Ten games in nine days will determine the playoff fate for the 6-6 Canton American Legion Post 24 baseball team, which is in a battle with Holbrook (7-5) for the fourth and final playoff spot. Last week Canton went 1-2 with a dominating 9-3 win over Holbrook and two exciting but disappointing losses to Braintree […]
Police Chief Ken Berkowitz and Fire Chief Charlie Doody agreed at last week’s selectmen’s meeting that there should be more public awareness of heroin overdoses in the community. Each week, the Citizen will report on the number of overdoses and administration of Narcan (an opiate reversal drug) as reported by both departments. For the week […]
Weather conditions were ideal and two fun run participants set new course records at the 48th running of the Canton July 4th Road Race, held last Saturday morning at the Canton Town Club. Jay Kelleher, 11, repeated as the champion in the two-mile fun run with a record time of 10:03. The top female finisher […]
On Monday, July 13, at 6 p.m., the Canton School Committee will hold an informational session for committee members to learn about the Common Core implementation for mathematics and English language arts. Interim Superintendent Jen Henderson and Interim Curriculum Director Jayne Moore will present the program. The committee still plans to meet in regular session […]
Selectman Bob Burr called on his fellow board members to consider a mandatory substance abuse training session for youth sports coaches prior to each season in an effort to curb the epidemic of opiate addiction. Burr’s suggestion came Tuesday night after both Police Chief Ken Berkowitz and Fire Chief Charlie Doody reaffirmed the message they […]
For the first time in several seasons, the Canton A’s semi-pro baseball team has hometown representation on its roster with four Canton athletes joining this year’s squad. The four Canton residents are Sam Larson, Jimmy Fitzgerald, Matt Bernstein, and Mark Cunningham. Larson, Fitzgerald and Bernstein are former Canton American Legion players and former CHS baseball […]
After six months of mulling changes to the school start times in favor of giving CHS students more time to sleep, the School Committee decided June 11 in a unanimous 5-0 vote to move forward with the changes beginning in the next school year. In addition, the committee also decided to spend some money to […]
The Canton High baseball team saw its second-round playoff hopes of beating undefeated Westwood (20-0) squashed in the first inning after an avalanche of walks as well as two hit batsmen and four hits propelled the Wolverines to a 16-1 lead and an eventual 20-5 win. The loss unfortunately ended a dramatic week for the […]
The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday night voted to establish a Blue Ribbon Traffic Committee, which would serve as an advisory panel to the board and “proactively identify traffic issues in Canton and present novel solutions to the Traffic Study Committee for technical and feasibility review.” The committee will include one citizen from each of […]
Update: After earning its first playoff win in several seasons earlier this week, the Canton High baseball team ran out of steam against top-seeded and undefeated Westwood on Saturday, falling 20-6 in the second round of the Division 2 south sectional tournament. The Bulldogs finish the season at 11-11 overall. The Canton High varsity baseball team […]
