Did you know … The new senior center is scheduled to be completed around this time in 2014. The building at 500 Pleasant Street — the former headquarters of the Canton Knights of Columbus council — will be renovated into Canton’s new senior center. The core of the building is a multi-purpose room and a […]
By Harriet Burak On September 9, 2004, my son, Michael, died from a heroin overdose. The prior January, after years of denying his addiction, Michael finally admitted that he needed help and had entered a residential program with the goal of, in his words, “beating the monkey on my back.” During the months that Michael […]
Dear Editor: Over the course of this school year, several CHS athletic teams will be participating in a fundraiser for their programs and the Athletic Booster Club. The fundraiser will be selling Bulldog Pride memberships in the CHS Athletic Booster Club. It will be a great way to show your support of CHS student athletes […]
Did you know … The Billy Armando Memorial Golf Tournament will be held on Tuesday, October 15, at Blue Hill Country Club, located at 23 Pecunit Street. Check-in is at 9 a.m., and the shotgun start with a scramble format will begin at 10. The fee for golf participation is $135 per golfer, which includes […]
Dear Editor: As the CHS athletic year gets underway, I’d like to take a moment to recognize the efforts and generosity of several groups and companies for helping us improve WWII Veterans Memorial Field by installing a new scoreboard and enclosing our press box over the past two years. In recent years, it became clear […]
Did you know … Now that Labor Day has come and gone, I guess you could say that summer is just about over, and signs of autumn are all around. The weather is noticeably starting to change, and temperatures are starting to slowly slip downward, causing crickets to chirp a little slower in the evening. […]
Yesterday a lady in the supermarket snack aisle remarked: “Did you ever notice that they put the Oreos right next to the rice cakes?” Startled, I looked around and realized that she was right. Directly in front of the rice cakes was a cardboard display stacked with double stuff Oreos. “Yes, but we will prevail,” […]
Dear Editor: The citizens of Canton should be grateful for the great work done by the five selectmen of Canton in regards to the massive University Avenue project. They have extracted many benefits for Canton from the developers that many thought were highly unlikely. Gerald A. Salvatori Jr., Avril T. Elkort, Robert E. Burr, John […]

The Canton community packed the stands at Memorial Field Friday night for a special charity scrimmage event hosted by the CHS football program in honor of former Bulldog great Billy Cravens, who was recently diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The inaugural “green and white” game raised nearly $12,500 for the Cravens family through ticket […]
Did you know … Dunkin’ Brands Group, the corporate parent of Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins brands, is asking the town of Canton to extend the current 10-year tax increment financing deal for five years. The tax break, which will need town meeting approval, would reduce the annual property tax payments by 20 percent. The company’s […]