Five years ago, when Mary Ellen Hudner first joined the Canton Food Pantry as its co-director, her job was, for the most part, fairly straightforward. Her primary responsibilities, which she shared with fellow director Carolann Browne, included managing the food pantry’s inventory, processing new clients, and coordinating fundraising drives. If anything, Hudner’s biggest challenge occurred […]
The CHS boys’ varsity hockey team delivered its finest performance of the season on Saturday, beating a red-hot Mansfield team 2-1 at home in a clash of the Hockomock’s two division leaders. Canton, which now sits alone atop the Davenport Division, improved to 7-1-1 with the win, while the Hornets, who had gone into the […]
Continuing its mission to promote “innovative and productive” programming in the Canton Public Schools, the Canton Alliance for Public Education recently awarded $15,000 in grants to six applicants from its 2010 fall grant cycle. The grants, which have been awarded every year since 2004, are made possible through individual and corporate donations and through the […]
Just two days after extending its season-opening unbeaten streak to six with a convincing win over King Philip, the CHS boys’ varsity hockey team returned to home ice on Monday only to have the streak snapped by league rival Franklin in what head coach Brian Shuman called a “winnable game.” The Bulldogs certainly held their […]
This week, as policy makers and prisoners’ rights advocates continue to debate the pros and cons of the governor’s recent and dramatic overhaul of the state parole board, Canton Police Officer Don Wolffe is left to quietly wonder what could have been had the reforms come sooner. Wolffe, a lifelong Canton resident, was among the […]
The CHS boys’ varsity hockey team opened league play with a bang last week, topping Davenport Division foes Oliver Ames and Stoughton while extending its unbeaten streak to five (4-0-1) through the quarter mark of the season. The Bulldogs were paced by junior Mike Denehy, who racked up a team-high four goals, including an impressive […]
On December 16, exactly ten months to the day after losing their house and nearly all of their belongings in a two-alarm fire that also claimed their elderly cat Patches, the Notkin family of Canton made their long-awaited return to 63 Trayer Road. The house, which had to be completely rebuilt from the studs up, […]
Editor’s note: Although it is impossible to properly measure the importance of one event against another, the editors of the Canton Citizen have carefully reviewed all of the stories that made headlines this year and have selected the ones that they feel have had the greatest impact on the community. What follows then, is the […]
The Canton High School boys’ varsity ice hockey team opened its season on the road with a 3-3 tie against nonleague Quincy last Wednesday, but it was hardly a feel-good experience as the Bulldogs twice gave up a two-goal lead while committing far too many careless penalties. At one point early in the third period […]
Already recognized as a leader in the field of bullying prevention and well on its way to complying with the state’s new anti-bullying law, the Canton Public Schools is taking a similarly proactive approach with another hot-button topic — that of sports-related concussions and the resulting new state legislation that took effect in September. The […]
