For the past couple of months until his tragic death in an automobile accident in Indiana last weekend, Brendan Burke, the son of National Hockey League executive Brian Burke, became the public face of homosexuality in hockey — in part by default but also in many ways by his own choosing. Armed with the undying […]
For more than eight uninterrupted hours at their son Scott’s wake, Joe and Linda Herr never once sat down, nor did they ever leave their place at the head of the receiving line alongside their oldest son Joey. Instead, with equal parts sadness and amazement, they stood there all afternoon and evening as hundreds upon […]
~ An in depth look at the state of the housing market in Canton ~ Like the rest of the economy, the housing market has been stuck in a prolonged slump, but local realtors are cautiously optimistic that the real estate industry has already bottomed out and those interviewed believe that the market is finally […]
Editors note: The following is the fourth in a series of occasional spotlights on Canton’s town employees, conceived as a way to honor the important work of our many public servants, a number of whom rarely, if ever, get the recognition they deserve. Therefore, over the course of the next several months, the Citizen will […]
By Tanya Willow The moon is still in the sky over Canton’s Town Hall when poll workers are due to come in and collect their wares so that they can be at their precincts when the polls open at 7 in the morning. Because of the timing of Senator Ted Kennedy’s death, Massachusetts is holding […]
~ A look at what made headlines in Canton during the 2000s ~In an article recapping the events of 2002, the Citizen proclaimed that “budget woes and building projects” dominated the headlines that year. A year later, this paper dubbed 2003 as “a year of progress — and traffic.” But as residents of this […]
Editor’s note: Although it is impossible to properly measure the importance of one event against another, the editors of the Canton Citizen have carefully reviewed all of the stories that made headlines this year and have selected the ones that they feel have had the greatest impact on the community. What follows then, is the […]
