Herbert M. Fazakerley, 84, passed away June 3 at home. Born and raised in Boston, he attended Boston schools. He served in the Merchant Marines during WWII and was an Air Force veteran of the Korean War. He worked as an electrician for Local 103 in Boston for many years before retiring. Mr. Fazakerley was […]
Mary J. Pineo (Corkery), 76, of Canton, died June 2, 2012, at Caritas Norwood Hospital. Mary was a retired cafeteria worker for the Canton Public Schools. She also worked for F.M. Global in Norwood for several years until retiring in 1993. Mary enjoyed knitting, needlework, and traveling. Devoted wife of the late Robert O. Pineo […]
John F. “Jack” Buttner, of Stoughton, passed away June 2, 2012. Jack was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving in Korea with the USMC. He was a former teacher in the Boston and Canton school systems. He loved reading, fishing, boxing and politics, and was a jack of all trades. Beloved husband of Grace […]
Michael S. Coyne, 59, died May 26, 2012, at Hospice House of Concord following a long illness. Born in Lewiston, Maine, he has been a resident of Weare, NH, for the past 27 years. He was the son of James M. and Phyllis (Mason) Coyne. Mr. Coyne was the owner and operator of Labrie Auto Sales […]
The town of Canton held its annual Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 28, followed by a moving remembrance ceremony at Veterans Memorial Park in the Canton Corner Cemetery. Photo 1: The American Legion Band leads the parade down Washington Street. Photo 2: Spectators applaud as the parade passes First Parish Church. Photo 3: Col. Robert L. DeYeso […]
Canton resident Frances Downey was awarded first prize in the photography category at the fourth annual Massasoit Arts Festival, held Sunday, May 20, at Massasoit Community College in Canton. Downey is pictured above with her winning photograph, “The Carousel.” Downey is the president of the Norwood Art Association and will be exhibiting her photographs at […]
Representative William C. Galvin (D-Canton) joined his colleagues in promoting “On Main Street,” an event organized by the state legislature’s Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business in honor of National Small Business Week, an annual celebration started by President Kennedy in 1963. Continuing this tradition in recognizing the important contributions of the nearly […]
Four sales associates in the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage office in Canton were recently recognized with top sales awards at a special company celebration, held April 10 at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Britta Reissfelder was honored with the President’s Circle award, given to the top 4 percent of approximately 85,000 sales associates […]
Dear Editor: How long are we going to condone the horrors at the Judge Rotenberg Center in Canton? You would be arrested for child abuse if you used the taser-like shocking machinery they use, the food deprivation techniques, the humiliation, the slapping, the pinching. But because of an apathetic legislature, we the people are allowing […]
Margaret A. Sheehan (McManus), 75, of Canton, passed away on May 26, 2012, at the Hellenic Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Margie grew up in Dorchester and moved to Canton in 1958 to raise her family. Devoted wife of the late Edward P. Sheehan. Mother of Annmarie Regan and her husband, Chip, Robert G. and his […]
