SJC rules against town, but state agrees to fund most infrastructure requests While there is no way to sugarcoat last week’s defeat in the state’s highest court, officials in Canton remain very optimistic that the town will end up on the winning side of its dispute with Westwood Station after all — perhaps even sharing […]
Nick Maffeo, vice president of the Canton Cooperative Bank moderates the event. CPS Principals: John Maxwell, Tom LaLiberte, Robie Peter, Doug Dias and Jennifer Henderson
While the recent pledge by Governor Deval Patrick to maintain local aid at current levels in 2011 was welcome news to be sure, school officials in Canton still have a million reasons to be worried about their FY2011 operating budget, beginning — and seemingly ending — with a million-dollar shortfall tied to out-of-district special education […]
Editors note: The following is the fourth in a series of occasional spotlights on Canton’s town employees, conceived as a way to honor the important work of our many public servants, a number of whom rarely, if ever, get the recognition they deserve. Therefore, over the course of the next several months, the Citizen will […]
Five years ago when Steve and I visited the western states we fell in love. Not with each other — we’d already done that over 35 years ago — but with Arizona and New Mexico. But though we reveled in the beauty of the natural landscape, it was a man-made structure that intrigued us the […]
DID YOU KNOW… This really is a strange world. Despite the fact that Canton residents have been using less water, the selectmen are going to raise our water bills at about $7 per month between January and June, and that’s on top of the 10 percent increase that went into effect on July 1, 2009. […]
Last weekend went well for the CHS boys’ indoor track relay teams as the 4×200 and 4×800 groups both qualified for the Class C State Meet, finishing among the top seven teams in the state relay event. The 4×200 team finished second overall behind Jon Vaughn, Jordan Guyton, Tyler Briggs and Marty Fauche. Also finishing […]
The CHS varsity girls’ and boys’ swim teams were not able to pick up victories last week in meets against King Philip or Mansfield, but as has been the case throughout the course of the season, many swimmers were able to make individual strides. The girls lost 93-75 against KP last Wednesday and lost 91-71 […]
After a brutal 0-7 stretch that included five straight away games to open the season, the CHS girls’ varsity basketball team finally found its groove last week with two impressive road victories: 64-56 over non-league Bedford and 76-61 over Hockomock opponent King Philip. Head coach Kaitlin Mills could not have been happier with her team’s […]
Good outside shooting by Chris Murray (18 points) along with a tough Canton defense that held King Philip to 13 fourth-quarter points propelled Canton to its third win of the season 61-53 at home Friday night. A number of Bulldogs had a hand in the win, including seniors Marc Abelard and A.J. Nichols, who both […]
