In a struggling city, a compact, white van with the brightly colored logo emblazoned on its side announces to pedestrians and drivers alike that the Marilyn Rodman Arts for Kids program is about to arrive. The van is full of paint, paper, crayons, and other materials ordinarily found in a supply closet but that now […]
Click here for Part 2 of this story The story of my grandmother, my “Nana,” is actually a story about countless immigrants who have made Canton their home and created a community of diversity and American values shaped by their experiences in far-flung countries around the world. How she came to Canton is a fascinating […]
Milton Zola is energetic and relishes the telling of a great tale. Sheila Zola likes to listen and enjoys reading an exciting story. Together they mesh perfectly. Milton and Sheila Zola are the Canton Citizen’s 2011 Valentine Couple of the Year. “Milton has always been very outgoing and talkative,” said Sheila, poised and ladylike, her […]
Tower Hill Center for Health and Rehabilitation is one of Canton’s best-kept secrets. Its 164 beds comprise three programs: short-term rehabilitation, long-term care and the Russian House, a unit which specializes in meeting the health care needs of native Russian speakers. Yet according to Executive Director and Canton resident Jerry LaBelle, Tower Hill does not […]
As her classmates settle in front of the television for a relaxing February vacation, Canton resident Bridget Ponte will be under the lights competing for a title at the 2011 All-Ireland Irish Dancing Championships in Killarney, Ireland. Ponte watched her older sisters participate in step dancing before she first picked up the soft shoes at […]
Parents of child with EA/TEF reaching out to other parents of children born with same defect Kestrel McDonald’s parents describe their daughter as a typical 6 year old. A first grade student at the Kennedy School, she enjoys sledding, singing, drawing and dancing. What is different about Kestrel is that she was born with esophageal […]
This story originally appeared in the Canton Citizen on January 20, 2011. If you live in New England and you do not love the snow, at the very least you have to appreciate the amazing forces of nature that converge upon us and present themselves in the form of a Nor’easter. The recent storm that […]
Less than two years ago, Ryan Hathaway was a freshman at Xaverian Brothers High School, making new friends and enjoying his classes. But as the winter of 2009 turned into spring, he began to complain of fatigue, bruises and pain in his bones. Ryan’s mom, Katey Hathaway, took him to his pediatrician, who diagnosed him […]
CHS boys’ varsity basketball coach Mike Devoll has a wealth of talent and expertise in his assistant coaching ranks this year, but he also has a couple of former classmates to lean on who were stars in their own right while playing for the Bulldogs in the mid 1990s. Canton natives Jarod Cowens and Eileen […]
On December 16, exactly ten months to the day after losing their house and nearly all of their belongings in a two-alarm fire that also claimed their elderly cat Patches, the Notkin family of Canton made their long-awaited return to 63 Trayer Road. The house, which had to be completely rebuilt from the studs up, […]
