Editor’s note: Below is the second in a series of articles examining the Judge Rotenberg Center without its founder, Matthew Israel, who stepped down from the school effective June 1. The first story, which appeared in the Citizen on June 9, dealt with Senator Joyce’s ongoing efforts to ban shock therapy, while the story below […]
Canton Academy, the popular summer enrichment program offered by the Canton Public Schools, is now officially underway, and it is not too late to enroll for an upcoming session, according to program director Ed Amico. Offering a wide variety of fun and exciting courses geared toward students in grades K-5, this year’s program also includes […]
Following a two-year hiatus, Canton’s annual July 4th celebration and gala fireworks display — a popular tradition going back more than 30 years — will make its comeback this coming Monday, July 4, beginning at 5 p.m. The one big change with this year’s celebration is the venue, as organizers opted to move it from […]
It’s a feeling that residents of Canton can only partially relate to — that overwhelming sense of uncertainty and dread that comes with the threat of an impending natural disaster. They felt it on June 1, when a series of tornadoes touched down across the western part of the state, and for a few brief […]
When Canton school superintendent Jeff Granatino announced the selection of Peter Boucher as the new interim principal of the Hansen Elementary School, everyone was thrilled but almost no one was surprised. With a list of initiatives and accomplishments that stretches a mile long, Boucher has done nothing but impress in the three short years he […]
It wasn’t their first choice for a venue, but it was perfect nonetheless as the 197 members of the Canton High class of 2011 bid farewell to their younger selves in a moving and reflective graduation ceremony held last Thursday in the CHS Morse Auditorium. For the second straight year, the graduation had to be […]
It was one of those days in the town of Canton that sticks in the memory: Sensing a mother’s desperation, hundreds turned out at the old Canton High School cafeteria to see if their bone marrow was a match for baby Stephen Cahillane, who had been born with a rare blood disorder and was in […]
Editor’s note: Below is the first in a series of articles examining the Judge Rotenberg Center without its founder, Matthew Israel, who was indicted by a grand jury last month and was subsequently ordered to sever all ties to the school. Israel, 77, had previously announced his retirement and plans to move to California in […]
After thoroughly outplaying Lynnfield last week for its first playoff victory in six seasons, the Canton High boys’ lacrosse team traveled to No. 2 Weston on Saturday with house money and turned in a respectable performance in an eventual 9-2 loss. Although the defeat ended their season, the Bulldogs still have plenty to hang their […]
Repeating a refrain he made in a similar presentation earlier this year, Peter Boucher, the Canton school district’s wellness coordinator and chairman of the Bullying Prevention Committee, proudly informed the School Committee last week that Canton is “way ahead of the curve” regarding its anti-bullying policy — a new requirement under Massachusetts law. Widely hailed […]
