The Open Book Coffeehouse continues its seventh consecutive season of showcasing live, acoustic music on Saturday, January 21, at 7:30 p.m., with a cappella group Overboard. Founded in the spring of 2006 by current director Nicholas Girard, Overboard is a male a cappella group from Boston. Although the group’s repertoire consists primarily of contemporary pop/rock […]
Submitted by Sage Lee, Pranathi Ganni, Lizzie Crespi, and James Bourikas ~ Here’s your chance to shoot and show your best green shots in the Canton Citizen. Submit original photos that demonstrate energy conservation and environmental preservation in novel and ingenious ways. Email your best green shots to Canton’s Green Team Auxiliary at greenteamaux@gmail.com. Then […]
Diane Christopherson draws on her life experience and coursework in pastoral care when she works with people who are grieving the loss of a loved one. A bereavement coordinator with Beacon Hospice, she will lead a bereavement group for eight weeks beginning January 31 at the United Church of Christ (UCC) in Canton for people […]
Cindy Poshkus is the new co-director of the Canton Food Pantry, taking over from Mary Ellen Hudner, who left the volunteer position last week after six years of service. Carolann Browne will continue as the other co-director. Poshkus heard about the opening from her neighbor Maureen Harriman, who is the treasurer of the Canton Area […]
Amid widespread fears that there would be no music for Christmas following the sudden ouster of popular music director Greg Paré, leaders at St. Gerard Majella Parish in Canton have indicated that a new music program is indeed in the works and that music will still be a part of the upcoming holiday masses. The […]
School Committee member Reuki Schutt said the work being done by the Extracurricular Subcommittee is very important because it may help the committee with its operational budget for the upcoming school year, especially with “more drastic cuts” potentially on the horizon. On Thursday, December 15, the committee heard a midpoint report from the subcommittee, which […]
After 27 years of covering government meetings for Canton Community Television — or as it was known back then, “Cable 8” — camera operator Jerry Frank is retiring. Frank started as the selectmen cameraman back in 1984, when the meetings could only go out live — no repeats, back before VHS recording tape, before computers […]
Jen Videtta, 24, has been appointed as new media manager for the Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League and Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Arizona. A native of Canton, Jen is the daughter of Mike and Laura Videtta. She is a 2009 public relations graduate of Hostra University and a former student of Mo Krochmal, who was […]
Police credit detectives with solving housebreak Police Lt. Helena Findlen said “great police work and follow-up” by the department’s detectives have led to the December 14 arrest of two suspects in a housebreak on Shaw Farm Road. Police charged Nicholas Litchfield, 26, of Taunton, and Matthew Patchell, 27, of 1123 Arboretum Way, with receiving stolen […]
Selectmen recently welcomed six new firefighter/paramedics to the Canton Fire Department. Pictured from left to right are Lyle Chandler, Doug Connor, Sean Fallon, Pat McGovern, Steve Driscoll, and Keith Ryan. (Mike Berger photo) Canton receives fire safety grant State Representative William C. Galvin (D-Canton) was informed by the state fire marshal that Canton will receive […]
