The co-presidents of the Canton Association of Business and Industry (CABI) told selectmen Tuesday night that while they agree with the “pillars” of the proposed Community Preservation Act, the association will oppose its adoption in Canton because of the additional tax burden on businesses. The act would add a 1 percent tax on homes and […]
As a child, Canton High School junior Dan Kazenel took violin and piano lessons. When he was 8 years old, he heard a cello played at a concert and made a life-altering decision. “Mom, I want to play that,” he said to his mother. Kazenel, 16, will play the cello at Symphony Hall this weekend […]
For the past five and a half years, Denny Swenson has lived, quite literally, with one foot in Canton and the other just beyond its reaches. As it turns out, the town’s border with Milton cuts right through her house diagonally, meaning that she and her husband, Win, are residents and taxpayers of both communities. […]
The above photo of Glen Echo Lake in winter was submitted by Citizen reader Lorraine Whitehurst of Cliff Road: Glen Echo Lake is one of the most beautiful and serene places left in Canton. The water is so clean that over the past four years a pair of river otters have taken up winter residence. […]
The Hanningtons of Massachusetts 70 and over softball team, sponsored by Canton Attorney Glen Hannington and managed by Canton Citizen columnist Joe DeFelice, was one of 85 teams from across the United States, Canada, and Japan that traveled to Lakeland, Florida, to compete in the 2012 Senior Softball Tournament of Champions. Only champions of all […]
Despite having a superior head-to-head record, including a dominant win in the annual Hockomock Classic game, the Canton High boys’ ice hockey team will have to settle for the No. 2 seed behind rival Franklin in the Division 2 south playoffs after closing out the season with a 1-1-1 showing at the highly competitive Bridgewater […]
Boys’ hoop team draws Rockland in D3 tourney opener The Canton High boys’ basketball team received a bye in the preliminary round of the Division 3 south sectional tournament and was due to face Rockland on the road in a first-round matchup on Wednesday, February 29. Canton (10-10) was seeded 13th and Rockland (18-2) was […]
DID YOU KNOW … Where are all the candidates for Canton town offices? There was a time when Canton was a “hot” political town, a time when there would be four or five candidates for selectman. In fact, when MAC ran for selectman years ago, there were five other candidates running for selectman — but […]
The last time we bought a new mattress was during the Norman Invasion. We didn’t have many choices back then; it was straw or straw as I recall. So when I told Steve last week that I believed that the reason I was waking up every morning sore and achy was not because a squirrel […]
Dear Editor: This is a long overdue thank you to express our deepest gratitude to Brian and Kirsten Fitzgerald of Dockray & Thomas Funeral Home. Fifteen years ago this month, we lost our sweet baby girl Angelica to a horrific disease called spinal muscular atrophy. She was just shy of nine months old. We numbingly […]
