Margaret A. Montisano (Aprea), 85, of Canton, passed away December 22 at Kindred Newton Wellesley Rehab in Wellesley. Born in Boston, she was raised in Hyde Park and attended Boston schools. She had lived in Canton for the past 36 years and previously lived in Dedham. She was a devoted housewife and mother and previously […]
Winifred K. McGurty (MacFarlane), 91, of Marshfield, passed away December 19 at the Rice Evantide Home in Quincy surrounded by her loving family. Born and raised in Arlington, she graduated from Arlington High School. She lived for many years in Marshfield, where she was the director of the CCD program at St. Anne’s Church and […]
A new school safety protocol being piloted in the Canton Public Schools and a handful of other school districts throughout Massachusetts will teach students and staff to be proactive — and possibly even use aggression as a last resort — in the event that they are confronted by an armed intruder. The new protocol, which […]
Holiday scenes around town: Canton Choral Society’s winter concert at the United Church of Christ; Blue Hill Montessori School’s Toys for Tots drive; horse-drawn hayrides and a visit from Santa at the Village Shoppes; and St. John’s School carolers at the Senior Center. Have a holiday photo to share? Send it to submissions@thecantoncitizen.com for consideration […]
Out of over 120 parochial PK-8 schools in the Archdiocese of Boston, the students of St. John the Evangelist School in Canton earned the highest overall scores on the Stanford 10 Achievement tests in 2012. The Stanford, or SAT-10 as it is known, is administered to students nationwide in both public and private schools to […]
Shoppers at the Village Shoppes in Canton were treated to a very special guest as none other than Santa Claus himself came to town on Saturday, December 15. Along with Santa there was live holiday music and horse-drawn hayrides. Shoppers were also encouraged to donate to families in need at the Canton Community Theatre.
Dear Editor: Police Chief Berkowitz needs to go ahead with the ALICE [violent intruder defense] training. It appears that many communities in our nation already have done this. Of course, this training won’t be fool proof, but only a fool would not take action in our gun-crazy world. So long as people deny the fact that guns in the […]
Barbara M. “Bobbi” Henriksen (Sheehan) passed away December 17 at Norwood Hospital. Born in Brockton, she was raised in Whitman and graduated from Whitman-Hanson High School. She worked as a hairdresser for Arbor Hair Salon in Boston and Antonio II in Stoughton. She has lived in Canton for the last 45 years. Beloved wife of […]
The Canton High School Performing Arts Department held its Honors Recital Night on Tuesday, November 27, in the Morse Auditorium. The following performances were presented as a partial fulfillment of the CHS Music Honors requirements: Lauren Winter on trumpet: “Coronation” by Timothy Johnson; Rose Mancuso on clarinet: “Fantasie-Piece” by Robert Schumann ed. H. Voxman; Paige […]
On Wednesday, December 5, several area business people went “Back to School” as part of an annual event sponsored by the Schools to Career Partnership. Representatives from the private and public sectors spent the day at Canton High School, where they visited classrooms and spoke to students and teachers for a firsthand look at how […]
