When veteran Galvin Middle School wellness teacher Kristine Fritts first got wind of this weekend’s 5K fitness walk being held in her honor, she was very flattered, a little embarrassed, and “completely floored” by the kindness and generosity of her colleagues throughout the school district. As she told K-12 wellness coordinator Peter Boucher in a […]
You probably drive by them all the time without noticing. They sit by the side of the road, silent necessities of our Colonial era that are no longer needed in a modern age. The small stone mile markers, milestones, have been marking the distance from Boston since the early 1700s. Today, with our satellite-guided navigation […]
In today’s world, it is easy enough to portray an era defined by strokes of violence and hued with shades of sensationalized destruction. Add to this a few spatters of hysteria and finger-painted points of blame, and the result is a masterpiece highlighting a version of life that few, if any, would want to comprise. […]
In her adopted hometown of Canton, she is the fiery lady with the sweet Southern accent best known for taking to the streets in her Pilgrim outfit to protest the war in Iraq. She’s outspoken, some would call her brash, and she can be downright harsh with her criticism in the face of real or […]
It may be cliché to say that you can touch history, but in all honesty, our history is made up of the places, artifacts and stories that we preserve for future generations to “touch.” Nowhere is this more evident than in the new exhibit at the Canton Historical Society that lays bare the artifacts brought […]
Our kitchen is the “Canton room,” according to my wife. Of course, all things Canton seem to find their way into every room of our house. As part of her spring-cleaning ritual, several pieces of framed artwork have found their way onto the kitchen walls, pieces that might have been relegated to an upstairs closet. […]
Click here for Part 1 By Denny Swenson In preparation for a Lyme disease awareness meeting for the Green Street area, I spent a few days calling neighbors to let them know about our upcoming meeting. I ended up speaking with 20 people. I was bracing myself because I was unclear how people feel about […]
My name is Denny Swenson. I live on the Canton/Milton line. I mean that literally — our house is half in Canton and half in Milton. I live in a beautiful house, in a beautiful neighborhood with my husband, Win, my 10-year-old daughter, Reilly, our dog and two cats. Three years ago, I was bit […]
When a routine blood test was performed on Jennifer Tower’s newborn daughter, Sonya, the words “cystic fibrosis” had never even entered into the new mother’s mind. Neither Jennifer, a music teacher at the Luce Elementary School in Canton, nor her husband, Steve, was aware that they were carriers of the recessive genetic disease. Sonya’s blood, […]
By now you have no doubt created a short list of sites to visit in Canton that demonstrate some of the local curiosities of history and geology. Many people have followed my recent columns and report trips to the Stone Bridge or the Indian Cave. This week we plan another “trespass” to our neighbors up […]
