The seeds of a woman’s right to vote were sown in many places across New England. In Canton, they began at the stately home of Congressman Elijah Morse. As Mary Livermore alighted from her carriage on Washington Street, she looked over the ground of the mansion Morse had built. Morse was extremely wealthy and drew […]
The spread of the COVID-19 virus has led to extreme changes in daily life. Schools and many businesses are closed; social distancing mandates are the new norm; and people are being told not to go to hospitals unless they need immediate medical care. Regular medical care, however, is something that pregnant women need; when the time […]
On a quiet Sunday afternoon the sounds of Brahms would lift through the lazy air and people would gather on the sidewalk to listen. The music flowing from the small house at 847 Washington Street was indescribably beautiful. Inside the house Ms. Lillian Shattuck held the attention of her assembled guests. For anyone who heard […]
Justin Luk was at home with his family observing the shelter in place advisory due to COVID-19, when his phone lit up on a Sunday evening with a call from Tara Shuman. “She called me and asked me if I was interested in doing something useful with the 3-D printer from the library,” he said. Luk, […]
He devoted nearly 20 years of his life to protecting and promoting the health of Canton’s residents, but in the midst of the most severe public health crisis in over a century, John Ciccotelli, the town’s longtime health director and by all accounts a picture of quiet strength, had physically nothing left to give. After […]
It has been hard to write about historical times in Canton’s history. My editor kept poking me to get back to it, and I have thus far resisted. Well, until now. I think it has been particularly difficult because it feels like we are indeed living in a history of our own. And, as yet […]
Duncan MacLeod loved listening to his wife, Marilyn, sing his favorite songs, including “Singin’ in the Rain,” “Just Do Do Do What You’ve Done Done Done Before,” and “The Sound of Music.” Marilyn passed away in 2018, but their daughter Bonnie serenaded her father with those musical memories on Sunday, February 23, during a ceremony at Cornerstone at Canton […]
The modest white house at 154 Dedham Street is most unassuming, yet it is one of our most important unmarked national historic sites owing to the family that moved there in the early 1900s. And while much has been written about Augustus Hinton, little has been written about his daughters and wife. Augustus (Gus) Hinton […]
The following is the first in a two-part series. Click here for part two of the series. At age 55, Sarah Ellis was a sturdy woman who had endured the loss of her husband just two years prior. At the hands of a weak heart, Daniel Christian Freleigh Ellis’ death had saddened the community. This […]
Canton native Darin T. Devine, the new veterans agent for the town of Canton, has served his country as a member of the Massachusetts National Guard and the Army Reserve. He’s also worked as a police officer and for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as a supervisory federal air marshal, flying on domestic flights […]
