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Jeffrey studies journalism and gender studies at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, but continues his work as a Citizen staff writer, a position he's held since February 2008. Cattel grew up in Canton and graduated from Canton High School in 2009.

No challengers in Tuesday’s annual town election

After town clerk Tracey Kenney learned the seven races in the upcoming April 5 town election would be uncontested, she spoke with the election commission at the secretary of state’s office to see if the town could forgo this year’s municipal election. Skipping the election would save the town $8,000 to $10,000 in costs associated […]

New cash-for-gold shop opens in downtown Canton

This week gold topped $1,400 an ounce in worldwide trading markets. The ever-increasing value of precious metals means you may have hundreds of dollars in unused jewelry just collecting dust at home. That’s when you turn to NCT Gold Buyers at 525 Washington Street. Nick Carbone opened the store with business partner and friend Corey […]

Girls’ hockey season ends with tourney loss to Duxbury

Tenth seeded Canton beat out seventh seeded Wellesley 6-4 in an exciting back-and-forth game at the beginning of the week before the Bulldogs fell 7-0 to Duxbury to end the team’s two-game postseason stint. Canton started off the game against Wellesley with a quick lead off a goal by Meaghan McKenna, but the Raiders managed […]

CHS girls’ hockey team drops finale; readies for postseason

Despite impressive game play, the Canton High girls’ hockey team came up short in a difficult 2-1 loss to Walpole (14-4-2) to finish the regular season with an 11-6-3 record. “Going into the game we knew it would be competitive and saw similarities between the two teams,” coach Kelly Rider said. Canton started off strong […]

Irish Cultural Centre celebrates 17 Days of March

For the second year, the Irish Cultural Centre of New England, located at 200 New Boston Drive, will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with various events and activities throughout the month of March. The month-long celebration, coined “The 17 Days of March,” is open to the general public and aims to expose attendees to multiple aspects […]

Girls’ hockey team settles for a split

The Canton High girls’ hockey team finished the second-to-last week of the season with a mixed bag — an impressive 5-1 win over Medway/Ashland and a disappointing 4-3 loss against Franklin. The team’s season record now stands at 11-5-3. Coach Kelly Rider said the girls played hard and smart in the first period against Medway/Ashland. […]

CHS girls’ hockey team starting to fire on all cylinders

As the season comes to a close, the Canton High School girls’ hockey team has kicked it into high gear with the signature strong performances the team is known for. Last week, the girls managed two decisive victories: 7-2 over Boston Latin Academy and 5-3 against Dover-Sherborn. Canton came out strong from the beginning of […]

Canton native makes literary debut with highly acclaimed novel for teens

Kim Marcus

Looking back on her childhood, Kim Marcus says she can’t remember a time when she wasn’t writing. “I remember writing poems from the time I was little,” said Marcus (née Weiner), a 1984 graduate of Canton High. “I was interested in the sounds, rhythm, rhyme. I used to write poetry in my bedroom late at […]

Swim teams place 7th in league championship meet

Last weekend the girls’ and boys’ swimming teams competed in the Hockomock League championship meet with both Canton teams finishing seventh out of 10 teams. “Two real standouts were Isobel Heck, who has dropped 39 seconds off her 500 [yard freestyle] time this season, and Rachel McHugh, who dropped 50 seconds,” coach Lori Mooney said. […]

Girls’ hockey team ties Hingham, dominates KP

The CHS girls’ hockey team posted another strong week with a 1-1 tie against Hingham and a 6-0 shutout over King Philip to improve its record to 8-4-3 overall. Hingham came out strong and scored in the first 15 seconds of the game, but senior goalie Sarah Healey prevented any additional goals and racked up […]

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