The Canton Recreation Department hosted an Easter party for children and families on Saturday, March 30, at Canton High School. The event, which was sponsored by CertaPro Painters, featured games and activities, entertainment by DJ Gary Titus, and a visit from the Easter Bunny. Mary Ellen Cahill photos [photofade height=’350′]
A local musical group featuring 15 students and alumni from the Thacher Montessori School in Milton — including five Canton residents — will travel to Newtown, Connecticut this weekend to perform in a benefit concert for the first responders to the deadly massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The Camp Kids, an indie rock group […]
Weather permitting, the Canton Water Department will begin its spring hydrant flushing program the week of March 25 and continue through the week of April 29. Nights of flushing for each week will be Monday through Thursday between the hours of 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. You may experience discolored water during this time. If […]
Twenty years ago, Chris Herren was a local basketball hero with a seemingly limitless future in front of him. A three-time all-state selection for Durfee High School in Fall River, Herren became a national media darling in the early 1990s and was recruited by several of the country’s top Division 1 programs. But even as […]
The Canton High School drama club presented I Never Saw Another Butterfly on Friday and Saturday, March 15 and 16, in the CHS auditorium. The play, by Celeste Raspanti, is based on the story of Raja Englanderova, one of the few Jewish children who survived the Terezin concentration camp during World War II. Cast & […]
Live owls will headline the activities at the Hoot Happenings family event on Saturday, March 16, from 1-4 p.m. at the Museum of American Bird Art (MABA) at Mass Audubon in Canton. Come visit with either a great horned owl, a barn owl, or a screech owl as Mass Audubon staff engage and educate visitors […]
The Irish Cultural Centre of New England, located at 200 New Boston Drive in Canton, is gearing up for another season of March Madness — St. Patrick’s Day madness, that is. The ICC kicks off the weekend on Friday, March 15, with a concert by U2 tribute band Joshua Tree. The celebration continues on Saturday […]
The Rhododendron Needlers Quilt Guild will hold its biennial quilt show, “Traditions and Treasures,” on Saturday, March 16, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, March 17, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Blue Hills Regional Technical School in Canton. The show will feature a special exhibit of the Martha Howard quilt, an […]
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells — taken without her knowledge in 1951 — became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, in vitro fertilization, and more. Henrietta’s cells have been […]
The Galvin Middle School performed the popular musical Fiddler on the Roof on Friday and Saturday, March 1 and 2, in the CHS auditorium. Above: The Rabbi (Riley McDonnell) officiates the wedding of Tzeitel (Kayla Smigielski) and Motel (Evan Tondre). Paul Burega photo
