Coming of age in the Holy Land: Ben Berkowitz, a seventh grader at the Galvin Middle School and the son of Canton Police Chief Ken Berkowitz, celebrated his Bar Mitzvah last month on the mountain at Masada in Israel. See the March 31 issue of the Canton Citizen for more about Ben’s unforgettable trip to […]
Victor Del Vecchio has been involved in Canton politics for the greater part of two decades, with the last nine years spent on the Board of Selectmen. Del Vecchio has worked as an attorney for more than 30 years with a focus now in consulting, mediation and arbitration. He said he’s most proud of how […]
The Canton High School drama club delivered two impressive performances of Harvey (1944), the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Mary Chase, on Friday and Saturday, March 25 and 26. Later adapted into a popular film starring Jimmy Stewart, Harvey tells the story of Elwood P. Dowd and his imaginary best friend: a six-foot, three-and-a-half-inch tall rabbit. […]
A 1985 graduate of Canton High, Bob Burr has served on the Board of Selectmen since the board expanded from three to five members in 2004. Burr touted numerous major accomplishments of the board, including union negotiations for a new health insurance plan for town workers that has saved taxpayers a million dollars each year […]
A self employed lawyer with a Canton practice focusing on real estate, Chris Connolly will wrap up his first five-year term on the Planning Board come April. It came as a surprise when Connolly first entered the Canton political scene half a decade ago. Relatively unknown in the community, Connolly managed to defeat incumbent Peter […]
A mother of three children in the Canton Public Schools, Liz Salisbury entered the political landscape three years ago with no previous involvement in local or town government. “I just had a lot of questions and was one of the people in the neighborhood that complained a lot,” she joked. “And I really strongly believe […]
A social studies teacher and liaison for the Metco program in Sharon, Jill Stevens was appointed to the School Committee last summer to fill a vacancy following the resignation of Tim Brooks. The mother of two children in the Canton Public Schools said she got involved in Canton politics because she “believes strongly in the […]
After town clerk Tracey Kenney learned the seven races in the upcoming April 5 town election would be uncontested, she spoke with the election commission at the secretary of state’s office to see if the town could forgo this year’s municipal election. Skipping the election would save the town $8,000 to $10,000 in costs associated […]
On Saturday, March 26, the third annual Ricky27 St. Patty’s Day Party was held at the Knights of Columbus Hall on Pleasant Street. More than 120 people were in attendance and enjoyed a great night of celebration and dancing to the Easy Access band. Each year the Ricky27 Foundation honors a team for outstanding athletic […]
Make no mistake about it: Dave Bohane is ecstatic to be returning as Canton High School’s varsity football coach. Although there were many coaching positions available in the region earlier this year, Bohane believes the best position available was at CHS. “I put my name into one job and it was Canton,” he said. “I […]
