Dear Editor: On August 9, our Board of Selectmen voted 4-1 to oppose a resolution submitted by the “No Canton Gas Pipeline” group that objects to the controversial Access Northeast project — a $3 billion proposed expansion of the Algonquin Gas Transmission system that would add five miles of new gas pipeline in Canton. Did […]
The following is in response to a letter that appeared in last week’s Canton Citizen. Dear Editor: Why does the town hate the Canton River? The official name of that body of water is the East Branch of the Neponset River. I have a copy of the earliest map of what is now Canton and […]
Editor’s note: The Canton River, also called the East Branch of the Neponset River, passes through downtown Canton and through the former Plymouth Rubber factory site. A portion of the river has been redirected into a man-made diversion channel constructed by the Army Corps of Engineers. Dear Editor: Why does the town of Canton hate […]
Bubble wrap sent a Philadelphia military academy into lockdown last week. According to US News and World Report: Officials with the Valley Forge Military Academy and College say a student who lives in an Eastern University apartment building located on the academy’s property heard what she thought were shots fired Monday evening, and called 911. […]
Editor’s note: The following remarks were delivered by Selectman Mark Porter at the September 11 remembrance ceremony held at Canton Fire Department headquarters on Sunday morning. I was a high school senior when the towers came down. I watched them fall live on a CRT TV in the classrooms of my high school. I recall […]
I have my own kitchen for the first time. It’s small, only three steps or so across, with a monster-like fan. The stove looks as if it’s been half chopped off and the cabinets are stubborn, making you yank them open. And yet, it’s my own kitchen. I get excited just being able to wake […]
A family came into the bank recently to make a withdrawal from the savings account of their beloved mother, who had just died. Specifically, they wanted to get the money she had set aside for her funeral plus the amount she’d left in her will to her granddaughter, who had long planned to use the […]
I am sure he was a very nice little boy. And I think his granny’s dog was probably sweet and harmless. And I have no doubt that granny would have done anything to protect her grandson and dog. But this morning, she just wasn’t thinking clearly, or I expect she wouldn’t have opted to have […]
Dear Editor: This past year, various companies, CAPTs, and alumni generously donated to help send a Canton Future Problem Solving (FPS) individual, three Community Problem Solving (CmPS) teams, and a scenario writer to the International Competition at Michigan State University in East Lansing. Our FPS individual, CmPS teams, and scenario writer would like to thank […]
Did you know … MAC was recently given the grand tour of the new Canton Ice House skating facility by one of it owners, Bill Dadasis. Believe it or not, the Canton Ice House will have its grand opening over this coming Labor Day weekend, less than one year after construction began. The Ice House […]
