It’s not exactly a rags to riches story. But in today’s economic climate, where concerns over the national debt crisis has led to the first credit downgrade in U.S. history, even the smallest examples of fiscal recovery can offer hope for a brighter future. At the local level, the Canton Fire Department is one such […]
After serving as a presenter and facilitator at last month’s New England Leadership & Wellness Summit at Stonehill College, Peter Boucher, the new interim principal of the Hansen Elementary School, rounded up a group of local high school students in need of community service hours and brought them back to Canton for an afternoon of […]
Canton resident Tom Lane and Bill Duplisea were both winners of the 2011 ABCD Invitational Golf Tournament, held each year at Hales Location Country Club in North Conway, New Hampshire, on the last Saturday in July. Lane, a C player, and Duplisea, a B player, both netted a score of 82. This year, 40 golfers […]
CFD advances in Over 30 Men’s Softball playoffs The Canton Fire Department softball team awaits the winner of the Schneiders and Schneiders and Legion teams before advancing to the next stage of the Canton Over-30 Softball League playoffs. CFD defeated Red Ball 18-16 in the final game of a double-elimination tournament. Schneiders and Schneiders and […]
Stephen P. Costello, president and CEO of Bank of Canton, is pleased to announce that the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency (MassHousing) has honored Bank of Canton as top producer of first mortgage loans in the state of Massachusetts for the third consecutive year. The bank is also extremely pleased to announce that it has received […]
DID YOU KNOW … Canton’s own Jim Carmichael is a U.S. Air Force Captain flying B-52 stratofortress bombers stationed at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota. Most of us who read the Canton Citizen know that a flood recently inundated his home in North Dakota. His home was under water for weeks, and everything […]
Thirty-six years ago, Steve and I sat on a swing set in an Indiana campground, discussing the impossibility of getting married. Actually, I was the one talking impossible — Steve was trying to convince me of the possible. All I saw was us living on opposite sides of the ocean enmeshed in families and jobs […]
A woman from Canton came in looking for advice. She’d bought a condo in 2008 and was living there happily, but seeing the deals that her friends were getting on nicer properties, she wanted to trade up. She could easily afford the mortgage on the properties she liked. All she had to do was sell […]
Dear Editor: I noticed the other day on my way to work that the town of Canton DPW was working on Everendon Road, off Walpole Street. A few days later I noticed that the town repaved Everendon Road. Well, there is one street off Walpole Street that is one of the oldest streets in Canton, […]
William A. McGonigle, 72, of Sharon, passed away peacefully at his home on August 8 with his family at his side. Born in Boston, William graduated from Charlestown High School. He served as a marksman in the Army National Guard from 1956-1964. Mr. McGonigle was an entrepreneur in real estate development and a business owner. […]
