Are you interested in promoting a more bike and pedestrian-friendly Canton? If so, we invite you to join Canton’s Walk, Bike & Hike Committee, which is seeking new members as it begins the 2026-27 year. Organized in the fall of 2015, WBH is proud of its many accomplishments, including: * Providing bike/ped accommodation input to […]
The Canton community came together at two town-sponsored events last week to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. On Thursday evening, the Canton Veterans Services Department hosted a remembrance
The Canton Community Preservation Committee (CCPC) will host a public presentation of the newly completed Canton Corner Cemetery Preservation Plan on Monday, September 28, at 7 p.m. in the Salah Meeting Room on the second floor of Town Hall. Canton Corner Cemetery is one of the community’s most significant historic landscapes. With nearly three centuries […]
The Massachusetts Center for the Book has announced the winners of the 2026 Massachusetts Book Awards, celebrating the most outstanding books published in 2025 by Massachusetts authors, artists, and poets. Among the winners of the prestigious award this year is Canton resident Cait Levin, who won the prize for middle grade/YA fiction for her novel […]
Check out this week’s issue of the Citizen for the latest in Canton news, sports, events, and more. (Note: A complimentary copy of this week’s paper was mailed to all Canton addresses.) Highlights from the September 17 edition include: * Spotlight on Canton’s Health Dept. & Board of Health (click here for preview) * Canton […]
The rivalry may have been going on for 100 years, but this year, when the Canton High School Bulldog football team takes on the Stoughton Black Knights, the field itself will be quite different. Instead of taking place on Thanksgiving Day at one of the neighboring schools’ home fields, this year’s historic 100th anniversary game […]
By Ret. Brigadier General Frank LaBollita I was 5 years old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, too young to understand what was happening to the world. Within a few months, when I visited my grandfather’s house, I began to notice pictures of men in uniform on his upright piano. When […]
By Beth Erickson I’m far away where I want to be. But deep inside I miss the sea. -Excerpted from a poem written by Michael Uliano and sent to his grandfather, Thomas Crawford, when he was in the Army September 11, 2001 was a beautiful, end-of-summer day, with a clear blue sky and abundant sunshine […]
The Canton Economic Development Committee, in association with the Canton Association for Business & Industry (CABI) and the MassHire Metro South/West Career Center, invite all local jobseekers to a Fall Community Job Fair on Wednesday, September 10, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Bank of Canton headquarters, 490 Turnpike Street. Employers across a range […]
Dr. Joseph A. Klawsnik, 82, known to family and friends as Joe, passed away on September 8, 2026, in Canton after a courageous battle with cancer. Born on May 26, 1944, in College Station, Texas, Joe grew up in Brooklyn, NY, and Haddonfield, NJ. He lived a life marked by intelligence, generosity, and deep devotion […]
