Robin Ferrini, 64, passed away quietly in her sleep in the early hours of October 22 in her home in Canton. Having battled ovarian cancer for three-and-a-half years, her condition recently took a turn for the worse and her death was unexpectedly sudden. Robin grew up in Brockton — and always had a special place […]
The Canton Select Board and Town Administrator Charles Doody are pleased to announce the launch of a town-sponsored donation drive to support those affected by Hurricane Helene in North Carolina. The town is asking businesses and residents to donate an assortment of needed items, which the Armstrong Company of Canton has generously offered to transport […]
Dear Editor: I started the Yes for GMS! group to support the new Galvin Middle School proposal because I have seen firsthand the need for a new building, and how many years our community has invested in planning for these two upcoming votes. I also understand that the urgency created by the nature of the […]
ForsythKids, a mobile dental program bringing care to underserved communities, will expand its school-based program in Canton alongside Delta Dental of Massachusetts, the leading dental benefits administrator in the state. ForsythKids has been providing preventative dental care to children in the Canton Public Schools for four years and was already scheduled to provide dental care […]
Maureen Ann Hunt (née Reardon), 80, passed away on October 20, 2024, at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Milton, surrounded by her loving children. She has joined eternal rest alongside her beloved husband, Edward Hunt, and her dear siblings, Robert Reardon, Patrick Reardon, Patricia McNulty and Rosemary Payne. Maureen will be deeply missed by her […]
For the past 36 years, Maria Tedesco has been forging her path as a woman in banking and taking care to pave the way for women navigating the finance industry. Now, Atlantic Union Bank’s trailblazing president and chief operating officer has been named to American Banker’s 2024 Most Powerful Women in Banking and Finance: Women […]
With a solid, two-way winning effort against previously undefeated North Attleboro last Thursday, the CHS football team let it be known that they will be fighting for the Davenport Division title for the rest of the year. Canton, now 4-1 overall and 1-0 in the league, improved its rating to No. 6 in Division 4 […]
“Not a done deal” was the refrain echoed by School Committee member Kristian Merenda and Steve MacPherson, leader of the “Yes for the GMS” campaign, regarding the proposed reconstruction of the Galvin Middle School that will go before voters at a Special Town Meeting on November 18. The STM ballot question requires a two-thirds majority […]
In 1708, the new settlers of Dorchester Village, located south of the Blue Hill in present-day Canton, wanted to build a meetinghouse that was closer to the center of population. They settled a large flat field overlooking the Blue Hill on the Pakeen Plain in the Ponkapoag Plantation. The settlers constructed their second meetinghouse on […]
Canton police have made an arrest in connection with a shooting that occurred on Arboretum Way on Sunday afternoon, October 6. The suspect is 22-year-old Seaqwan Cherduville of Webster. Cherduville was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault to murder, and discharge of a firearm within 500 feet of a building. The […]
