On Sunday, September 8, 10 residents from Canton will walk up to 26.2 miles along the historic Boston Marathon route in the 25th anniversary of the Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk presented by Hyundai. They will be among the 8,500 walkers expected to participate with the collective goal of raising more than $7 million to support lifesaving adult and pediatric patient care and cancer research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund. Since […]
Aug 15 2013 | Posted in
Sports | By
Canton Citizen
The Life is good Coffee House, new this year to the Life is good Festival, will be a relaxed, intimate atmosphere where festival goers can enjoy the new line of Life is good coffee and the following music lineup curated by Ryan Montbleau. The Coffee House acts will join Jack Johnson, Daryl Hall & John Oates, The Roots, […]
Aug 15 2013 | Posted in
News | By
Canton Citizen
Carl Raymond Peters of Palm Bay, Florida, passed away on August 1, 2013. Carl was born in Canton on April 28, 1944, the youngest of four children. He graduated from Canton High School in 1962, and after graduation he became a member of the Hoisting and Portable Engineers Local 4 out of Boston. Carl was […]
Aug 15 2013 | Posted in
Obituaries | By
Canton Citizen
To all of our terrific customers and friends: As you are aware by now, Kramer Jewelers was the victim of a break-in early in the morning of July 4. We are fortunate in so many ways. First of all, the loss was minimal as all of our inventory and customers’ merchandise are put in very […]
Did you know … In a very interesting article in the Boston Globe, it was recently quoted that about 96 percent of new vehicles sold in the United States have a “little-known piece of equipment in the innards of a car” — the event data recorder, commonly known as the black box. The recorder captures […]
Sometimes it seems as if there are people in the world who actually have nothing to do all day and all night but think up scams to steal money from complete strangers. Besides being international criminals, these scammers are heartless in the way they target people with highly emotional appeals, which run the gamut from […]
Last weekend, August 8-11, the First Parish Players premiered their spectacular summer musical, “Spring Awakening,” at First Parish Unitarian Universalist in Canton. Final performances are tomorrow and Saturday, August 16 and 17, starting at 7 p.m. The winner of eight Tony Awards and one Grammy Award, “Spring Awakening” is a rock musical with lyrics by Steven […]
Aug 15 2013 | Posted in
Uncategorized | By
Canton Citizen
Informational meeting planned for Aug. 19 in Norwood ~ Irv Kempner, a Sharon resident and son of Holocaust survivors, and Sid Handler of Newton, a Vilna native and Holocaust survivor, are actively recruiting participants for the Friends of the March of the Living (FMOTL) trip to Poland, Lithuania and Israel April 23 to May 7, […]
Aug 15 2013 | Posted in
News | By
Canton Citizen
The Canton School Committee recently reaffirmed plans to restructure the fee schedule for extracurricular activities and performing arts at Canton High School and the Galvin Middle School. The new one-time $60 fee at CHS will cover participation in foreign exchanges, debate team and mock trial, math team, school newspaper and literary magazine (editors), chess club, […]
Aug 15 2013 | Posted in
News,
Schools | By
Mike Berger
A regional task force consisting of police detectives from Canton and surrounding towns are continuing to probe a rash of Dunkin Donuts robberies in the area. Last week there were two more robberies reported — one at a Dunkin Donuts in Norwood and another in West Roxbury. Detectives are also following up leads related to […]
Aug 15 2013 | Posted in
News,
Police & Fire | By
Mike Berger
