The Canton Public Library is proud to announce the first annual Canton Community Volunteer Fair, to be held at the library on Thursday, April 16, from 4-8 p.m. The event coincides with National Volunteer Week (April 12-18), which is about inspiring, recognizing and encouraging people to seek out imaginative ways to engage in their communities. […]
It is the glue, the paper, the ink that all decompose over time and produce that smell that is all too familiar to historians — old books. And stacked deep on the shelves of the Canton Historical Society are three enormous and ancient volumes of records that carry the smell of both time and history. […]
Although it has yet to garner the same national following as other major sports, lacrosse has been a popular choice among high school and collegiate athletes for a number of years. Thanks to the hard work of CHS head coach Bill Bendell and many others, the game has been growing increasingly prominent in Canton. Numerous […]
Did you know … The average tax bill in Canton has been climbing over the last few years and has jumped to $6,066 per year. The average value of a single-family home is up to $473,171. In the past year, the tax bill increased by 4.5 percent, which was one of the highest on the […]
Dear Editor: It is with pleasure that I recommend Kevin Feeney to serve on the Board of Selectmen. I am confident that Kevin will show the same devotion to this position that I have observed him give his family, friends and civic endeavors over the past few decades. His characteristics of integrity, intelligence and stability along […]
Dear Editor: On the one hand, to know that we were the home of Commodore John Downes, who sailed on the first voyage of the USS Constitution, makes me very proud. At age 23 he served as a lieutenant aboard the USS Wasp (a later version of which my father helped design for our World War […]
Robert William Howard, 87, most recently from Canton, passed away on March 12, 2015. “Bill” Howard was a retired building inspector with the state of Massachusetts. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Navy. He was a past member of the Wampatuck Country Club in Canton and the Scituate Gun […]
Robert W. Closson, 81, of Canton, formerly of Brockton, passed away March 12 surrounded by his loving family. Born and raised in Boston, he went to Farm & Trade School on Thompson Island. He was a veteran of the Army National Guard and the Merchant Marines. He played the saxophone in the National Guard Band […]
If lemons can be made into lemonade, why not apply the same process to the cold temperatures of late fall, winter and early spring? Canton-based FreeAire Refrigeration doesn’t focus on the misery of cold weather but rather uses the power of lower environmental air temperatures to maintain low temperatures inside businesses that need to keep […]
The following is an excerpt from a story that appears in the March 19 edition of the Canton Citizen. A two-year study on projected school population trends and current building capacities suggests that the Canton Public Schools will need more space — and likely need it soon — in order to accommodate future enrollment gains. […]
