After a year on the U.S. film festival circuit, Raising Matty Christian, the multi-award-winning documentary directed by Christian de Rezendes of Breaking Branches Pictures, will be participating in the Doc Corner of the 2015 Cannes International Film Festival in France, one of the world’s most prestigious film events. As part of the Cannes Doc Corner, Raising Matty […]
The Dean S. Luce CAPT invites members of the Canton community to its 14th annual 5K and Fun Run on Sunday, May 17, at the Luce School at 45 Independence Street. This event provides an opportunity for runners and walkers of all ages and abilities to participate in a morning of fun activities in a […]
Dear residents: Canton needs tuition-free full-day kindergarten (FDK) for all children. Stoughton has offered tuition-free FDK for 10 years for all their kids. Canton charges students $3,500. Statewide, 90 percent of children attend FDK; more than 70 percent of towns charge zero tuition. During this current school year, only about 70 percent of Canton kids attend FDK and the norm […]
Marjorie “Margie” Anderson (Graves) passed away May 3 at Heights Crossing in Brockton surrounded by her loving family. Born in Seattle, WA, she lived in San Francisco and Beverly Hills as a young girl and later moved to Summit, New Jersey, where she attended high school. She later went on to study art at Hood […]
Dr. Ralph R. Fritz, 94, of Stoughton, formerly of Canton, died on April 21 from kidney failure. Ralph served in the Army during World War II and was stationed in Italy. He opened an optometry office in Boston’s South End after his service in the Army and worked there until his retirement in the mid 1980s. He […]
Dear Editor: On Sunday, May 17, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Cheryl’s Kids are hosting their sixth annual “Cheryl’s Kids Bake Sale.” Daycare provider Cheryl Isaksen and her “kids” (past and present) will host a fun-filled day of selling sweets and treats, with all funds to be donated to charity. As the event is in […]
This coming Monday, May 11, the owners of the Plymouth Rubber property will go before the town’s voters and state their case for redevelopment of the historic 35-acre factory site. Standing behind them in support of this effort will be a chorus of Canton town officials and community stakeholders, and we, the editors of the […]
Nearly 100 people packed the library’s community room last Wednesday to listen to the winning entries of the sixth annual Canton Writes contest. Eighty writers, from ages 6 to 60-something, competed in the contest. Prizes were awarded for winning first, second or third place in elementary, middle school, high school, and adult categories for poetry, […]
The Hansen School fifth grade class proudly presented Mary Poppins on Friday and Saturday, May 1 and 2, in the Canton High School auditorium. The play was directed by teacher Patty Willis and assistant director Yan Yii and was “Practically Perfect in Every Way!” See this week’s Canton Citizen for a list of cast members […]
With the large sign on the rooftop of the American Legion Post 24 in Canton in very poor condition and needing to be replaced, Bill Hayes contacted Signarama in Walpole for an estimate. Owner Bryan Clayman’s father is a veteran, and he said he would be honored to donate the sign in memory of his […]
