The Canton Veterans’ Department Funeral Honor Guard was organized in 2002 and over the next eight years performed a total of 338 funerals. That total includes funerals for four honor guard members. Never to be forgotten: George Berteletti, Kevin Kelly, […]
Married for more than 47 years, Canton resident Barbara Wymer spent the last 33 years of her husband’s life as more than just his companion. When a brain aneurism left him unable to really communicate with others, she was his voice when he could no longer speak. William Wymer, an accomplished dentist, passed away this […]
Three Canton women are combining their efforts to create a fun-filled month of theater. Julie Beckham, managing director of Riverside Theatre Works in Hyde Park, and Ellen Orkin and Melissa Mayer, co-founders of Canton-based e&m promotions (www.eandmpromotions.com), are collaborating to make March’s Cabaret Month at Riverside Theatre Works come in like a lion! Beckham, former […]
With a volleyball, a net, and a group of enthusiastic participants, Canton Public Schools’ Wellness Coordinator Peter Boucher just might have stumbled upon, quite literally, the “best new activity idea in America.” The game, a form of “inverted volleyball” that Boucher has dubbed “nitroball,” is among a group of ten finalists currently vying for that […]
By Kathy Anderson It all took place in just a few horrifying minutes, but a two-alarm electrical fire that nearly destroyed a Canton home on Tuesday, February 16, did not destroy its occupants’ spirit of survival and gratitude. At approximately 10:11 a.m. that snowy day, the Canton Fire Department responded to a call from a […]
The Bank of Canton will celebrate its 175th anniversary on March 4, a remarkable accomplishment for a financial institution that has grown in size since 1835 but remains committed to its small-town roots. Canton, a postcard history book by local author George Comeau, includes a postcard picture of the Massapoag House. Bent’s Tavern in the […]
Meet Scott Brown (and no, not that one). This Scott Brown is a patrolman with the Canton Police Department, not the newest member of the U.S. Senate. He is from Canton, not Wrentham, and he drives a police car, not a truck. Scott Brown has become a household name across the entire country, with the […]
By Kathy Anderson Editor’s note: This is the first in a series chronicling Canton resident Gary Titus’s weight loss from gastric bypass surgery a year ago and his journey to a healthy weight and lifestyle. Titus will publish excerpts from his blog in the Canton Citizen to celebrate not only a personal triumph but to […]
By Kathy Anderson When Gaetane and Alain Jean stepped off the plane at Logan Airport from Haiti on January 26, they were experiencing a conflux of emotions ranging from relief and joy to sadness and residual fear. Sixteen-year-old Gaetane and her 10-year-old brother Alain were on their way home from school when the devastating earthquake […]
Frank and Peg LaBollita open their hearts to all who enter their home. The Gaelic sign above their kitchen door – Céad Míle Fáilte, which means “a hundred thousand welcomes” — reflects their hospitality. With love and mutual respect, Frank and Peg have devoted their lives to each other since June 1962. Frank likes to […]
