Check out this week’s issue of the Canton Citizen for the latest in Canton news, sports, events, and more. Highlights from the December 29 issue include: * Photo coverage of the annual CHS Winter Concert by Michelle Stark * Gene Manning returns to lead Economic Development Committee * School happenings: Hour of Code, robotics achievement and more * FBI Boston warns of […]
Blessed with considerable roster depth and some legitimate top-end talent, the CHS wrestling team enters the 2016-17 season full of excitement and with high hopes for a strong winter campaign. Already, the Bulldogs have a convincing league win under their belts — 51-27 over Oliver Ames — along with a program-best showing at the annual […]
Philip A. Genatossio, 86, of Canton, passed away December 16 at Norwood Hospital. Born in New York City, he was raised in Boston and graduated from Boston English High School and Northeastern University and was an Army veteran of the Korean War. He worked for Franklin Environmental for many years as an executive in the […]
Marie T. Blanchard, of Canton, passed away December 14 at the Charlwell House in Norwood. She was born in Manchester, NH, and raised on a farm in Bedford, NH. She was known for her sense of humor and liked to share jokes with family and friends. She was active in politics and the town of […]
Did you know … Now that Santa Claus has read his mail, made his list, and checked it twice, he and his sleigh are ready to deliver tons of presents to those who didn’t pout or cry and reportedly have been good. As usual, his loaded sleigh will be powered for his worldwide trek by […]
Dear Editor: I never thought I would see states’ rights as a good thing, since my governor (George Wallace) used it as an excuse to rob people of color of their human rights. But attorneys general Healey and Schneiderman give me hope. So what if Trump puts in an EPA head who wants to destroy the […]
Dear Editor: I’m writing in regards to the December 8 story in the Citizen entitled “Residents, officials take stand against hate.” I find it ironic that Kathleen Howley, who claims to want everyone in Canton to feel safe, just called approximately half of the voters of the U.S. bigots. She says she personally blames Donald […]
Canton Finance Director Jim Murgia told selectmen Tuesday night that the board’s decision to create a solar facility at the former Pine Street dump has created a massive financial windfall for the town, resulting in hundreds of thousands in electrical savings and millions in additional revenue. In fiscal year 2013, selectmen voted to lease 15 […]
Popular youth motivational speaker and self proclaimed “professional teenager” Mike Smith brought his message of positive thinking, passionate giving, and extraordinary living to a packed Canton High School gymnasium last Wednesday, December 14.
In its first year of offering tuition-free, full-day kindergarten to all students in the district, the Canton School Department is operating at a projected surplus and may end up giving a portion of the money back to the town. The surprising news, announced at the December 15 School Committee meeting, comes just seven months after […]
