Paws for a Cause

Parents of Scott Herr offer heartfelt thanks to community

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 […]

Local realtors believe the time to buy is now

~ 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 […]

Good news follows bad in Westwood Station saga

SJC rules against town, but state agrees to fund most infrastructure requests While there is no way to sugarcoat last week’s defeat in the state’s highest court, officials in Canton remain very optimistic that the town will end up on the winning side of its dispute with Westwood Station after all — perhaps even sharing […]

CAPE’s 4th annual Spelling Bee a rousing success

Nick Maffeo, vice president of the Canton Cooperative Bank moderates the event. CPS Principals: John Maxwell, Tom LaLiberte, Robie Peter, Doug Dias and Jennifer Henderson

Rising SPED costs at the heart of school budget crisis

While the recent pledge by Governor Deval Patrick to maintain local aid at current levels in 2011 was welcome news to be sure, school officials in Canton still have a million reasons to be worried about their FY2011 operating budget, beginning — and seemingly ending — with a million-dollar shortfall tied to out-of-district special education […]

Administrative assistant Susan McGowan an asset to the school system

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 […]

Town hoping for ‘goodwill’ exemption after MBTA enforces weekend parking charges

While it is customary to leave an offering in the collection plate, several parishioners of St. John the Evangelist Church had no choice but to pay up recently when their cars, which they had parked in the Canton Center MBTA commuter rail lot during Sunday services, were smacked with a $5 ticket despite the fact […]

Employees of Canton business await word on families in Haiti

By Cathy Anderson Last week’s devastating earthquake in Haiti has rocked the world with its aftermath of destruction and staggering numbers of dead and missing. While the statistics change from day to day, families across the world, the nation and here in Canton are still living under a cloud of fear and uncertainty. Canton resident […]

Brown wins big in Canton

In what will no doubt be an election that will go down in the history books, Republican state Representative Scott Brown overwhelmingly defeated his Democratic challenger, state Attorney General Martha Coakley, in Tuesday’s highly contentious and pivotal race to succeed the late Senator Ted Kennedy in the U.S. Senate. Bud Jennings and Karen Taylor of […]