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Stories written by Mary Ann Price
Originally from Chicago, Mary Ann joined the Citizen as a staff writer in 1999 and has lived in Canton for the last 25 years. She is also a Spanish teacher at Newton South High School. She and her husband, Bill, have two daughters, Renée and Emily.

Library’s Friends offer up a diverse lineup of spring activities

The Friends of the Canton Public Library have planned an agenda for the spring with something to please everyone. Their programs will begin Thursday, May 5, with a presentation by Robert Martello, PhD, on his new book, Midnight Ride, Industrial Dawn: Paul Revere and the Growth of American Enterprise. Martello is an associate professor of […]

Main Course celebrates 5 years in Canton

Main Course Market

Five years after the Main Course Market opened its doors at 11 Washington Street in Cobb’s Corner, the local community remains just as important to the business as the foods it sells. “We’ve managed to fill a need in the community for a full-service store with the highest quality products,” said Bob Palmer, who owns […]

Tower Hill: One of Canton’s best-kept secrets

Tower Hill Center for Health and Rehabilitation

Tower Hill Center for Health and Rehabilitation is one of Canton’s best-kept secrets. Its 164 beds comprise three programs: short-term rehabilitation, long-term care and the Russian House, a unit which specializes in meeting the health care needs of native Russian speakers. Yet according to Executive Director and Canton resident Jerry LaBelle, Tower Hill does not […]

Kestrel McDonald’s story

Kestrel McDonald

Parents of child with EA/TEF reaching out to other parents of children born with same defect Kestrel McDonald’s parents describe their daughter as a typical 6 year old. A first grade student at the Kennedy School, she enjoys sledding, singing, drawing and dancing. What is different about Kestrel is that she was born with esophageal […]

Local mom turns jewelry-making hobby into business

Janice Araujo

After the birth of her daughter, Janice Araujo wanted to find a way to work part time and to also spend time at home with her family. Now she can do both thanks to her new business, Beads of Roses, which sells handcrafted and personalized jewelry made from rose petals. Araujo, who learned how to make […]

Young man’s battle with cancer inspires blood drive at St. Gerard’s

Less than two years ago, Ryan Hathaway was a freshman at Xaverian Brothers High School, making new friends and enjoying his classes. But as the winter of 2009 turned into spring, he began to complain of fatigue, bruises and pain in his bones. Ryan’s mom, Katey Hathaway, took him to his pediatrician, who diagnosed him […]

Garden Club celebrates ‘Joys of Christmas’ with annual house tour

The Canton Garden Club continued its tradition of house tours with “Joys of Christmas” last weekend. The five houses drew visitors into two homes from the 19th century and three others that are modern residences. The tour ended at the Canton Public Library with the Garden Club Holiday Marketplace. The first stop was the home […]

Library’s Friends hoping to continue success under direction of new president

Mike Sundin walked into a recent meeting of the Friends of the Canton Public Library as an interested volunteer and walked out as the new president of the group. “It was suggested to me that I might want to attend the meeting,” he said with a laugh. “I was not sure that I was going […]

Canton author Bernard Mendillo releases second full novel

Bernard Mendillo

Bernard Mendillo was walking through Fenway one day after work on his way to Ruggles Station and a train home when he saw an attractive young woman standing alone, staring into space and crying. When he looked across the street, he saw a young man staring at the woman and surmised that the couple had […]

Betty Ann Swartz will close book on 40-year career in the library’s Junior Room

Betty Ann and Vic Swartz

A friend has suggested that if Betty Ann Swartz ever writes a book, she should title it Off Washington. Swartz grew up on Lewis Street, off Washington. She now lives on Ridgehill Road, off Washington Street. And on October 2, Swartz will retire after a 40-year career at the Canton Public Library, off Washington. A graduate […]

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