What happens when a trio of superhero sugar cookies work together to make the world a sweeter place? Chris and Stephanie Sabatino know the answer. The couple has created a superhero comic book for children using their own super talents. Their new book The Delicious Adventures of the Super Cookie Squad combines Chris’ talents as […]
This story originally appeared in the Canton Citizen on July 23, 2020 and was reprinted last month following the inauguration of Donald Trump. History takes a very long view of conflicts, and as divided as the country is today, this is not the first time that deep divisions split our society. Of course, the Civil War […]
Residents of Canton are grief stricken and utterly heartsick over the tragic deaths of two local women, Ciara (Lambkin) Sullivan and Della (Mannion) Larsen, who passed away recently within days of each other due to medical complications. Sullivan, a 2012 CHS graduate, died just two days after Christmas alongside her newborn twins, who had been […]
One night in the summer of 2014 before she started seventh grade at the Galvin Middle School, Olivia Chambers walked outside to ask her older brother a question. He was adding citronella oil to a tabletop firepot and it unexpectedly burst into flames as Chambers drew near. Her brother pushed her away and smothered the […]
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 […]
Jonathan Arata finds that being a Freemason is very rewarding. In the six years since he joined the Blue Hill Masonic Lodge, he has developed strong relationships with his fellow Freemasons, or “brothers,” as he says, and has risen in the ranks all the way up to Master, the top position. His inauguration to the […]
It’s been 18 weeks and counting since Jeanne Quinn last faced her son’s killer in a Natick hearing room, and the uncertainty surrounding his future whereabouts is almost more than she can bear. Not even the news of her cancer returning, or the impending surgery she’s facing, have been enough to erase the doubts about […]
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 […]
