More than 70 yogis recently showed off their skills at the fourth annual hOMebase Yoga Benefit for Veterans at CrossFit HomeBase in Canton. The event generated close to $16,000 for the Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program, which provides much-needed services and support for active military, veterans and their families. Event founder […]
The discussion on school space needs continued at last week’s School Committee meeting as new information surfaced on a proposed modular classroom addition at the Kennedy School and a standalone school administration building at the Paul Revere Heritage site. The most immediate effect of both items is that the committee will now proceed with a […]
Last week, the Canton Police Department officially launched the Nextdoor program, a free, private social network for neighborhoods. The CPD is one of the first local agencies to launch this program. Police Chief Ken Berkowitz said through his department Twitter account that the Nextdoor for Public Agencies program allows the CPD to communicate neighborhood-specific updates […]
Raising Matty Christian, an acclaimed feature-length documentary about the life of Canton’s Matthew G. Christian (1983-2009), will be available on DVD beginning tomorrow, November 20. Winner of nine film festival awards nationally, Raising Matty Christian was directed by Rhode Island-based filmmaker Christian de Rezendes under his company Breaking Branches Pictures. The film is an inspiring profile on the late […]
As local hunters count down the days to the first legal, albeit strictly controlled deer hunt in the Blue Hills Reservation in more than a century, a growing collective of opponents have taken to the streets to voice their displeasure over what they allege to be an inhumane and largely ineffective attempt at population control. […]
Adrienne Fleishman and her husband, Jerry, have long been committed to serving people in need. For the past eight years, the local couple, who are very involved with social action work at Temple Beth Abraham in Canton, has delivered food to families and senior citizens in Boston who cannot afford to buy groceries regularly. “The […]
On Thursday, December 3, Congressman Stephen F. Lynch (D-Boston) will host a public forum at Milton High School to address growing complaints about the frequency and increased levels of airplane noise in local towns and neighborhoods that are impacted by Logan Airport air traffic. Much of the increase in noise coincides with the adoption of the NextGen, […]
The Canton Public Schools have engaged the New England School Development Council (NESDEC) to assist them in the search process for a new superintendent of schools. An integral part of the process involves parent and community participation in focus groups. The groups are designed to obtain participant input about the attributes, experience, and knowledge that […]
On Tuesday, November 24, from 7-9 p.m., the Trustees of Reservations will host an evening of classical and contemporary music and light hors d’oeuvres in celebration of Eleanor Cabot Bradley’s Thanksgiving tradition of preparing the holiday meal for family and friends at her home in Canton. Bradley was proud of serving foods she raised and […]
Canton’s Town Administrator Search Committee released its top four candidates on Tuesday night and they include two Massachusetts town executives as well as administrators from Portland, Maine, and a suburb of Chicago. Selectmen will now interview each of the following candidates in public session in the coming weeks: Greg Enos, assistant town administrator of Whitman; […]
