Community Passover Seder to be held Monday, March 25 Joanne Caras, author of the self-published Holocaust Survivor Cookbook: Collected From Around the World (2007), was the featured speaker at the Chai Jewish Center in Canton on Sunday, March 13. Hosted by Rabbi Mendy Horowitz and his wife, Rivkah, the event was open to the public […]
Photo 1: Award-winning Copley artist Lavonne Suwalski did two unique demonstrations in watercolor technique at the March meeting of the Canton Art Association at the Canton Public Library. (Ed Roche photo) Photos 2-3: On Saturday, March 9, the Canton Police and Fire departments hosted their fifth annual charity hockey benefit at Metropolis Rink. Proceeds from […]
The Canton High School drama club presented I Never Saw Another Butterfly on Friday and Saturday, March 15 and 16, in the CHS auditorium. The play, by Celeste Raspanti, is based on the story of Raja Englanderova, one of the few Jewish children who survived the Terezin concentration camp during World War II. Photos by Paul Burega
Dr. Renée Wilson, MD, likes to do her grocery shopping at the Stop and Shop on Route 138 in Stoughton. Over time, she noticed an empty store front a few doors down and thought it would be a great location for a walk-in urgent medical care clinic. Last November, she and her husband, Everton Weeks, […]
It was a season to remember for Canton’s Margarita Delaporta and the Blue Hills Regional girls’ basketball team as the Lady Warriors racked up win after win en route to a Mayflower Conference title and a jaw-dropping record of 23-1. Until recently the girls had been chasing perfection — stringing together 23 straight victories before […]
Kyle Darrow of Canton, a senior at Xaverian Brothers High School, recently completed his indoor track season with a highly successful month. Over five consecutive weekends Darrow won the long jump in the Tri-County League Championships and the Division 1 State Championships, placed second in the All-State Championships and the New England Indoor Track and […]
Dear Editor: As the mother of two teenagers and an educator in the Milton and Canton public schools since the late 1970s, I’ve had about 30 years of interaction with middle school, high school, and even preschool youngsters in these communities. Last spring, I found myself at a wake and funeral for a former student, […]
Dear Editor: Perhaps a cigarette smoker can answer this question for me. Why do cigarette smokers toss their cigarette butts anywhere they feel like it? Are they that selfish and lazy? I guess it has never occurred to them that they risk starting a fire when they do that, especially if they toss the butt into someone’s […]
Dear Editor: I’m writing to voice my support for Congressman Stephen Lynch in the upcoming special election to fill John Kerry’s seat. I’ve been following this election closely but didn’t know who I would support until I heard Stephen Lynch talking about his efforts to protect Social Security. Congressman Lynch calls Social Security a “sacred promise from […]
Dear Editor: Stoughton and Sharon have gorgeous community centers, primarily filled with us seniors. Their lectures, yoga and aerobics classes are things of joy. We in Canton also need a new spacious community center, which the town would vote for willingly if we did not limit it to seniors. A few years ago $800,000 was […]
