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Check out this week’s issue of the Canton Citizen for the latest in Canton news, sports, events, and more. Highlights from the October 5 edition include: * School supt. earns high marks on first evaluation * Canton’s Don Rodman gives students lesson in philanthropy * Selectmen vote to oppose gas pipeline project * Photos of the Blessing of the Animals […]
Oct 6 2017 | Posted in
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Canton Citizen
Teamworks, a Massachusetts-based commercial sports and recreation provider, has acquired the former Canton Sportsplex at 5 Carver Circle in Canton. The facility will be the sixth Teamworks location across Massachusetts and Rhode Island. “We have been looking for the perfect spot to expand our business and are excited to have the opportunity to come to […]
Oct 5 2017 | Posted in
Sports | By
Canton Citizen

A new exhibit featuring the artwork of Canton High School art instructor Michelle C. Mendez is currently on view at the historic Firehouse Center for the Arts in Newburyport. The exhibit, entitled “Sherlock Series,” explores variant interpretations of female clichés and stereotypes through a series of darkly dramatic self-portraits of the artist within reimagined “film […]
Sep 29 2017 | Posted in
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Canton Citizen
Robert “Jim” Brown, 73, a fourth-generation resident of Canton, died peacefully at home on September 24, 2017, after bravely battling cancer. Jim worked as a manager for Verizon for many years until retiring in 2003. Devoted husband of Lisa M. Brown (Duggan) of Canton. Loving father of Robert J. Brown of Fort Thomas, KY, and […]
Sep 29 2017 | Posted in
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Canton Citizen
Patti Healey passed away on September 23, 2017, in the Palliative Care Unit at Victoria General Hospital in Halifax, Nova Scotia, after a courageous battle with cancer. Born on February 27, 1951, in Newton to Priscilla (Nagle) and Paul V. Healey, Patti grew up in Canton and went to Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, […]
Sep 29 2017 | Posted in
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Canton Citizen
Arthur Robert Martin, 86, of Canton, passed away peacefully on September 21, 2017, at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center surrounded by family. He was born on April 12, 1931, at Norwood Hospital in Norwood. His older brother Frederick D. Martin of Cambridge, NY predeceased him in 1992. Born to the late Frederick and Mary (Ferland) Martin, […]
Sep 29 2017 | Posted in
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Canton Citizen

The Canton Veterans Services Department, in conjunction with Brookhaven Hospice and the We Honor Veterans program, held a recognition event on Sunday for veterans of the Vietnam Era (1955-75) in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. The ceremony, held at Canton High School, featured remarks by Canton Veterans Agent Tony Andreotti as […]
Sep 29 2017 | Posted in
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Canton Citizen
The Canton Alliance Against Substance Abuse (CAASA) is sponsoring a community forum on the opioid epidemic to be held on Tuesday, October 17, at 7 p.m. in the Community Room at the Canton Public Library. Massachusetts is currently facing an opioid epidemic and Canton is certainly no stranger to this crisis. Understanding the causes and […]
Check out this week’s issue of the Canton Citizen for the latest in Canton news, sports, events, and more. Highlights from the September 28 edition include: * Complete coverage of the 13th annual Canton Road Race (new venue and sponsor), including color photos * Pappas therapeutic equestrian program a hidden local gem (open house this Sunday) * Police/Fire news: CPD […]
Sep 29 2017 | Posted in
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The Canton Republican Town Committee (CRTC) voted unanimously at its September 5 meeting to recommend that the town of Canton adopt a maximum speed limit of 25 mph on all Canton roads and streets effective immediately. This policy would exclude state roads such as Route 138 and federal highways such as I-95. Members of the […]
Sep 22 2017 | Posted in
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Police & Fire | By
Canton Citizen