Jen Henderson, the Canton Public Schools’ current director of curriculum and instruction, has been named interim superintendent effective July 1, the date that current School Superintendent Jeff Granatino leaves to run the Marshfield Public Schools. The appointment is subject to contract negotiations. School Committee Chairman Bob Golledge Jr. and Granatino acknowledged at the April 30 […]
This coming Monday, May 11, the owners of the Plymouth Rubber property will go before the town’s voters and state their case for redevelopment of the historic 35-acre factory site. Standing behind them in support of this effort will be a chorus of Canton town officials and community stakeholders, and we, the editors of the […]
The countdown to town meeting 2015 is officially underway, and Canton voters may want to rest up and get ready as this one could well be a blockbuster. With a whopping 49 warrant articles to deliberate and vote on, including
Nearly 100 people packed the library’s community room last Wednesday to listen to the winning entries of the sixth annual Canton Writes contest. Eighty writers, from ages 6 to 60-something, competed in the contest. Prizes were awarded for winning first, second or third place in elementary, middle school, high school, and adult categories for poetry, […]
The Hansen School fifth grade class proudly presented Mary Poppins on Friday and Saturday, May 1 and 2, in the Canton High School auditorium. The play was directed by teacher Patty Willis and assistant director Yan Yii and was “Practically Perfect in Every Way!” See this week’s Canton Citizen for a list of cast members […]
Donald Noll and David Evans don’t work for the United States Postal Service, but next week they will be assisting with important deliveries. Saturday, May 9, is the 23rd annual Letter Carriers’ Food Drive, sponsored by the National Association of Letter Carriers. Local letter carriers plan to pick up food items from customers’ homes as […]
The following is an excerpt from Worlds Collide, the latest installment of True Tales from Canton’s Past by local historian George T. Comeau. The story is part one in a series about Jack Battus, one of Canton’s most notorious murderers. … As a boy, Battus lived a typical life under the roof of the Blackman […]
