Benedette “Betty” (Carroccio) Guastalli, 69, of Florida, formerly of Canton, passed away January 11, 2012. Born on January 5, 1943, in Hyde Park, Betty moved to Canton with her family at age 16. She graduated from Notre Dame Academy. In 1962 she married Alfred Guastalli Sr., and together they owned and operated Canton Lumber Company […]
The financial investigation into the Recreation Department that was alluded to in a recent announcement by the Board of Selectmen has its roots in the Canton Travel Basketball program, according to two town officials with direct knowledge of the situation. The prepared statement by selectmen, which first appeared on the town website on February 10, […]
Fourteen Canton High School students and three chaperones took a trip to Spain and Morocco over the recent February vacation. While in Spain the students visited the cities of Madrid, Grenada, Toledo and Seville, as well as the Costa del Sol. They saw masterpieces by Velázquez and El Greco, the windmills of Cervantes’s Don Quixote, […]
Rome may not have been built in a day, but at Temple Beth Abraham in Canton, the community is invited to build the Old City of Jerusalem in just two hours. Instead of using bricks, stone, and mortar, architect Stephen Schwartz will lead the group in the reconstruction of a 16-by-16-foot model of the Old […]
As was the case all over Massachusetts on Tuesday, former Governor Mitt Romney sailed to an easy victory in Canton in the Republican primary election, garnering over 78 percent of the local vote to easily beat out Rick Santorum and Ron Paul. Romney, who collected 72 percent of the vote statewide, carried each of Canton’s […]
On Saturday, March 24, at Lombardo’s in Randolph, Canton resident Courtland Priest will compete against 24 of the region’s top spellers in the Comcast South Shore Regional Spelling Bee for a chance to travel to Washington, D.C., to participate in the renowned Scripps National Spelling Bee. Priest, an eighth grader, won the qualifying bee at […]
Selectmen Chairman John Connolly reacted strongly Tuesday night to a mailing sent to residents alleging that selectmen and Town Administrator Bill Friel are having work conducted on a solar energy facility at the site of the former Pine Street landfill by non-licensed electricians and without an electrical permit. The postcard depicts a ticking clock on […]
Two Canton High School students remained in serious condition at Boston Medical Center for head and trauma injuries sustained from a two-car, head-on collision on York Street last Friday, March 2, around 6 p.m. Four other CHS students were released from Norwood Hospital during the weekend for various injuries, and the driver of the second […]
DID YOU KNOW … While it is true that the incumbents have generally done a credible job, the need for competition is obvious as the lack of political competition is not healthy in a democracy. Plenty of people complain about government, but apparently they do not want to step forward to do something about it. […]
Dear Canton voters: I ask that you support approval of the Community Preservation Act (CPA) on Election Day, April 3. As a member of the Canton Historical Commission, I have a particular interest in using CPA funds to finance historic preservation projects. To be clear, the views expressed in this letter are mine, rather than […]
