Submitted by Kendall O’Halloran I am honored and humbled to announce my candidacy for School Committee on June 16, 2020 (or before that date by mail-in ballot). I am a write-in candidate, so — although my name doesn’t appear on the ballot — I greatly appreciate anyone writing it in and filling in the corresponding […]
By Julie Goodman, PhD, Chairman, Canton Board of Health Although you may have never known, the Canton Health Department has been contact tracing for decades. Contact tracing involves finding people who have been in contact with a person who has been infected with a pathogen, monitoring or quarantining those people, and repeating the process if […]
By Julie E. Goodman, PhD By now you have heard the predictions of thousands or maybe millions of illnesses and deaths from the coronavirus if we don’t continue to take measures to prevent its spread. That’s a pretty wide range, and it’s hard to know what to believe. The reason for this range is that […]
Benjamin Franklin is credited with coining the phrase, “An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure,” after seeing how Boston handled fires in the city. Even though Mr. Franklin was referring to fire prevention, this is true of almost everything, and especially health. The problem with prevention, if you could call it that, […]
The Canton Catholic Youth Ministry, consistent with its tradition of community service and outreach, is extending to all seniors and homebound in Canton an offer to run errands and to pick up prepaid prescriptions or other prepaid essentials. Please contact us at welcome@cantoncatholic.org with your specific needs and contact information. During regular office hours (M-TH, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Dear Editor: Every year in Massachusetts, thousands of people get married and change their last names, while many more change their addresses. These big and exciting changes often occupy people’s minds for months. During this hectic and new time, people are so focused on the settling process that they fail to recognize that they still […]
On a cold, dreary February night in front of a jam-packed and boisterous crowd, the Canton Pee Wee B White hockey team qualified for the state championship tournament with a resounding 7-2 victory over their long-time rival Milton. It wasn’t so much a victory as it was a reckoning. Throughout the season these two teams […]
This program and all associated events have been cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns. By Bernard Mendillo Red Sox/Yankees … Patriots/Giants … Coney Island hotdogs/New England clam chowder. Boston and New York have had a long and storied rivalry — perhaps none as riveting as the race to build the first subway in America. Okay, full […]
