By Janet Donnelly and Melanie Floyd Interim Superintendent of Schools Derek Folan and Canton High School Principal Jeffrey Sperling are pleased to announce that CHS students are participating in Team Rival this school year. This program aims to raise awareness about drug use and addiction, and to promote healthy student choices. Sperling has participated in […]
Interim School Superintendent Derek Folan was pleased to share encouraging COVID vaccination trends among Canton’s younger students dating to early November, when the vaccine first became available in the United States for kids ages 5-11. Reporting on the latest vaccination data at last Thursday’s School Committee meeting, Folan said that 16 percent of children ages […]
Silversmith Youth Theatre is a community theatre dedicated to the youth of Canton and the surrounding communities that is the brainchild of two parents whose kids longed for more community theatre experiences that were appropriate for their ages.
Note: A full recap of the December 1 Special Town Meeting will appear in the next edition of the Canton Citizen. The decision on whether to authorize the town acquisition of the former St. Gerard’s Church property will now move to a town-wide vote following its approval at a Special Town Meeting held earlier this […]
A rare painted black and gold leaf trade sign lettered “Joseph W. Revere” — son of Paul Revere — from the Revere Copper Company in Canton will be sold at an upcoming Americana auction at John McInnis Auctioneers in Amesbury. The sign was found hanging on the wall in a Canton home near the former Revere copper mill […]
Interim Superintendent of Schools Derek Folan has announced a series of upcoming remote community forums in an effort to increase parental and stakeholder input into his education planning for the Canton Public Schools. Folan will host Zoom forums on the following dates: Monday, November 29, from 6-7 p.m. (GMS and CHS community); Monday, December 6, […]
Cases of COVID-19 are still inching upward in Canton and the full effects of the Delta variant have yet to be felt with the holidays and winter season around the corner. In addition, Dr. Daniel Muse, Canton Public Schools’ head physician and an ER doctor at Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital, warned that European cities are […]
The Canton Public Library is pleased to announce the opening of its new Homework Center beginning Monday, November 29, in the Community Room. Available to Canton residents in middle and high school, the program strives to both alleviate school-related stress and to promote a sense of community among Canton students. Teen and tween residents will have […]
About 33 people showed up in person Monday night at the first of two public listening forums convened to allow residents to weigh in on the question of making an offer to purchase the former St. Gerard Majella church property for town use. Attending were Town Moderator Alan Hines and Select Board members Mike Loughran […]
After vaccinating approximately 400 children ages 5-11 at a successful clinic on Sunday and seeing a strong response for its subsequent COVID vaccination dates, the Canton Health Department announced earlier this week that it had created additional slots for its November 19 clinic at the Galvin Middle School (5-7 p.m.) and scheduled a fourth clinic […]
