Editor’s note: The name of the victim who was interviewed for this story has been changed in order to protect his privacy. When reports first surfaced in late 2012 that Father Thomas H. Maguire had been removed from public ministry in Norwell following allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct, Mark L., a Canton native and former […]
See this week’s Canton Citizen for a detailed snapshot of the 2016 town meeting warrant. Full-day kindergarten, traffic and school building studies, historical preservation projects, and an assortment of zoning amendments will all be up for consideration when voters convene for Canton’s 2016 annual town meeting, which kicks off this coming Monday, May 9, in […]
It was a mixed bag of results for the Canton High girls lacrosse team last week as the lady Bulldogs earned a split in their home-and-home series against nonleague Norwood. Canton dropped the first game in Norwood 10-6 on Tuesday but then bounced back with a decisive 11-4 win over the Mustangs at home two […]
After receiving widespread support from the community and breezing through the approval process with the planning and zoning boards, the developer of a soon-to-be constructed hotel on Royall Street has taken another big step toward realizing its vision, announcing last week that it has struck a deal with Hilton Garden Inn to be the hotel […]
When Jackie Langlois took one look at the dead beaver lying in the road just a few houses down from hers on Neponset Street late Friday night, she felt a mix of anger and sadness, but most of all she felt defeated.
In a major departure from school tradition but a big step forward in the name of equity, Canton High School has become the latest academic institution to end the practice of assigning graduation gowns by gender. CHS Principal Derek Folan had been mulling the change over the past several months and recently made it official, […]
After going winless through their first three matches of the season, the CHS boys tennis team bounced back in a big way with consecutive 4-1 victories over division foes Foxboro and Oliver Ames last week. Captains Jake Wolicki and Nathan Maltz continued their strong starts with wins in both matches at second and third singles, […]
More than 270 runners descended on downtown Canton this past Sunday for the second annual “Not Quite the Marathon” 5K, a charity race to benefit the local nonprofit organization Cops for Kids with Cancer. Race organizer Laura Donahue hailed it as a major success as the event raised nearly $8,000, all of which will be […]
Tori McClain has called it quits after three years on the Canton Planning Board. McClain, who still had two years remaining on the five-year seat she won in 2013, announced her “immediate” resignation in a letter sent to the Board of Selectmen on Monday. “I have enjoyed my three-plus years in serving the citizens of […]
Caroline Christian never knew either of her parents, but both, she has since learned, really loved the scent of bread. For her father, Dick Cammarata, it was the smell of his mother’s homemade rolls that he could not get enough of — a scent that once wafted through the air in his downtown Canton restaurant, […]
