Elizabeth (Betty) Howard, 91, of Delray Beach, Florida, passed away peacefully on April 2, 2013. Betty was born and raised in Canton and attended Canton schools, graduating from Canton High School in 1938 as class valedictorian. She married the late John (Jack) Howard on May 1, 1944, and upon his return from service in World […]
Dear Mr. DeFelice: I thought I would educate you on the circumstances surrounding my decision not to run again for the Planning Board. I typically do not sit at the computer and respond to articles or points of information within the newspaper. However, given your recent article (April 4) with its inaccurate information and its […]
Dear Editor: I was recently inspired and encouraged by finding out about James Batcheller Sumner, who was born in Canton on November 19, 1887. He went on to receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1946. (I found this while reading the book form of the Encyclopedia Britannica, as old fashioned as that may seem.) The […]
The Supreme Court is ruling on the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8 — a ballot that banned same sex marriage, and on “DOMA” (Federal Defense of Marriage Act). Advocates have called gay marriage today’s civil rights issue. Under that analogy, anyone who opposes it is easily dismissed as a homophobic bigot. It has been a […]
DID YOU KNOW … Canton Town Clerk Tracy Kenney was hoping to save the town a portion of the estimated $8,000 to $10,000 in associated election costs by combining this year’s town election on April 2 (which had no contests) with the April 30 special state primary election for the U.S. Senate. The state legislature […]
Cigarettes and other tobacco products will soon be harder to come by in the town of Canton after the Board of Health, moved by the impassioned pleas of two local pediatricians, verbally agreed to increase the legal age of purchase to 21 while also banning small cigars and “blunt wraps” in colorful packaging and assorted […]
The developer of the 40-acre Plymouth Rubber property on Revere Street is willing to spend up to $7 million on environmental cleanup and infrastructure improvements at the former industrial site in exchange for the right to build 348 homes — a project that will impact nearly all town departments, according to the findings of a […]
Foley’s Backstreet Grille in Stoughton is adding a new fundraiser to its list of good causes. The inaugural Foley’s Backstreet Grille 5K Road Race will be held Sunday, April 21, to benefit the Massachusetts Hospital School in Canton. Giving back to the community is something that restaurant owner Dave Foley, a Canton native, has done […]
The Canton High boys’ varsity lacrosse team kicked off the new season with a bang last week, storming back from a three-goal deficit against North Attleboro to win its home opener 10-9 in overtime. The Bulldogs then kept the hype train moving with a 12-7 win over visiting Franklin earlier this week to put them […]
On March 3, 1913, the annual town meeting voted down an article that would have authorized the Board of Health to appoint an inspector of milk. Fifty-five days later, the Canton milk epidemic struck. One hundred years ago the town of Canton looked very different than it does today. There was certainly a sense of […]
