Donald E. Whitty (1923-2014) passed away to eternal rest August 1, 2014, in the company of his family. Donald was born in and was a lifelong resident of Canton since 1923. He was married to his wife, Constance, for 62 years. After service to his country in the Army Air Corps (1943-1946), he then went […]
Helen M. Marinaro (Alfieri), 95, of Canton, passed away at home August 1. Born and raised in Canton, she graduated from Canton High School in 1936 where she was the captain of the field hockey team. She is a lifelong resident of Canton and was a member of the Community Club of Canton and a […]
Sharon A. Milano-Magida, 55, of Canton, passed away July 31 at the Dana-Farber Cancer Center at Brigham & Women’s Hospital. Born in New Haven, CT, she was raised in Hamden, CT, and graduated from Sacred Heart Academy in Hamden and Boston University School of Nursing. She worked as a registered nurse for Brigham and Women’s […]
Martin J. Gildea, 49, of Canton, passed away unexpectedly July 29. Born in Brockton, he was a lifelong resident of Canton. He was a member of the Canton High School Class of 1983 where he played on the football and baseball teams. He went on to attend Aquinas College in Boca Raton and graduated from […]
Brianna Rooney, 21, beloved daughter of Robert and Linda (Brooks) Rooney, died on Monday, July 28, 2014, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Brianna was born on April 30, 1993, in Newton. She was a communicant of St. Andrew the Apostle Church and was a member of ARC of Bristol County. She was a 2012 […]
Dear fellow citizens: What a thing of art is the Pleasant Street repaving project. It goes on and on, but like the new Senior Center, it gives folks employment. And it will be mightily appreciated come winter, so take as much time as you need, guys. Just get it right. I feel the same way about the Senior […]
Dear Editor: In 1953, I was brought to Canton by my parents. It was a very different place then. (Family and friends questioned, “Where? Why way out there?”) At that time only routes 138 and 1 and old Route 128 were the main highways. There were a lot of farms, large estates, narrow roads, and […]
Did you know … A recent headline in the Boston Globe South section read as follows: “Easton officials consider end to Town Meeting.” A handful of other south shore suburbs, including Braintree, Bridgewater, Randolph, Stoughton, and Weymouth, have made the switch, trading in the communities’ almost 300-year-old town meeting tradition for a more efficient town […]
Turnpike Café is the newest champion of the Canton Over 30 Softball League, after beating regular season leader Loughran Electric in dramatic fashion in the finals on Sunday, August 3, at Devoll Field. Turnpike Café, which finished second in the regular season behind Loughran, won the deciding game 9-8 in a walk-off win, overcoming a […]
The Canton School Committee last week came out in full support of a plan to install interactive projectors in every classroom in the district from preschool through grade 8. The question now is how to finance the upgrades, which carry an estimated price tag of just under $500,000 for 134 classrooms. The committee did agree […]
