Dear Editor: On Monday, November 20, the town of Canton will hold a Special Town Meeting in the Canton High School auditorium beginning at 7 p.m. This STM was initiated by voters in our community. I strongly encourage you to carefully review the Recommendations of the Finance Committee to the Voters of Canton, informally referred […]
Canton is a town that has been serious about helping residents avoid becoming victims of scams for many years. Those efforts took another step forward recently with the formation of the Canton Anti-Scam Task Force. The Canton Anti-Scam Task Force is a new working group put together by Diane Tynan, director of the Canton Department […]
The Canton Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee (CDEI) would like to hold space in our hearts and minds for all those who are grieving, scared and suffering from the continued terrorist attacks on the country of Israel by Hamas. These acts of terrorism are unimaginably brutal. We fully support Israel’s right to exist in their […]
In a spirit of disclosure, accountability, and steadfast support of free speech, the Canton Citizen has aggregated all recent commentary that has appeared in our pages pertaining to local leadership concerns, as well as all recent news reporting on the Karen Read case. Please note: The Citizen is an independently owned and operated newspaper that relies […]
Recently a gentleman who writes about the history of the governors of South Dakota got curious about what the latest internet sensation — ChatGPT — might say about the oldest and youngest governors of South Dakota. Tony Venhuizen of the SoDak Governors blog published what he got back from ChatGPT regarding South Dakota’s youngest governor, […]
By L. Vachon One of my day trips this summer was to the North End to enjoy the Feast of Saint Anthony. Accompanying me were two other hungry souls. The plan was to walk the festive streets to view all of the vendor offerings before deciding which ones to purchase. On our way into the […]
By Harriet Burak On September 9, 2004, my son, Michael Jonathan Burak, died after fighting a lengthy battle against the illness of substance use disorder (SUD). He was 31 years old. These past 19 years have been ones in which I have experienced many highs and lows. As Michael’s mother, I have had my share […]
Summer is often a quiet time, but this summer has been anything but quiet in Canton. So let’s talk about the elephant in the room — the Karen Read murder trial and related fallout. While this column is not about the murder trial per se, the aftermath of the charges filed against Karen Read have […]
The following is the latest installment in an occasional series by Rich Carrara spotlighting the sacrifice and heroism of Canton veterans who were killed in action. In their 2007 book Canton’s Fallen Heroes, Ed Piana and Tony Andreotti provide an excellent snapshot of John Lawrie’s life in Canton and his time in the U.S. Marines Corps. […]
The Canton Helpline, Inc., a nonprofit organization, is grateful to the Canton Citizen for sharing information with the community about the relocation of our food pantry. The organization appreciates the town of Canton designating space for the Canton Food Pantry in its new location at 1860 Washington Street (formerly St. Gerard’s). So many worked together […]
