Editor’s note: This Thanksgiving, as the nation continues to confront and examine the roots of the growing opiate addiction epidemic, the Canton Citizen would like to give thanks to trailblazers like June Knochin, a Canton mother who channeled her grief over the loss of her son and spoke up about the subject long before it […]
This story originally appeared in the Canton Citizen on November 12, 2015. It offers a glimpse into an early public health crisis and is being revisited with the hopes that it can serve to illuminate and educate as the community grapples with the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak. Thirteen years had passed since the visitor […]
If Kathy Lovetere is being honest with herself, all that October pink can be a bit much. Lovetere, in fact, does not even particularly care for the color. And yet when it comes to the spirit and the purpose of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and its emphasis on educating and empowering women, the Canton […]
In just a few days the ghosts and goblins will be knocking at the door. The season for tricks and treats is upon us, and while the weather is still pleasant, there are a few “ghosts” you can visit before the first snow flies. Well, not actual ghosts, but “ghost roads,” those long forgotten paths […]
Seattle was as far away from Canton as the man had been, and here he stood at the meeting point between the great transcontinental railroads and the great trans-Pacific steamship lines. Here was the gateway to an unforgettable journey to unexplored territories in Alaska. This was the life of Winthrop Packard, who explored the Arctic […]
Lighting designer and director Scott Clyve has worked with some of the biggest celebrities in the world, including A-listers such as Angelina Jolie and Harrison Ford. Last month, Clyve created the lighting for one of the best known but perhaps most humble personalities of them all, Pope Francis, during his visit to Philadelphia. ESM Productions […]
First come the chainsaws, growling and ripping through ancient trees. Within days the landscape is transformed into a blank canvas of sand, dirt, and ledge. Then come the heavy equipment ripping and scarring the earth, tossing all that is an obstacle aside. Surveyors move in to flag new roadways; cement castings arrive to become embedded […]
Editor’s note: The following is the fourth in a series of profiles on Canton’s golf courses. The series continues with a look at Ponkapoag Golf Course, a 36-hole municipal course located on Route 138 at the foot of the Blue Hills. From “world beater” status in the 1940s and 50s to the “worst golf course […]
On July 16, just six weeks after losing her older brother Marc to a heroin overdose, Elisa Alberts posted a letter on the Canton Alliance Against Substance Abuse Facebook group that she had written a few months earlier — one of many she had penned to Marc over the past year-plus in the hopes of […]
Most medical experts and nutritionists tell their patients that if they want to lose weight and keep it off as well as maintain a healthy lifestyle, they need to exercise on a regular basis and eat balanced meals. Many of their patients will respond that making a lifelong commitment to those goals has been a […]
