Canton Township holds remembrance event for COVID-19 victims
On a patch of property normally reserved for summertime movie nights and feel-good concerts, Canton Township held a somber memorial ceremony just before dusk Tuesday in remembrance of local residents who have succumbed to COVID-19. As a collection of bundled-up, socially-distanced onlookers watched under overcast skies, elected officials and representatives from Canton's major religious faiths delivered comforting speeches and prayers from a podium set up beneath an outdoor amphitheater in Heritage Park. At the time of the ceremony, 92 Canton residents had died from the effects of COVID-19...