The Canton community has a new hero to look up to thanks to the bravery and quick thinking of 5-year-old Brendan Walsh. On October 18, Walsh was outside in his front yard when he witnessed a neighbor injured in a fall. Seeing that the neighbor was in distress and unable to get up, Walsh then […]
The atmosphere was electric at Canton’s Ponkapoag Rink on Saturday as the CHS boys varsity hockey team out-dueled Archbishop Williams with a strong third period to collect their second victory of the young season in front of a raucous home crowd. The 3-1 win was also their second in as many seasons against the Bishops, […]
Last Saturday’s gloomy weather did not dampen the mood at the Canton Public Library as town and library leaders came together to officially break ground on the new library park. The focus of the second phase of the library’s “Next Chapter” improvement program, the park is slated to be built on the front lawn of […]
This story originally appeared in the October 30 edition of the Citizen. There is a path forward for the state-run Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children to continue meeting the needs of severely disabled children on its Canton campus over the long term, but it’s not a quick fix and is not going to come cheap. […]
In one of the most satisfying late-season runs in her two decades as CHS head girls volleyball coach, Pat Cawley watched with pride from the sidelines as her Bulldogs pushed top-seeded Oliver Ames to the brink, matching them point for point across two thrilling sets on the Tigers’ home floor before falling just short in […]
The town of Canton is putting the finishing touches on three major infrastructure projects, all of which are expected to wrap up by the end of this month or shortly after — assuming the weather cooperates. On Bolivar Street, road rehabilitation work that began in mid-September is nearing the final stages, with paving taking place […]
In two more highly anticipated showdowns against a couple of the region’s strongest opponents, the Canton High varsity field hockey team once again demonstrated its bona fides as a legitimate state title contender. While they didn’t come away with a victory in either contest, the Bulldogs battled both Moses Brown — a former state champion […]
When it comes to the dual environmental aims of waste reduction and responsible recycling, the Canton community needs to step up its game. That was the key takeaway from a recent public presentation hosted by the town’s Sustainability Committee in coordination with state and industry leaders. According to Missy Hollenback, MassDEP’s municipal assistance coordinator for […]
It’s been a rollercoaster stretch for Canton High’s boys varsity soccer team, which remains right at .500 after another recent win, loss and draw. “We played probably our best soccer of the season on Friday against a very good Westwood team, followed by probably our worst performance of the season on Monday versus Stoughton,” noted […]
After two and a half months of stalled negotiations, public finger pointing, and escalating lawsuits, not to mention the trash and recycling piling up across more than a dozen affected communities, leaders of Republic Services and Teamsters Local 25 jointly announced on Friday that they had come to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement. […]
