Anne Marie Magee, 85, of Canton, passed away after a brief illness on November 14 surrounded by her loving family. Born at Norwood Hospital on September 19, 1930, she was a lifelong resident of Canton. She attended Saint John the Evangelist School and graduated from Canton High School in 1948. Anne Marie graduated from the […]
Madelyn Wood, 92, of Canton, passed away at home November 11 surrounded by her loving family. Born and raised in Cambridge, she graduated from Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School where she was a cheerleader and played on the tennis team. She was a Navy veteran of World War II and served as the aide […]
John D. Jenkins, 89, of Canton, passed away November 11 surrounded by his loving family. Born in Hyde Park, he was raised in Canton and graduated from Canton High School in 1944, where he was class president and captain of the football team. John was a veteran of the United States Coast Guard and worked […]
Dear Editor: Your “Man About Canton” noted the proliferation of stop signs around town in his November 5 column. He failed to use the word “illegal.” Under Massachusetts law, every stop sign posted for traffic calming or to slow traffic is illegal. Every all-way stop not justified by a documented crash history (five crashes per […]
Dear Editor: As the days of the Blue Hills deer hunt draw near, the controversy continues as to whether or not it is necessary. For four days after Thanksgiving, 196 hunters will be allowed to kill up to four deer each (two with antlers, two without). These deer have not been hunted for 100 years […]
Dear Editor: I wanted to take a moment to thank all the Canton residents who were participants in the inaugural “On the Road with American Landscape” bus tour to the Last Green Valley in Connecticut on October 1. While the 55 passengers hailed from places far and wide, such as Rhode Island, Boston, the north […]
Did you know … The town of Canton is located in eastern Massachusetts and is bordered by Sharon and Stoughton on the south; Randolph and Milton on the east and northeast; Dedham, Westwood, and Norwood on the west; and Boston on the north. General Richard Gridley was appointed by George Washington as the first general […]
As local hunters count down the days to the first legal, albeit strictly controlled deer hunt in the Blue Hills Reservation in more than a century, a growing collective of opponents have taken to the streets to voice their displeasure over what they allege to be an inhumane and largely ineffective attempt at population control. […]
Adrienne Fleishman and her husband, Jerry, have long been committed to serving people in need. For the past eight years, the local couple, who are very involved with social action work at Temple Beth Abraham in Canton, has delivered food to families and senior citizens in Boston who cannot afford to buy groceries regularly. “The […]
Canton High School presented the acclaimed dark comedy Marvin’s Room on Friday and Saturday, November 13 and 14, in the CHS auditorium. (Above) Meryl Prendergast and Kyra Fichman star as sisters Bessie and Lee. See this week’s Canton Citizen for complete photo coverage by Michelle Stark.
