The Canton Junior League baseball team is headed to Freehold, New Jersey, to compete in the Eastern Regional Championships after out-dueling Swansea two games to none in the 2016 Massachusetts State Finals last weekend in Billerica. The two wins by the Bulldogs — 6-0 on Saturday and 12-9 in a thrilling comeback on Sunday — […]
The Canton Community Theatre presents Little Shop of Horrors, a horror comedy rock musical by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman, about a hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on human blood and flesh. The musical, which opens tomorrow night, is based on the low-budget 1960 black comedy film The Little Shop of […]
St. Gerard’s held its annual Kids Camp last week at the Galvin Middle School. The popular camp drew hundreds of campers and counselors and featured a variety of games and activities, including perennial favorite Splash Mountain and a week-ending talent show. See this week’s Canton Citizen for more Kids Camp photos by Moira Sweetland.
Dear Editor: The Blue Hills Reservation is a 7,000-acre green oasis in an urban and suburban environment less than three miles from my house. Within those hills is the Blue Hills Trailside Museum and the Blue Hill Weather Observatory and Science Center, a National Historic Landmark — places visited by more than 200,000 residents annually. […]
The Canton Junior League Taylor Michigan team has advanced to the 2016 Massachusetts State Finals after defeating North Reading in the Section 2 Junior League championship at North Reading High School on Saturday, July 16, by a score of 17-7. The Canton team went 3-0 in the tournament and outscored their opponents 44-17. The state finals will […]
Charles S. Agnew, 88, of Canton, passed away suddenly July 17 at Norwood Hospital. Born and raised in Brookline, he graduated from Brookline High School. Charlie served in the Navy during World War II and was a member of the Atomic Veterans Association. He was a member of the Brookline Police Department for many years […]
Josephine Ann (Carlisi) Vecchio, 87, of Canton and formerly of Norwood, passed away Thursday, July 14. Daughter of the late Nicholas and Alphonsina (Catania) Carlisi. Beloved wife of the late Carmen Vecchio. Devoted mother of Frank Vecchio and his wife, Catherine, of North Attleboro, Christina Carlton and her husband, Steven, of Canton, and Nicholas Vecchio and his […]
Camille “Connie” Sette (DiRuscio), 98, of Canton, passed away July 1 at the Hellenic Nursing Home in Canton. Born in Quincy, she was raised in Roxbury and later went on to live in Dorchester, Mattapan, Milton, and she has lived in Canton for the last 40 years. She was homemaker who was devoted to her […]
Did you know … State wildlife officials are proposing another deer hunt in the Blue Hills over six days in November and December to cull deer from the 7,000-acre reservation. This year’s proposal would allow 117 shotgun hunters, and for the first time, 23 archery hunters during each two-day segment for a total of 420 […]
The weather was downright oppressive and the turnout was lighter than advertised. But the message still came through loud and clear as dozens of protesters made their way through Canton on Friday as part of the People Over Pipelines March — a 43-mile trek to the steps of the State House to oppose the $3 […]
