By William P. O’Donnell, Norfolk Register of Deeds According to a recent real estate trade publication, the most popular reason people gave for buying a home was their desire to own it. Now that may not sound like rocket science, but just think for a second about what’s behind that statement. After all, homeowners want […]
By David McCarthy Traffic. That one word elicits a myriad of passionate reactions from Canton residents. Earlier this month McMahon Associates delivered to the Master Plan Steering Committee a recap of the focus areas they were charged with studying. Those areas included Randolph, Pleasant, Dedham and Chapman streets where each road intersects Washington Street and […]
Celebrated in April each year, National Donate Life Month is an entire month of local, regional and national activities to help encourage Americans to register as organ donors and to celebrate those who have saved lives through the gift of organ donation. As always, Tom Brady, the legendary Patriots quarterback, is doing his part to save the lives of people needing […]
Dear Editor: Indivisible Canton would like to thank Rep. Bill Galvin for co-sponsoring a bill to enact ranked choice voting for all state and federal elections except for president (H.719). American communities regularly see dynamic and competitive local elections, with no shortage of motivated candidates seeking office. But the rules governing these elections do not […]
Dear Canton community: I am writing with a request for all dog owners. Please be in control of your off-leash dogs in the Blue Hills trails and the Ponkapoag Pond area. I am a 12-year-old dog and I enjoy walking with my owner each day in the Ponkapoag area. It brings me great joy to enjoy the […]
Dear Editor: It often surprises me when I hear some Canton residents say that they have never been to the town pool on Bolivar Street. When I was 5 years old my parents were looking to move out of South Boston. They looked in a few different communities and then looked at a townhouse in […]
By Judy Bass A search is underway for the next superintendent-director of Blue Hills Regional Technical School in Canton due to the anticipated retirement later this year of James P. Quaglia, who has held the position since 2010. Blue Hills Regional has been a leader in career and technical education for more than 50 years. […]
Dear Editor: I just finished reading last week’s edition of the Canton Citizen and I just wanted to say wow! I read a lot of newspapers, but few compare to the extensive local coverage provided by the Citizen. Today I was compelled to read all five cover stories (boys hockey championship, election spotlight, Revere restaurant […]
Dear Canton citizens: I have a quote on my wall at work from Theodore Roosevelt. It says, “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” It’s both inspiring and frustrating because at certain times in our lives, we can only do so much. But Lisa Lopez is choosing, in retirement, to do […]
“I really think Les Miserables will be our best show to date,” says the ever-exuberant Canton High School theater director Katie Brobst. That’s no small statement to make — after the runaway successes of Hairspray and Beauty and the Beast
