s history. Several small white English bone china pieces that have scenes of our history in black etchings. Turning a bowl over, the stamp on the back reads, “Made in England, Unitarian Ladies Sewing Circle.” I have always been drawn to these relics, always […]
When Gina McCarthy took a job as her hometown health agent back in 1980, she never dreamed that she would one day be rubbing shoulders with national leaders or that she would eventually become one herself. She certainly didn’t envision a day that she would be standing alongside the president of the United States as […]
One year ago, Massachusetts Hospital School Chief Executive Director Brian Devin had a tough call to make. The school had been planning to send students to an athletic event, but with only three days to go, there were not enough funds to cover the cost, and Devin was ready to cancel the trip. The solution […]
The following is an excerpt from “The Bears Arrive,” the latest installment of True Tales by local historian George T. Comeau Bear Pack 77 descended like a pack of small cubs. They tumbled and played on the front lawn of the Canton Historical Society. A warm spring afternoon and a slight breeze caused the light […]
The following is the second in a two-part series on the Burr Lane Burying Ground by local historian George T. Comeau. Click here to read the full text of part one, “Skull and Bones.” The dog was covered in spring mud. After the rains he was always coming home filthy with sticks and old roots. […]
Tomorrow night they rock out, and next weekend they will run. That is the upcoming itinerary for supporters of the Williamsons of Canton, a tight-knit family of four who are bravely waging two separate cancer battles
“Dear sir. — I have never ceased to look back with interest, not to say satisfaction, upon the short six weeks which I passed with you. They were an era in my life — the morning of a new Lebenstag. They are to me as a dream that is dreamt, but which returns from time […]
As tour manager for Bruno Mars, Shaun Hoffman has a job he loves, coordinating travel arrangements and personal appearance details for a talented and popular singer. Hoffman’s success is a combination of strong friendships, being in the right place at the right time, the loyalty and generosity of a talented 19-year-old female keyboard player and […]
Amid the recent surge in fatal drug overdoses, the public pronouncement of a “full-blown heroin crisis” by Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin, and the media’s ongoing fascination with the death of Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman, families that have already lost a loved one to addiction are left to quietly ponder how it all went wrong […]
If the musicians in the band at Carter’s Sports Grill on Neponset Street look familiar, it’s not surprising. Four of the members of the Juke City Band are graduates of Canton High School. Jeff Klayman, Jim Friel, and Friel’s wife, Monica Gibson Friel, are members of the Class of 1981. Friel’s cousin Joe Piro graduated […]
