The stage is set, the curtain is poised to rise and the cast is honed. It’s opening night for the First Parish Players’ debut summer production, Urinetown: The Musical. Performances are tonight, tomorrow and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. at First Parish Unitarian-Universalist in the upper parish hall, 1508 Washington Street […]
Submitted by Andrew Bonanno Long summer days, plenty of sunshine, a group of great kids, and baseball — this is the stuff that lifelong memories are made of. Summer travel baseball is both a serious and rewarding commitment for the players as well as the parents. It is a fun and competitive environment between neighboring […]
Compeller By Emily Eastwood First Place High School Prose d From the depths of Hell, I rose. Deep, thick smoke swirled around me. I breathed in deeply. My nostrils tingled and my lungs burned as they were engulfed with flames. I let my chest rise high as I greedily took in large whiffs of the […]
By Nancy Pando A little cowboy rode into our family on April 27, all eight pounds and two ounces of him: our first grandson, Wyatt Van Bonwell. When word of his safe arrival rang throughout the family, we let out a collective whew that could have blown a house off its pins. Wyatt has a […]
While the theme of the 23rd annual St. Gerard’s Kids’ Camp is “Around the World,” to a table of excited 4, 5 and 6-year-old “duckers,” Kids’ Camp is a whole new planet. The 725 campers, 64 head counselors, over 330
Submitted by Kathryn Maurin With the goal of offering young people an opportunity to be actively involved in a safe, fun and productive environment, the newly created First Parish Players will debut its first summer musical performance of Urinetown: The Musical at First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church in Canton from August 9-12. Geared toward performers […]
Imagination is a Refrigerator By Dasol Lee First Place Middle School Poetry Imagination is a refrigerator You open it up And there is a heap of things Yearning to get your attention Saying, “Eat me, eat me.” You rummage through the cans of corn and peas And the cartons of milk and juice Until at […]
The final bell for the school year has been delayed for a group of Canton teachers. This past week they attended a three-day STEAM workshop to help prepare Canton students for future employment. STEAM (formerly STEM) is an acronym for science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics. It is these fields that are projected to have […]
Town could pay dearly for solar farm arrangement Dear Editor: Over a year ago, I wrote to the Citizen regarding the solar project at the Pine Street landfill. Being in the energy business for over 30 years, I am more aware than most of the risks involved in these projects. In the past year I […]
Back in 2005, Linda Berman’s fifth grade Girl Scout troop put together time capsules as they said goodbye to elementary school and were about to begin their middle school journey. Berman promised the girls that she would get them back together to open their time capsules around the time they graduated from high school. Seven years […]
