To George Comeau: Thank you for your wonderful article about Ed Bolster in last week’s Canton Citizen (October 20). Ed was a great man, a humble man, a humorous man, and a trusted friend. Your article brings Ed’s spirit and unusual life to so many new people who did not have the privilege of personally […]
Arthur Patrick Bell, 90, of Canton, formerly of Jamaica Plain, passed away October 24, 2011. Arthur was born and raised in the Mission Hill section of Roxbury along with his siblings and a multitude of cousins. He graduated from Mission Hill High School in 1938. He then served in the United States Army in Northern […]
The Canton High field hockey team’s quest for a perfect season ended Tuesday afternoon in Foxboro as the two teams battled to a 2-2 draw. The Bulldogs (13-0-1) will look to rebound Thursday night when they host Oliver Ames at Memorial Field at 6:15 p.m.
Ed Bolster was a good man. The question always remains: how do you measure the life of a good man? Recently, while going through a box of papers, I came across five neatly typed pages with the heading “What I did for love.” Edward Bolster, one of Canton’s favorite lifelong residents, wrote the short essay […]
Is America’s “high-stakes and high-pressure” culture hurting its children? Are students today really overworked, overstressed, and underprepared for the working world? That is the argument put forth by filmmaker and mother of three Vicki Abeles, whose first feature-length documentary, Race to Nowhere: The Dark Side of America’s Achievement Culture, will be presented to the Canton […]
State health officials have alerted 200 Massachusetts communities — including Canton — of a public advisory not to eat fish caught by local fishermen because of elevated organic mercury levels. In Canton, the four principal locations impacted by the advisory are Reservoir Pond, the Neponset River, which stretches from Walpole to Boston, the Ponkapoag River, […]
At the John F. Kennedy Elementary School, students of all ages share the playground. Sometimes the fifth graders use it; sometimes the first graders use it. Last fall, one first grade girl, Lucy Falcone, was having so much fun that she didn’t want to leave the playground. A fifth grader, Jenny Wolicki, was standing on […]
Submitted by Irene Kelley Tom Gill demonstrated in acrylic at the October meeting of the Canton Art Association, held recently at the Canton Public Library. Gill started his professional art career in l982 after attending the Art Institute of Boston. He developed his own style using brush strokes that are loose but filled with energy. He […]
St. John the Evangelist School has joined in the fight against cancer with several fundraising efforts in the month of October. On October 2, faculty, former and current students, and families from St. John’s came out in force at the New England Pancreatic Cancer Research Walk on George’s Island. They walked to support a member […]
With rain forcing the cancellation of last Friday’s game at Foxboro, the unbeaten CHS girls’ soccer team had just one game last week, but it sure was impressive as the Bulldogs celebrated Senior Night with a 6-1 blowout win over the visiting Sharon Eagles. The win was Canton’s tenth of the season and its second […]
