Samuel B. Noyes sat down to write his weekly column for the Norfolk County Gazette. It was Christmas week in 1887, and he thought back at how quickly the year had slipped by. This had been a pretty industrious year for the town of Canton. Our small community was a boomtown; the factories had been […]
On Thanksgiving Day, longtime Canton resident and culinary aficionado Barbara Smith got up early and prepared a full turkey dinner with all the fixings. It was for her daughter Kim and her grandchildren Sarah and David, and as far as big holiday meals go, it was, in Smith’s eyes, her “last hurrah” in the kitchen. […]
Below is part two of the series detailing the history of the Canton Airport. *** Today, Neponset Street is crowded with large trucks moving fill in and out of the worksite heralding the beginning of the hazardous waste cleanup of the old Canton Airport. What was a dream of national aviation will soon become public […]
Below is part one in a two-part series on the history of the now-defunct Canton Airport. There are long-lost plans of men and women that, if implemented, would have changed Canton forever. The most notable of these plans was the development of the Massachusetts Air Terminal and Arena. The ambition of the men who devised […]
On a recent historical tour of Canton for residents at Orchard Cove, I was extolling all of the amazing oddities that made Canton, well, uniquely Canton. And after rattling off a list of firsts in America that are connected to Canton, one of the passengers gave me a look that suggested she did not quite […]
Bernard Mendillo was walking through Fenway one day after work on his way to Ruggles Station and a train home when he saw an attractive young woman standing alone, staring into space and crying. When he looked across the street, he saw a young man staring at the woman and surmised that the couple had […]
If it weren’t for 95-year-old George Vujnovich receiving his long-overdue Bronze Star last month — a full 66 years after he helped launch the incredible, yet thoroughly overlooked Halyard rescue mission in Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia in the late summer of 1944 — then perhaps Paul Seery’s thoughts would be elsewhere this Veterans Day. Instead, they are […]
Editor’s note: Continuing a long tradition of local history columns written by the likes of Dan Keleher and Ed Lynch, the Canton Citizen is pleased to announce the debut of “True Tales from Canton’s Past,” a semi-regular column written by Canton native and local historian George Comeau. *** Just as you are about to leave […]
Fighting words for any foe, especially cancer Put a weapon in my hand, a mask on my face, and a breastplate on my chest, and I become Zorro. I’ve taken up fencing. Fencing demands foresight, focus, and self-assurance. By learning to defend myself, I’m stronger physically and more confident mentally. In 2001, I battled breast […]
While it may not be the ideal climate — political or otherwise — for a seven-time incumbent Democrat to be seeking reelection against a Republican newcomer with no ties to Beacon Hill, state Senator Brian A. Joyce remains confident and hopeful that his 12-year record of service to the district will be more than enough […]
