Israel “Izzy” Geller, a beloved community figure whose amazing tale of survival at the hands of the Nazis became an inspiration to generations of local residents, passed away on Friday, November 8, at the age of 89. A resident of Canton for the past 20 years, Geller had served the town for a decade as […]
Did you know … The Friends of the Canton Public Library are coordinating a mini-golf fundraiser inside the library on Sunday, January 19, 2014. The fundraiser is called the Caddy Stacks Mini Golf Fundraiser. A professionally designed 18-hole golf course will be set up throughout the library with refreshments available for purchase at the 19th […]
I just finished Billy Crystal’s new book, Still Foolin’ ’Em: Where I’ve Been, Where I’m Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys? Crystal writes about dealing gracefully with being 65. He may be a guy and famous, I may be a woman and definitely not famous, but there were times when I thought the […]
CHS sophomore Catherine Song finished 17th out of 157 runners in the Division 4 Eastern Mass. Cross Country Championships held November 9 at the Wrentham Development Center. As a unit, the CHS girls’ cross country team finished 11th out of 22 teams. Song ran the five-kilometer race n 20 minutes and 11 seconds. Other Canton […]
The Board of Selectmen voted Tuesday night to immediately revoke the liquor license of Centerfield’s Bar & Grille after nearly a year of inactivity at the beleaguered downtown restaurant. The decision was unanimous, with Selectman Bob Burr recusing himself as he had done with previous hearings involving the restaurant. The revocation of the license allows […]
Police have identified the pedestrian killed in a hit-and-run accident on Chapman Street on Thursday, November 7, as Sandra Johnson, 63, of 563 Chapman Street. The accident occurred at 6:20 p.m. in cold, rainy conditions on a busy part of Chapman Street near the Canton Junction train station. Police Chief Ken Berkowitz said Johnson was […]
Approximately 50 people attended the re-dedication of the town’s World War I memorial on Veterans Day, Monday, November 11, at Veterans Memorial Park. Canton historian and Citizen columnist George Comeau was the keynote speaker, and the American Legion band played the Star Spangled Banner, Taps, and two additional songs from the World War I era. […]
Alissa Eardley, RN, spent some of her vacation days in a tropical climate last January, far from the cold weather of the Boston area. But instead of heading for the beach, Eardley and a friend flew to northern Nicaragua to volunteer for ten days with Humanitarian Efforts Reaching Out (HERO). Eardley grew up in Canton […]
The Canton Police Department will present ‘notMYkid’ on Wednesday, November 20, at 7 p.m. in the Canton High School library. The presentation will be followed by a question and answer session. With prevention in mind, ‘notMYkid’ is a 45-minute drug awareness presentation for parents of middle school students. It will guide parents through the process […]
On Friday, October 25, the cosmetology program at Blue Hills Regional Technical School in Canton was bustling with an unusual level of activity. Throughout the day, every client chair in the salon-style classroom was occupied with students or teachers waiting for cosmetology students to either shave their head (boys) or tie their tresses back in […]
