Cynthia Harkness has always loved the outdoors and being near the water. As a child she fished in the Merrimack River and at Hampton and Salisbury beaches, doing a lot of spin fishing. When her now grown sons were younger, she wanted them to enjoy the outdoors and the water just as she did. Harkness […]
The community of Fountain of Grace Church on Turnpike Street has long been committed to helping church goers as well as community members in need of support. Since June of 2022, the church has partnered with Food for Free in Somerville in order to provide fresh and shelf-stable food for as many people as possible […]
The Canton Association of Business & Industry (CABI) invited its members to a Lunch and Learn event entitled “Shaping the Future of Business in Canton: Economic Outlook and Solutions for Business Growth” on Thursday, February 15, At the meeting, hosted by the Bank of Canton at its headquarters on Turnpike Street, state, county and town […]
Linda and John Dobbyn are proof that opposites not only attract, but can keep that attraction going strong for more than half a century. The 2024 Canton Citizen Valentine’s Day couple, who celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary last June, laugh often and find true joy in spending time together. In 1969 when Linda was a […]
Eileen DeRoma was hoping to give birth without any fanfare to a healthy “1-2-3-1-2-3” baby when she went to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center on December 31, 2023. Instead, her daughter Emily Margaret DeRoma arrived at exactly 12 a.m.
Longtime baseball fans easily remember Wade Boggs, who spent the majority of his professional career with the Red Sox after a stint playing in Bristol, Connecticut
Canton High School alum Dr. Kristin Stockus Noone recently celebrated the release of her first book, Leading with Vision, Integrity, and Inspiration, in which she draws on her strong background as a business leader with years of experience in the field of education. A professor at Quincy College, Noone combines both worlds in her book, […]
Nicole Ledoux and Rob Dalton were on a date early in their relationship, enjoying dinner at a restaurant, when Dalton experienced an allergic reaction to the nuts that he didn’t realize were an ingredient in his pasta dish, necessitating a trip to the emergency room. That experience was the step that led Ledoux and Dalton […]
Chad Patterson started playing golf during the COVID-19 pandemic, going to driving ranges to improve his skills as well as playing rounds in his free time. A 2004 graduate of Canton High School, he participated in basketball, football, and track and field at CHS. Patterson’s father is an avid golfer who introduced his son to […]
Gender Queer: A Memoir, written by Maia Kobabe, is a graphic novel that tells the story of Kobabe’s life from teenage years to adulthood as the author explored gender identity and sexuality. A winner of the Alex Award from the American Library Association (ALA), the book has also been a source of controversy as communities […]
