Frederick A. Greeley, 91, of Canton, passed away January 18 at Milton Hospital. Born in Boston, he was raised in Hyde Park, graduated from Hyde Park High School, and went on to serve in the Navy during World War II. He was a patrolman for the Boston Police Department for 42 years before retiring. Through […]
Walter T. Doolin, 84, passed away January 18 at Cape Cod Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Boston, he was raised in Southie and Mattapan and graduated from Hyde Park High School. Walter worked as a mailroom supervisor for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, B.C. Morton and J. Baker. He later […]
Pauline Q. Leonard (Thompson), 98, of Stoughton, formerly of Canton, passed away January 17 at the Copley at Stoughton. Born in Calais, ME, she had lived in Canton for many years before moving to Stoughton. She worked as the cafeteria manager at Blue Hills Regional School in Canton for many years. Beloved wife of the […]
Paul D. Fitzpatrick, 55, of Canton, formerly of Cape Cod, passed away January 17 after a lengthy illness with his family by his side. Paul, the youngest child of Arthur and Joan (MacEachern), was born in Medford. When Paul was a year old his family moved to Buffalo, NY, and lived there for the next […]
Dear Editor: As a statewide immigrant advocacy organization, we were concerned to read the deeply misleading letter from John Thompson of the Massachusetts Coalition for Immigration Reform posted on the Canton Citizen website in response to a recent column by state Representative William Galvin regarding the Safe Communities Act. Contrary to Thompson’s claims, nothing in […]
Editor’s note: The following letter was sent in response to Rep. Bill Galvin’s guest column that appeared in the December 28 edition of the Canton Citizen. Dear Editor: Legislative plans to make Massachusetts a Sanctuary State are gaining ground. State Representative William Galvin (D-Canton) is a co-sponsor of a bill currently making its way through […]
Did you know … The town of Canton is in the process of hiring an architectural firm to determine the cost of either (1) repairing the damaged Canton ice rink facility or (2) building a new regional rink on the existing site. The town recently advertised a “Request for Qualifications – Designer Services” for repair […]
TreeTop Adventures — the Canton-based outdoor zip-line park that has delighted patrons but rankled many of its closest neighbors — has been given the chance to start anew after the town’s zoning board voted unanimously last week to approve the park’s relocation plans. With the approval, which includes an affirmative vote for the site plan […]
Winter is in full swing and so is ski season at Great Blue Hill. The Blue Hills Ski Area features 16 trails, four lifts, and plenty of snow. The park offers day and season passes as well as ski lessons and equipment rentals. For more info the ski area, visit www.bluehillsboston.com. (Above) Young skiers receive […]
Town Administrator Charlie Aspinwall will be working with town departments to post at least four signs near Reservoir Pond to warn skaters that the ice may be thin and that they are “skating at their own risk.” The signs are the first indication that selectmen are considering opening Reservoir Pond for winter use. Still up […]
