Dear Editor: On Saturday, May 13, Canton’s postal workers participated in the National Association of Letter Carriers’ annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. More than 2,200 pounds of non-perishable food items were collected for the clients of the Canton Food Pantry. A big thank you to the postal workers who collected and transported the items […]
The kids run in circles on the fields. They chase each other: passing a soccer ball, throwing a football, lunging to tag someone. They are red-faced and sweating. It is the last day of school and, finally, the kids get to play. At the end of the day, the kids line up to get their […]
For a while now, people have been encouraged to be practically obsessed with their credit score. Getting a high score. Keeping it high. Monitoring it on a regular basis. Even signing up for add-on credit score boosting services that want access to more and more of your personal information for the possibility of maybe manipulating […]
Hello Canton. There has been a lot going on in town over the past month. April was Earth Month. First celebrated in 1970, the first Earth Day marked the beginning of the modern environmental movement. While April 22 is Earth Day, the entire month is dedicated to raising awareness about the environment. In Canton, the […]
By State Representative Bill Galvin (D-Canton), 6th Norfolk District We are now five months into the new, two-year legislative session. I filed 35 bills at the start of the session that deal with housing, opioid addiction, healthcare, public safety, and local issues. These bills were recently assigned to committee and are awaiting a public hearing, […]
Dear Editor: Thank you to the Canton Citizen for thorough election coverage both before and after April 4. I noticed only one thing missing, which is publication of the results of uncontested offices. There were four this year, each important in its own way. These don’t garner much attention, but the voting patterns show voters […]
John Connolly, chair of the Canton Select Board, read the following statement on behalf of the town at the conclusion of Tuesday night’s meeting: Over the past several days, we have received inquiries concerning new reports related to the ongoing criminal case dealing with the death of John O’Keefe. The investigation into the matter was […]
People expect that the money they keep in a bank will be safe. That is certainly a reasonable expectation. Bad news and frightening news always seem to get the most attention. But the good news — the reassuring news — is that today, in 2023, the American banking system is very strong and American banks […]
In every election, there are winners and losers. Usually we think of the candidates as being the winners or losers. But in the recent Canton town election, Canton lost. Canton lost because of low turnout. A little less than 4,000 of the approximately 18,000 registered voters turned out to vote. Approximately 80 percent of Canton’s […]
With a wave of high-profile banking failures sending shockwaves across the global financial system and stoking fears of an incoming recession, the Citizen reached out to two local bank CEO’s to see how they are faring amid the crisis and to determine whether local depositors have any reason to be alarmed. Nick Maffeo, President & […]
