When former Canton resident PJ Driscoll began to train for the New York City Marathon last spring, his goal was to run in the race in order to raise funds for the Pat Tillman Foundation. His plans changed when the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy led to the cancellation of the November 4 race, but it […]
Sometimes life’s biggest challenges — and its greatest rewards — arrive seemingly out of nowhere. Such was the case with the Rubino family of Canton, who, a little under four years ago, went from being a family of five to a family of seven virtually overnight. The two new additions, a boy named Brayden and […]
Chris Fisher lives on Indian Lane here in Canton. Fisher’s hobby is making scale models — not airplanes or cars, but buildings, which are his passion. Having spent months working on his masterpiece, a scale model of one of Canton’s most historic landmarks, all that remains now for Fisher is to find a place to […]
Robin Tobin credits her grandmother and mother for helping her to discover her passion for working with senior citizens and the disabled. The eldest of three sisters, Tobin grew up in Wrentham and was very close to her grandmother. Tobin’s mother was a health care professional who worked at nursing homes in the Wrentham and […]
This is the story of a patch of grass and pine trees that is being transformed into a place of learning and wonder. It’s a story of teamwork and volunteerism — a story that illustrates how a few
It was an extremely emotional time. I was holding the skull of these same Indians who were friends of Sassamon and Eliot. Each day revealed new information about their burial practices and the lives they lived in Ponkapoag.
Michael Glick certainly stands out, due to his buoyant, can-do attitude, altruism, high-caliber professional abilities, and exceedingly lofty goals for the future — goals that he is very likely to attain. At the age of 17, this
Last week we celebrated Thanksgiving, and while the roots of the traditional story are well told, there are elements of the contact between the native population and the Puritans that heralded the end of a civilization. In Canton, there are abundant reminders of what once was, but could never survive. The facts are startling: Put […]
Editor’s note: Below is the third in an ongoing series of articles highlighting innovative education programs that have been made possible by a grant from the Canton Alliance for Public Education (CAPE), a non-profit, community-based foundation whose mission is to “promote innovative and productive programs that challenge students and teachers to achieve their true potential.” […]
It often seems to the general public that the main function of local historical societies is to be a trusted repository or museum of information, records, documents, artifacts, and objects that must be preserved for posterity, both specific
