By Bernard Mendillo Mark Lague is like a rare book nestled in the library he loves. Unlike most Americans, who typically have four or five distinct careers in a lifetime, Mark set his mind to be a librarian and never looked back. “It’s been a 40-year career that I wouldn’t change for anything in the […]
You are never really finished honoring the dead. Long after they are gone, our ancestors, both actual and inherited, are given respect and devotion. In Canton, the earliest of our founding families are buried in a small cemetery on Washington Street. And over the past several months we have been honoring our pioneer families. It […]
Shelbey Wright took German for four years at Canton High School and each year her teacher was Frau Elsa Nicolovius. “Mrs. Nicolovius was an amazing teacher, so incredibly dedicated. Committed, totally committed,” said Wright, a member of the Class of 1985. “We talked a lot about current events, a lot of world events. We read […]
Henry “Hank” McDeed, the longtime CHS assistant principal whose straightforward approach and stoic yet friendly demeanor made him a favorite among students and staff, is calling it a career after 36 years in public education. A former teacher and coach in the Seekonk school system, McDeed served for four years as an assistant principal at […]
By Rumni Saha with input from GMS staff It was in June of 2013 when I wrote an article for the Citizen about Dr. Bill Conard and his battle with cancer. For all of us at the Galvin Middle School, it had been a time filled with unexpected sadness, eventually giving way to a sense […]
The young boy leaned over the low windowsill and deviously spit upon his classmates below. The retribution at the hands of the principal was swift and decisive. The next memory that I have of the incident was crying in a janitor’s closet spitting into a slop sink until my mouth ran dry. The point was […]
Senior citizens aged 60 and over who visit the Canton Senior Center on Pleasant Street enjoy the availability of the recreational activities, movies, and dance and movement classes that the center offers. They can speak with Diane Tynan, director of the Council on Aging (COA), and outreach worker Robin Tobin about challenges they are facing. […]
June 6, 1835. “The Viaduct at Canton, though yet unfinished, is a stupendous work. A view of it, many times repays the trouble of passage round … The Viaduct testifies in strong language to man’s dominion over nature … the road will stand for ages as an enduring monument of the high talents and high […]
David Ingram spent much of his life researching Colonel Richard Gridley. And as far as Canton’s famous citizens go, Gridley stands alongside Paul Revere and Roger Sherman when it comes to American Revolutionary superstars. Gridley played significant roles in King George’s War, the French and Indian War, and the American Revolution, and yet he remains […]
Some people give of their time to help those in need while others donate their possessions. John “Jake” O’Neill does both. In August he will spend two days riding his bike in the Pan-Mass Challenge in honor of his mother who is undergoing treatment for cancer. In March he gave one of his kidneys to […]
