Within hours of the announcement of his passing late last month, the remembrances began pouring in online. Dozens of former students and colleagues, spanning multiple generations and time zones, flocked to Facebook to pay tribute to the late, great Martin “Marty” Badoian — the legendary CHS math teacher, coach and force of nature who defined […]
It is perhaps our most ancient roadway and most traveled. Washington Street, the main thoroughfare that begins at the foot of the Great Blue Hill and departs at Cobb Tavern in Stoughton. It is a spine that almost perfectly bisects Canton. If there were an East and West Canton, the dividing line is surely Washington […]
Linda Little has fond memories of her grandfather Leland’s home in Washington state. Looking back upon her time with him, she now knows what rooted her curiosity in archeology. “He had a room in the back of his house; it was a little museum,” Linda recalled. The room, filled with shelves and glass cases, held […]
Canton smells different today. We take advantage of clean air and fresh water and expect it as a given. As you can well imagine the Canton of the mid 1800s was a far different place than the world we know today. It is likely that you can count on one hand the number of pigs […]
As a dedicated family man and a 25-year veteran of his hometown police force, CPD Detective John Ruane III has spent the vast majority of his adult life helping and serving others. But in an instant this summer, his circumstances changed, and now it’s Ruane who finds himself in need of help. And it hasn’t […]
On the 10th day of March 1863, nine men were granted a dispensation to organize a Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons in Canton. These men, stalwarts of the community, began to assemble a membership with a history and lineage that connects through Stoughton to Most Worshipful Paul Revere and Bro. Richard Gridley. To trace […]
With the advent of single-stream collection and the recent automation of curbside pick-up, more Canton residents than ever are doing their part at home to separate recyclables from regular household trash. Whether out of a genuine commitment to sustainability or simply as a matter of convenience, nearly every home in town now utilizes the 96-gallon […]
By Rachelle Ferrelli On July 18, local Clarke School students gathered with their families for the annual year-end celebration and graduation at Orchard Cove, an award-winning senior living community located less than a mile from the Clarke campus in Canton. It was not the first time that some of the students had visited the warm and […]
Thomas Cahill, 18, visited Cuba for the first time last month as part of a St. Gerard Majella outreach group. Micaela Duffy, 19, was also with the group, going on the service trip for the second time; she was a member of the group that traveled to the island last year. Both Cahill and Duffy […]
At the age of 28, Audrey Murray boarded a one-way flight to Kazakhstan to begin the first leg of a solo tour through the former USSR. Through the course of 12 months, the Canton native visited 11 former republics as part of a fascinating and surprising journey that would involve “kidnappers, garbage bags of money, […]
