The following letter to the community was prepared by Julie E. Goodman, PhD, Board of Health member, and Cindy Bonner, RN, BSN, Public Health Nurse I am writing to you to provide the latest update regarding a new Coronavirus, COVID-19, first identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. I would also like to share the […]
Check out this week’s issue of the Citizen for the latest in Canton news, sports, events, and more. Highlights from the March 12 edition include: * Both CHS hockey teams qualify for state championship (click here for story) * Highlights from the March 5 School Committee meeting * Canton’s Metro South finds winning formula — and coach’s […]
Update: The MIAA Board of Directors announced on Thursday afternoon its decision to CANCEL the high school championship games scheduled for this weekend due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Teams that would have been participating in the state finals — including both Canton hockey teams — are being considered co-champions. The story below was published prior […]
Margaret A. Sullivan, affectionately known as “Rita,” a longtime resident of Canton, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 7, 2020, at the age of 94. Beloved daughter of the late Madeline and John Sullivan, she was born in Boston, raised in Hyde Park and graduated from Hyde Park High School. Rita lived in Hyde Park […]
Barbara A. Ahern (Collins), 82, of Medway, formerly of Canton and Milton, passed away March 5. Born and raised in Milton, she graduated from Milton High School, Class of 1955 and Mt. Auburn School of Nursing in 1958. She made a career of nursing, working at Mt. Auburn Hospital, Mass Eye and Ear Hospital, and […]
Dorothy Ann (Ferguson) White, 63, of Canton, passed away suddenly, surrounded by the love of her devoted family on March 4, 2020. Dorothy is survived by her loving husband, Michael; her daughter, Sheila White, and her son, Michael White and his wife, Diana, all of Canton. Dear sister to Jane Pratt and her husband, Ralph, […]
Sheila (O’Malley) Little, 94, of Canton, formerly of Dorchester, passed away peacefully Monday, March 2, 2020, in the Hellenic Nursing Center. Born on March 27, 1925, in Galway, Ireland, daughter of the late John O’Malley and Nora Kearns O’Malley, Sheila was born, raised and educated in Ireland. She immigrated to the United States in 1949 […]
Canton residents Tara Shuman and Amy Killeen received a Team $1 Million+ Lifetime Achievement award for their efforts over the past six years in the Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk. Shuman and Killeen were among a select group of awardees recognized at the Extra Mile Brunch on Sunday, March 1, for their fundraising and commitment in the […]
Edward Peters, 84, died peacefully in Florida at his home surrounded by his loving family on January 15, 2020. Edward was survived by his wife, Lynn Ruth, of 64 years; three children, Deanna Harrington of Nokomis, FL, Shellee Peters of Braintree, and Gayle Soule and her husband, John Soule, and two grandchildren, Samantha Soule and […]
Dear Editor: I have only known Lisa Lopez for a year, but I have admired her as a citizen of Canton for a long time. Over the years I had seen her speak at annual town meeting first as a proponent of the Community Preservation Act and then, after passage, as the chair of the […]
