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 […]
The Canton Choral Society presented its Annual Holiday Concert on December 11 in Canton High School’s Morse Auditorium. The popular event featured selections from Handel’s Messiah, winter holiday music, and sing-a-longs. CCS performers included: Crosby Goshgarian, Jr., founder/managing director; Anne Tripp Miller, music director; Kathleen McSherry, chorus manager; sopranos: Carolyn Fortin, Lindsey Galvao, Ingrid Hartfiel, […]
A controversial housing subdivision off Village Gate Road and Wayside Lane that faced years of opposition from abutters, town meeting voters, and various town officials finally received a green light from the Planning Board last week as members unanimously approved a special permit for a flexible development plan — albeit with a boatload of conditions. […]
The town of Canton has exhausted all legal appeals with respect to the Roseland housing project off Randolph Street; however, through conditions negotiated by town officials, the town will be getting more say in the project, more money, and improvements to the water supply in the York/Randolph Street area. Both the courts and the state […]
The Canton High School Athletic Booster Club is pleased to share some exciting news about its latest fundraising program. It’s called “scrip,” and it’s the fundraising program that works while you shop. Scrip is simply a word that means “substitute money.” The Scrip program enables CHS Booster Club families and friends to purchase pre-paid gift […]
It was an historic fall season for Canton High School sports teams, which together collected five Hockomock Davenport titles, two south sectional titles, and one Eastern Mass. championship. Check out the December 15 issue of the Canton Citizen for the annual fall sports wrap-up, featuring season highlights, team photos, Citizen all stars, and more. Above: […]
The quintessential New England road is one that is overarched with gracious old trees and dotted with ancient stonewalls. There are a few notable candidates that spring to mind: Elm Street, Green Street, Chapman Street and certainly York Street. Of these, York Street is one of the oldest and most developed, and is considered a […]
It isn’t often that the winning team in a championship game gets overshadowed by a single, correct officiating call, but that’s precisely what happened in the aftermath of this year’s MIAA Division 4A Super Bowl, won by Blue Hills Regional Technical School 16-14 over Boston Cathedral. The call in question, an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty against […]
I have to turn off the radio because I can’t listen to another economic failure due to unregulated greed. Who in their right mind thought the so-called “Super Committee” could ever come up with a workable federal budget? All the factors that froze Congress during the debt ceiling crisis would follow the bipartisan committee right […]
DID YOU KNOW … Canton Police are now enforcing the town’s winter parking bylaws, which prohibit on-street parking longer than one hour between the hours of 1 and 6 a.m. other than if acting in an emergency. The Canton Historical Society will have another open house at 1400 Washington Street on Sunday, December 18, from […]
