When Christina Guccione returns to Canton this spring at the end of her freshman year at Syracuse University, she will have a few weeks free before starting her fourth season as a counselor at Pequitside Day Camp. She loves engaging with her 6- to 11-year-old charges as they play games and do arts and crafts. […]
An ongoing criminal investigation into a New Year’s Eve party at a vacant home on Weathervane Road has widened considerably over the past few weeks, uncovering an alleged sexual assault that occurred at the party and leading to the arrest of a 52-year-old Canton man. While police are not commenting on the specifics of the […]
Selectmen seized upon the positive news of greater town growth and revenue, and based on a recommendation of the town’s Revenue Committee submitted a municipal budget that is nearly 6 percent above last year’s figure. The budget vote, which was taken at the end of Tuesday night’s selectmen’s meeting, followed some additional positive news from […]
The Canton Community Problem Solving Team BRIDGES recently completed its fifth oral history interview of senior citizens in Canton. Galvin Middle School students Bella Botelho, Mary Kelley, and Carly LaFrance along with Hansen Elementary fifth grader Emily Kelley have been at it since last October. BRIDGES stands for “Building Relationships in Diverse Generations Entails Sharing” […]
Canton Writes, the annual town-wide writing contest, is in full swing. This year, there will be four age categories for authors to enter: elementary school, middle school, high school, and adult. Formats include short story, poem, or non-fiction/memoir, and authors are limited to one entry per format. No entry may exceed 1,000 words. Entries must […]
Talking portraits, state-of-the-art exhibits, a “destination” restaurant and taproom, a true village green — it’s all part of the bold vision for the future Paul Revere Heritage Site and cultural center off Neponset Street, and it is rapidly moving into the realm of possibility, armed with the backing of the influential Revere Heritage Commission and […]
As was the case across the rest of the Bay State on Tuesday, Donald Trump trounced the field of GOP candidates and Hillary Clinton earned a solid victory on the Democratic side in an action-packed primary day that saw more than half of all Canton voters turn out at the polls. Trump, the billionaire reality […]
Approximately 70 guests, including school and municipal leaders, members of the local law enforcement community, and students ranging from preschool age to young adults, gathered in the Distance Learning Lab at Canton High School last Wednesday for a Black History Month celebration hosted by Canton Families Embracing Diversity (CFED). The evening’s keynote speaker was Leonard […]
This coming Sunday, February 28, will mark the one-year anniversary of the collapse of Canton’s Metropolis Skating Rink, and while the rink still sits in ruins and frustration continues to mount over the lack of progress with the rebuilding effort, new information from town officials suggests that there could finally be some real cause for […]
Downtown Canton was the scene of considerable curiosity last week when federal agents descended on the private law practice of state Senator Brian A. Joyce, removing dozens of boxes from his Washington Street firm over a period of several hours
