When Mike Mariano was a seventh grader at the Galvin Middle School, he joined his classmates for a field trip to Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire. Once there, he ran to the top of the mountain and was the first in the class to get there. “I thought it was a race,” he said. Exhausted, […]
Students and staff at the Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children (PRHC) as well as members of the public gathered on Thursday, October 24, for the unveiling of the mural “Flight of Dreams.” The mural is the idea and product of art students at PRHC, who worked with teacher Ned Hall to create and design two […]
Tamisha Civil, an associate probation officer for Stoughton District Court, is the Democratic candidate running for Governor’s Council District 2 in the November 5 general election following her victory in the primary earlier this month. District 2 comprises more than 30 towns and cities in Massachusetts, including Canton. In her role as a probation officer, […]
Della Larsen has a saved voicemail message on her phone from her late mother that she treasures. “Her voice is more powerful than a photo,” she said. Della’s own voice has become more powerful since her 2023 diagnosis with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and […]
Canton Town Planner Taylor “TJ” Torres finished his first year as a town planner a few months ago, taking inspiration from his parents, who both worked for the city of Taunton. His father was a city attorney and his mother was a school administrator who continues to teach. “I grew up around public service,” Torres […]
For many years, visitors to Houghton’s Pond in Milton were able to get a snack at the concession stand near the playground equipment while enjoying their time outdoors at the recreation area. The stand closed, however, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now a Milton couple has reopened the stand by creating a nonprofit, Rise & […]
United States Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) toured Canton-based Journey Forward last week to see the latest equipment purchased for the facility: two Ekso Indego exoskeletons and a Lokomat. The addition of the two training tools was made possible through a federal grant. Journey Forward is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization offering an intense exercise-based program for […]
Eight members of the Canton High School Class of 1970, along with a 1972 CHS grad, returned to their alma mater May 20 to tour the building and learn how things had changed for present-day students. While stepping into classrooms and looking at display cases, the group found connections to their past as well as […]
Chef and business owner Edy Massih has written his first cookbook, Keep It Zesty: A Celebration of Lebanese Flavors & Culture from Edy’s Grocer. The 2012 Canton High School graduate includes over 120 recipes, plenty of photos, and his personal life story in the HarperCollins publication, which was released earlier this week. Massih, who is […]
This story originally appeared in the April 4 edition of the Canton Citizen. Donovan Lewis met Maureen Ryan when they were freshmen at Bridgewater State University. Ryan had Loeys-Dietz syndrome, a genetic disorder that affects connective tissue. Their deep friendship and Ryan’s passing at the age of 27 led Lewis to write his first book, […]
