Dear Editor: Kali to Kali is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that provides healthcare, mentorship, and education in developing countries. In December, Kali to Kali will be visiting a city in Pakistan called Mardan. In Mardan we will be going to an area school for grades 1-12 and giving out clean water and medical/school supplies to […]
Editor’s note: This Thanksgiving, as the nation continues to confront and examine the roots of the growing opiate addiction epidemic, the Canton Citizen would like to give thanks to trailblazers like June Knochin, a Canton mother who channeled her grief over the loss of her son and spoke up about the subject long before it […]
Canton resident Christopher Murray, a senior captain and starting midfielder for the Worcester Polytechnic Institute men’s soccer team, was recently named to the All-Conference Second Team in the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) for the second consecutive season. A 2012 graduate of Canton High School, Murray tied for seventh in the conference […]
Raising Matty Christian, an acclaimed feature-length documentary about the life of Canton’s Matthew G. Christian (1983-2009), will be available on DVD beginning tomorrow, November 20. Winner of nine film festival awards nationally, Raising Matty Christian was directed by Rhode Island-based filmmaker Christian de Rezendes under his company Breaking Branches Pictures. The film is an inspiring profile on the late […]
Robert P. “Doc” Moritz of Canton passed away November 16 at the Copley at Stoughton surrounded by his loving family. Born in Dorchester, he was raised in St. William’s Parrish in Savin Hill and graduated from Commerce High School and Massachusetts School of Optometry and was an Army veteran of World War II. Doc lived […]
Anne Marie Magee, 85, of Canton, passed away after a brief illness on November 14 surrounded by her loving family. Born at Norwood Hospital on September 19, 1930, she was a lifelong resident of Canton. She attended Saint John the Evangelist School and graduated from Canton High School in 1948. Anne Marie graduated from the […]
Madelyn Wood, 92, of Canton, passed away at home November 11 surrounded by her loving family. Born and raised in Cambridge, she graduated from Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School where she was a cheerleader and played on the tennis team. She was a Navy veteran of World War II and served as the aide […]
John D. Jenkins, 89, of Canton, passed away November 11 surrounded by his loving family. Born in Hyde Park, he was raised in Canton and graduated from Canton High School in 1944, where he was class president and captain of the football team. John was a veteran of the United States Coast Guard and worked […]
Dear Editor: As the days of the Blue Hills deer hunt draw near, the controversy continues as to whether or not it is necessary. For four days after Thanksgiving, 196 hunters will be allowed to kill up to four deer each (two with antlers, two without). These deer have not been hunted for 100 years […]
