Perhaps we take our modern town for granted. We are blessed with clean water, air and septic systems that keep us safe and healthy. Our Board of Health is an amazing asset to our community. Organizing health fairs, inspecting restaurants, working closely with school nurses, and overseeing extensive licensing and permitting are all responsibilities of […]
Local moviegoers who head to the cinema on Christmas Day this year to see the movie Little Women will not only have a chance to see the latest filming of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved novel, they will enjoy watching the scenes that were filmed at the Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate in Canton. The Bradley Estate was one […]
When Audrey Sibailly and Gui N’Guilly brought their firstborn child, Donny, home to Canton in September, they were as excited an any new parents would be. Donny is not a newborn, however. The couple was thrilled that Donny, who will celebrate his first birthday on February 13, was joining them at home after spending more […]
Augustus Hemenway Jr. stepped from his electric car as his driver waited patiently. Walking up Washington Street in the shadow of Memorial Hall, Hemenway surveyed the two houses he had only recently purchased. The houses were quite old and sat on a small hill at the intersection of Sherman and Washington streets. It was here […]
The name Obi Nwankwo is a familiar one to many who follow CHS sports. A 2013 graduate, he was known for his track accomplishments, particularly the 400-meter dash. He excelled in that event at Boston College — breaking school records in both individual and relay events — and set his sights on running professionally. But […]
“I was kidnapped. And the next thing I knew I was elected president!” Well, that’s not exactly the way it happened. And as this reporter was at the September meeting for MusicCounts — the nonprofit volunteer organization that supports all music programs in the Canton Public Schools
In Windsor, Connecticut, there is a small bible that is torn and damaged. The bible came to America in the hands of Jonathan Gillett as he sailed aboard the ship Mary and John. Gillett found himself in what was then Dorchester. Within five years of his arrival, Gillett had moved to Windsor and began a […]
On a windy February night in 1804, Samuel Talbot sat at his desk in Stoughton and thought back over the year. Talbot had spent the last several months overseeing a controversy that had begun in 1727 that pitted wealthy mill owners against farmers and a way of life that was disappearing with the dawn of […]
As a member of a small community of families that he never intended and certainly never wanted to join, Mike Dobbyn has a story to tell that will break your heart into pieces. It’s the story of his eldest son Connor, a “wonderful” and “beautiful” 11-year-old boy with a magnetic personality and a heart of […]
Lois Corr loves to talk to people about Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton. A former longtime resident of Canton now living in Norton, she became interested in the museum not long after she moved about 14 years ago and hasn’t looked back. Set on a tranquil, woodsy site across Upper Porter Pond from D. W. […]
