The following selection, by Tricia Kendall, was the winning entry (tie) in the adult nonfiction/memoir category in the 2018 Canton Writes contest. The Citizen, a sponsor of the contest, is publishing each of the winning entries throughout the summer as space permits. It’s April 22, 1994. My thumb, burnt from the heat of the lighter, […]
By Bernard Mendillo Mark Lague is like a rare book nestled in the library he loves. Unlike most Americans, who typically have four or five distinct careers in a lifetime, Mark set his mind to be a librarian and never looked back. “It’s been a 40-year career that I wouldn’t change for anything in the […]
Dear Editor: “Silence condones” — our eighth grade teacher’s challenge to the evil of segregation. And today we have the same disgusting silence where we are following Germany’s lead in 1933. As detailed in Erick Larson’s In the Garden of Beasts, “Beneath the surface … Germany had undergone a rapid and sweeping revolution that reached deep into […]
For an unprecedented three years in a row, Canton’s Junior League all-star baseball team won the Massachusetts state championship and will be heading to Freehold Township, New Jersey, to compete for the Eastern Regional Championship on the road to Taylor, Michigan. With big shoes to fill, Canton’s top 13-14 year olds came out strong and proved […]
By Corey S. Shore For those of us who grew up in the world of theater, whether in grade school, college or beyond, a theatrical space and community often became a home and a second family. Surrounded by people who loved doing the same things we did, we thrived in a safe and creative environment. […]
The Canton Little League 8-year-old summer team played in the Sandwich Summer Blast Tournament the weekend of June 30 to July 1 on Cape Cod. Historically for ages 9-12, the tournament expanded a few years ago to include 8 year olds, and this year Canton Little League made a decision to send an 8-year-old team […]
A momentous event featuring remarks from school administrators and state officials as well as a groundbreaking ceremony marked the start of an $84.8 million renovation project at Blue Hills Regional Technical School in Canton on June 25. The project, which is expected to conclude in September 2019, will include numerous significant upgrades to infrastructure such […]
By William O’Donnell, Norfolk County Register of Deeds Everyone likes birthdays and this is going to be a really big one. On Wednesday, June 20, the Norfolk County Registry of Deeds will celebrate turning 225 years old. And we’d sure love to see you there to help us blow out all those candles. Some of […]
St. Gerard Majella parish has a long history of outreach trips every summer to underserved communities and to areas needing disaster relief work. Last summer a youth group was able to travel to Cuba for the first time to bring a modified Kids Camp to the children in Cuba. A group will return again in […]
Dear Editor: In November 2016, Massachusetts approved the legalization of marijuana for adult (21 and older) personal use, possession and growing of marijuana for recreational purposes. Medical use of marijuana is a separate law. In addition to legalizing adult personal use, The Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act also legalized all marijuana-related business in 351 […]
