By Jared Penta, Canton’s Conservation Ranger White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) are a common and often welcome sight to see in the woods around town, or possibly in a yard or neighborhood. However, the population of these deer has been rising for many years now. As of February 2023, the state’s deer population was estimated to […]
By Rich Trotto Back on April 11, 2017, while the copper rolling mill and the horse barn were being restored at the Paul Revere Heritage Site, workers uncovered the cement triple box culvert to inspect it. That is where the river that powered Paul Revere’s businesses now flows underground. Many historic photos show the river […]
At Hebrew SeniorLife’s Orchard Cove campus in Canton, many seniors decorate the front door of their apartment to reveal their back story, their history, or their inner life. Below are a few of their stories: A Little Bit of Maine in Canton Steve and Judy Wasserman love Maine so they have an antique lobster trap […]
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 […]
