By Mike Dobbyn It was March 20, 2019, and I was reading my son’s obituary on my iPhone while sitting in the geneticist’s office at DuPont Nemours Children’s Hospital in Delaware. My oldest son Connor, 10 1/2 years old at the time, had just received what seemed to be a death sentence. Connor’s mother, Marisa, […]
By Susan Tamasi My husband and I attended a special event last Friday night at the Boston Park Plaza hotel — the 2024 Compassionate Care ALS Gala with our friends Della and Ron Larsen. Della, a retired kindergarten teacher and longtime Canton resident, was diagnosed with ALS — amyotrophic lateral sclerosis — last April and […]
I write this at 10:49 p.m. on Thursday, April 18. It has just been confirmed by the Office of the President of the United States that Israel has launched a retaliatory strike against Iran for the latter’s attacks against the former last Saturday. There will be a deluge of views on this issue. Some will […]
By Bernard Mendillo In 1939, the Gallup Poll asked Americans, “Have you read Gone with the Wind?” About 88 percent of people said they had. The gang at Gallup knew this couldn’t be right and realized it was the way the question was phrased that was the problem. Obviously, people were embarrassed to admit they […]
By Darcie Fisher The Canton High School Visual Arts Department is pleased to announce that six students have been recognized with Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Founded in 1923, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are the longest running awards competition in the country for creative teens. In the art categories, Hannah Isaac was recognized […]
A Haitian Creole potluck. An African drumming workshop. Students learning Latin dance. Listening to the story of a young boy and his family fleeing Nazi Germany on his 12th birthday. All these, and more, were featured as Canton High School and the Galvin Middle School recognized World Languages Week (March 4-8). Members of the World Languages Club helped plan the event, which encourages students to learn about and celebrate other cultures as well as their own.
By Drs. Christina Cipriano and Stephen Curtis The first time we applied for a disability parking placard for our son Miles he was 6 years old. The application process was riddled with barriers, culminating with us having to hold our son up from his wheelchair because the camera at our local Registry of Motor Vehicles […]
Submitted by Mindy Milman Hello everyone, I’m Mindy Milman, and I’m eager to secure a spot on the Board of Library Trustees to champion your interests. As a proud resident of Canton for over 14 vibrant years, I’ve become intricately woven into the fabric of our community. The library and Canton hold profound significance in […]
Members of the Canton High School Drama Club will be entering law school at Harvard as they put on the musical version of Legally Blonde next weekend, March 15-17, in the CHS auditorium. The show follows the bubbly, always sunny, and pink-loving Elle Woods — along with her Chihuahua named Bruiser — to Harvard Law […]
The following article appears in the Canton Citizen’s 2024 Financial Fitness Guide. Check out the 2/29 edition for information and tips from local professionals on a wide range of financial topics, including asset protection, real estate, tax preparation, and much more. *** By Charles Gaffney, SVP of Operations & Technology, Bank of Canton Celebrity impersonations […]
