With the approach of Memorial Day weekend, the Canton Community Band is preparing for its busiest time of the year. The organization is known especially for playing during the summer months, beginning with the Memorial Day ceremony (where it plays with the Canton High School band) and a concert in front of the Rodman Administration […]
Chef and business owner Edy Massih has written his first cookbook, Keep It Zesty: A Celebration of Lebanese Flavors & Culture from Edy’s Grocer. The 2012 Canton High School graduate includes over 120 recipes, plenty of photos, and his personal life story in the HarperCollins publication, which was released earlier this week. Massih, who is […]
Canton Garden Club members are busy these days preparing for the upcoming annual plant sale. The sale will take place May 18 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Armando Recreation Center at 92 Pleasant Street. This location is a change from previous sales, which have long been held at the Canton Public Library. […]
This story originally appeared in the April 4 edition of the Canton Citizen. Donovan Lewis met Maureen Ryan when they were freshmen at Bridgewater State University. Ryan had Loeys-Dietz syndrome, a genetic disorder that affects connective tissue. Their deep friendship and Ryan’s passing at the age of 27 led Lewis to write his first book, […]
Cynthia Harkness has always loved the outdoors and being near the water. As a child she fished in the Merrimack River and at Hampton and Salisbury beaches, doing a lot of spin fishing. When her now grown sons were younger, she wanted them to enjoy the outdoors and the water just as she did. Harkness […]
Despite a driving, cold rain, about 90 CHS students assembled in front of the Rodman building last Wednesday around noon to pour frigid water over their heads. The event was an Ice Bucket Challenge, following the well-established pattern of raising money for and spreading awareness about ALS. Coordinated by CHS career counselor and teacher Ed […]
The community of Fountain of Grace Church on Turnpike Street has long been committed to helping church goers as well as community members in need of support. Since June of 2022, the church has partnered with Food for Free in Somerville in order to provide fresh and shelf-stable food for as many people as possible […]
Blue Hills Trailside Museum is thrilled to announce that another North American river otter has joined its wildlife team at the popular nature destination on the Canton/Milton line. “Ginger,” who was born in February 2022 at Stone Zoo in Stoneham, is settling right in at the Trailside Museum, which is operated by Mass Audubon in […]
Linda and John Dobbyn are proof that opposites not only attract, but can keep that attraction going strong for more than half a century. The 2024 Canton Citizen Valentine’s Day couple, who celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary last June, laugh often and find true joy in spending time together. In 1969 when Linda was a […]
In this two-part installment of True Tales from Canton’s Past, local historian George T. Comeau recounts the February 1895 murder of John Fleming, a young man of just 18 who was fatally shot in a downtown Canton shop. The series was originally published in the Citizen in early 2020 and was reprinted over the past […]
