Editor’s note: The following entry was originally published on Tara Shuman’s blog (tarabeatscancer.com) on August 25. Shuman, a 32-year-old mother of two and a former Canton High School teacher, was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. She underwent successful surgery last week and has begun her long road to recovery. I really hate to fly. I […]
Gail Callahan never pictured herself as the fundraising type, but after meeting with an Alzheimer’s caregiver coach following the diagnosis of her husband, Peter, she figured it might do her some good to give it a try. “I just decided that I needed to do something,” said Callahan, a native of Dorchester who moved to […]
In the early spring of 2011, a few months before he was set to graduate from Canton High School, Bryan Glick tasted the bitter disappointment that accompanies a dream deferred. In Glick’s case, that dream was to attend the United States Military Academy at West Point, and it had seemed well within reach just a […]
One is an Iraq War veteran turned writer/activist; the other is a line cook in a four-star restaurant on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. However, when it comes to their friendship and their shared commitment to social causes, Blanka Stratford and Katerina Tassiopoulos are just about the perfect match. The two Canton High School graduates have […]
Sean Richardson, the new principal at St. John the Evangelist School, is the first male principal the school has had since it opened its doors in 1883. A native of Lowell, he attended parochial schools and then St. John’s Seminary in Brighton and graduated with a degree in philosophy. Following graduation, Richardson created an educational […]
WHDH-TV 7News anchor and balloonist in training Adam Williams tested out his colorful hot air balloon, named Peacock, at Pequitside Farm last weekend. Williams, who lives in Canton, worked with instructors and a balloon chasing crew from Stow while his balloon was tethered at Pequitside. Williams’ friend and neighbor Susan Mathieson, a retired JFK teacher, […]
As a professor of civil engineering technology at Wentworth Institute in Boston, Jack Duggan is constantly on the lookout for “real world” examples that he can incorporate into his courses as teaching and learning tools. So when Duggan was told about a 40-acre brownfield site that’s being targeted for redevelopment in Canton, he was immediately […]
There is a dull patina to the bell that sits on my writing table. The box arrived just last week, and after prolonged negotiations with the seller, I tendered the sum of $50 for a small piece of Canton’s history. What makes this bell special is that taped to the underside is a small piece […]
Academic excellence, commitment to community, sportsmanship — all of these qualities were deeply valued by the late Paul Matthews. And all of them are embodied by the two CHS graduates, Chris Murray and Michelle McNeil, who were this year’s recipients of the Senior Cup and scholarship founded in his honor. Matthews, a lifelong resident of […]
Between a recent outreach trip to Kentucky with the St. Gerard’s youth program and an impressive showing at last month’s Falmouth Sprint Triathlon, Mary Kate Morrissey has had a busy and memorable summer — and it’s not over yet. In fact, over the next 32 days, the 16-year-old Canton resident will compete in three more […]
