Dear Editor: The Canton Fish and Game Association, a nonprofit organization, in conjunction with Vertex Tower Assets, LLC, has filed an application with the Canton Zoning Board of Appeals for a zoning variance and a special permit to construct a telecommunications base station in a residential neighborhood at the end of Nasir Ahmad Road. This […]
By Mark Porter After reading several pieces on the unfortunate situation with Canton’s teachers, I thought it might be valuable to share my perspective on the situation as someone who is currently unplugged from the current goings-on in municipal government but also someone with 12 years of municipal finance experience. First and foremost, I have […]
Dear Editor: The Galvin Middle School GSA has temporarily moved to the Makerspace at the Canton Public Library to hold our after-school meetings. We are not in our usual school classroom because of the work-to-rule action by the Canton teachers. Our GSA is a non-funded club, so our teacher is not compensated for running clubs […]
By Kitana Le-Garcia In schools, students are the ones being governed. We have to abide by the school handbook, as well as decisions made by the school administration and teachers. Almost every decision made affects us. However, in situations that involve us, we are almost always the least informed. We see our teachers stand outside […]
Dear Editor: The tactics now being employed by the Canton School Committee to create community pressure and resentment towards the Canton Teachers Association (CTA) for its perfectly legal action in strictly adhering to the existing contract is no different than the scare tactics and intimidation used by private companies to thwart and undermine unionization and […]
Dear Editor: First I wish to thank the Citizen for such great year-round community news coverage. Our town is very fortunate to still have this vital news source by dedicated local staff and ownership! Did anyone else notice the advertisement in the last edition for only four Masses at St. Oscar Romero over the holidays? […]
Brought to you by Canton’s Sustainability Committee Holiday season is a time for family, friends, and making memories. It’s also a busy season for shopping, decorating and baking — which can lead to a lot of extra trash. Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, American households generate roughly 1,000 extra pounds of waste. That’s according […]
A fellow local banker and I got talking about how local banks can often help borrowers who get into mortgage repayment difficulty if only the borrowers will come in and talk to us. That’s true. Many struggling borrowers do come in. Some don’t. But ignoring problems usually makes things worse. Or things can get dramatically […]
Last Tuesday was a good day. No, I am not talking about candidate wins or losses. Everyone has their own opinion of those. I spent Election Day as a poll watcher at an urban New Hampshire precinct. I’m talking about process. Given the campaign season drama and hyped prognostications of how the day might play […]
Dear Editor: Thank you to the Canton community for all your support to help make our 2022 market season a great success! From the volunteer crew to our sponsors, customers, community groups, and of course, our vendors, it was a true collaborative effort. We had more than 14,000 visitors to the market this year, and […]
