The Canton Citizen is proud to present its 34th annual Salute to the Fine Arts, an eight-page special section celebrating the visual and performing arts in the Canton Public Schools. Highlights from the fine arts section include: * Beloved CHS video production teacher calls a wrap on memorable career * Canton students receive accolades during […]

Canton school administrators have officially launched a search for the next principal at the Hansen Elementary School after being notified by current Principal Paul McKnight of his plans to resign at the end of the school year. In a letter to the Hansen community, McKnight, who is in his second year at the helm, said […]
Jun 6 2025 | Posted in
News,
Schools | By
Mike Berger

Several CHS track athletes are headed to the MIAA Meet of Champions this weekend after a sensational performance by the Bulldogs at the Division 3 Championships. The girls team, led by junior Chloe Dubuisson, had its best showing in over a decade, finishing sixth overall in a deep field of teams. The Canton boys also […]
Jun 6 2025 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Mike Berger

The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced a new partnership last week with the Point32Health Foundation — the philanthropic arm of Canton-based insurer Point32Health — and local nonprofit Health Care for All (HCFA) as part of the administration’s Advancing Health Equity in Massachusetts (AHEM) initiative, which works to eliminate racial, economic and regional disparities in health outcomes in […]
Jun 6 2025 | Posted in
Business | By
Canton Citizen

Private First Class (PFC) Richard Wesley Brown was only 20 years old when he died in France during World War II, one of the thousands of American soldiers killed in Normandy during the D-Day invasions. Canton resident Marie Schuhmacher, his only sibling, does not have any memories of her brother. In letters Brown wrote to […]
Jun 6 2025 | Posted in
Features | By
Mary Ann Price

The Hansen Elementary School fifth graders proudly presented Disney’s Moana Jr. on Friday and Saturday, May 30 and 31, in the Canton High School auditorium. See this week’s Citizen for cast & crew lists plus more play photos by Moira Sweetland. Click here to order your subscription today.
Jun 6 2025 | Posted in
Photo Gallery | By
Canton Citizen
Memorial Day was just the weekend before last and the anniversary of D-Day is at the end of this week. Those two events serve as poignant reminders of what America once stood against and of what America once represented. I recently returned from a vacation in France. It was a trip that we had been […]