By Rumni Saha with input from GMS staff It was in June of 2013 when I wrote an article for the Citizen about Dr. Bill Conard and his battle with cancer. For all of us at the Galvin Middle School, it had been a time filled with unexpected sadness, eventually giving way to a sense […]
The young boy leaned over the low windowsill and deviously spit upon his classmates below. The retribution at the hands of the principal was swift and decisive. The next memory that I have of the incident was crying in a janitor’s closet spitting into a slop sink until my mouth ran dry. The point was […]
Senior citizens aged 60 and over who visit the Canton Senior Center on Pleasant Street enjoy the availability of the recreational activities, movies, and dance and movement classes that the center offers. They can speak with Diane Tynan, director of the Council on Aging (COA), and outreach worker Robin Tobin about challenges they are facing. […]
June 6, 1835. “The Viaduct at Canton, though yet unfinished, is a stupendous work. A view of it, many times repays the trouble of passage round … The Viaduct testifies in strong language to man’s dominion over nature … the road will stand for ages as an enduring monument of the high talents and high […]
David Ingram spent much of his life researching Colonel Richard Gridley. And as far as Canton’s famous citizens go, Gridley stands alongside Paul Revere and Roger Sherman when it comes to American Revolutionary superstars. Gridley played significant roles in King George’s War, the French and Indian War, and the American Revolution, and yet he remains […]
Some people give of their time to help those in need while others donate their possessions. John “Jake” O’Neill does both. In August he will spend two days riding his bike in the Pan-Mass Challenge in honor of his mother who is undergoing treatment for cancer. In March he gave one of his kidneys to […]
This story originally appeared in the April 26, 2018 edition of the Canton Citizen and was republished this week. There is a beautiful Irish song with lyrics that evoke a lovely scene. “How I longed for to roam, by Mount Massey’s green groves or poach by the light of the moon. That spot of my […]
A display of quilts by a local artist, an annual arts festival, and an art museum that houses a wide range of works are all part of campus life at Massasoit Community College in Canton. The college houses both the James C. Akillian Gallery and the Milton Art Museum (MAM). The two art centers are […]
We lose things all the time. I’m not talking about big things. Not the buildings, like the Crane School or the Canton Center train station, or even the old shovel shop. Recently we lost the historic waterfall and dam at Shepard’s Pond, and of course we are likely to lose the Canton Waterworks building while […]
Emeline Crane was born in Canton in 1829; by the time she was 28 she was likely insane and a guardian was appointed to oversee her affairs. At the age of 59, Crane died in Taunton after a life plagued with chronic mania. The Annual Town Report for that same year shows an appropriation for […]
