James D. McFatter, 80, of Airmont, New York, passed away March 8 at Cornerstone at Canton surrounded by his loving family. Born and raised in Port Arthur, TX, he graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Port Arthur and Lamar University, received his master’s from Columbia University, and was an Army veteran of the Korean […]
Joyce M. Buckley (Kenefick), 91, of Canton, passed away March 8 at the Hellenic Nursing Home surrounded by her loving family. Born in Boston, she was a lifelong resident of Canton and graduated from Canton High School. She worked as a secretary at Logan Airport, MIT in Cambridge, and the Massachusetts Federation of Labor. Beloved […]
Joseph “Mark” Gibbs, 59, of Canton, passed away unexpectedly on March 7, 2016, surrounded by family at Good Samaritan Hospital in Brockton. Mark was born on September 4, 1956, to loving parents Wallace and Marie (Lamb) Gibbs of Canton. Known as “Joe” to his colleagues for 27 years at Polaroid and 10 years at E-Ink, […]
Did you know … A recent interesting article in the Boston Globe mentioned that the state plans to breed and raise 150 venomous timber rattlesnakes and then turn them loose on protected land on a small island in the middle of the Quabbin Reservoir, which, by the way, provides drinking water to Boston and many […]
The first female dog we ever had was an English setter we called Abby. Her registered name was Clariho’s Dear Abigail. We named her Abigail because the old, beat-up paperback dictionary we owned had a section of names and their meanings in the back, and that particular book said Abigail meant “father’s joy.” Clariho was […]
Nearly 30 years after he bludgeoned his Canton High School classmate with a baseball bat to satisfy a violent curiosity, convicted killer Rod Matthews is headed back before the state parole board later this month to plead for his release. One of the state’s most notorious teen murderers, Matthews, now 43, was only a high […]
The Canton School Committee last week trimmed almost $227,000 off its proposed $38.3 million budget in a show of good faith to their colleagues on the Finance Committee. The two boards were due to meet this week to further discuss the budget. Despite better than expected projections from the town’s Revenue Forecast Committee, the FinCom […]
The Canton Fire Department evacuated two buildings at the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center on Turnpike Street last Tuesday afternoon after the center received two separate bomb threats via telephone. A staff member activated the fire alarm box to alert students to an evacuation. The Fire Department searched both buildings and found nothing. Fire Lt. Greg […]
The Canton Alliance for Public Education (CAPE) held its 10th annual Spelling Bee on Friday, March 11, in the CHS auditorium. Proceeds from the event are used to fund CAPE grants, which are awarded every fall and spring to support innovative and enriching programs in the Canton Public Schools. (Above) GMS 6th grade winning team […]
When Christina Guccione returns to Canton this spring at the end of her freshman year at Syracuse University, she will have a few weeks free before starting her fourth season as a counselor at Pequitside Day Camp. She loves engaging with her 6- to 11-year-old charges as they play games and do arts and crafts. […]
