Theresa N. Walsh (McDonald), 79, of Canton, died after a brief illness on March 30, 2014. Devoted wife of Robert E. Walsh Jr. of Canton. Loving mother of Robert E. Walsh III and his wife, Joan, of Marshfield, and Lisa C. Walsh of Canton. Sister of Helen O’Neil of Woburn, Mary McKinnon of Walpole, the […]
Francis “Frank” T. Mosley, 70, of Assonet, formerly of Canton and Brockton, died after an extended illness on Saturday, March 15, 2014, in the Kindred Nursing & Rehabilitation Center of Walden in Concord. Frank was born in Canton on September 17, 1943, to the late William and Claire (Ronayne) Mosley. He grew up in Canton […]
Dear Editor: The Executive Board of the Canton Association of Business and Industry (CABI) would like to ask the citizens of Canton for their support with a yes vote on the April 8 ballot question. This would provide commercial and industrial businesses with a $100,000 property exemption on the CPA tax, similar to what is […]
Did you know … The Canton High School varsity basketball team had an outstanding year. It set a CHS record with 10 straight wins and set an all-time record by scoring 97 points in a game. The team also scored 95 points in a game during the season. The Bulldogs finished the season at 14-8 […]
Nostalgia is a dirty word when you’ve reached a certain age — especially when your past has become a playground for the younger set. People go to parties dressed in ’60s costumes (hey guys, that was what I wore every day) and the latest movies extol how much fun getting dressed in the ’70s was. […]
Canton’s Meghan Lennon has earned her third straight Commonwealth Coast Conference Rookie of the Week award after leading the Endicott College women’s lacrosse team to two big wins last week. Lennon tallied an impressive four goals and two assists in a 14-9 victory over the University of New England and also had a goal and […]
This coming Tuesday, April 8, is Election Day in Canton, and voters should have very little difficulty filling out their ballots with only one name listed for each of the 12 open seats. This will mark the second straight election — and third in the last four years — that Canton has not had a […]
The Canton Citizen is proud to recognize the following 23 CHS winter athletes as 2014 Citizen All Stars. See this week’s paper for a complete wrap-up of the winter sports season. Co-MVP Sam Larson (Boys’ Basketball) A senior captain, Larson was the Bulldogs’ best all-around player and a bona fide league MVP candidate, averaging more […]
Last Wednesday, March 26, members of the Canton Police Department joined police and fire personnel from across Norfolk County at a training session on the administration of naloxone, or Narcan, an opiate overdose reversal drug that has saved the lives of thousands of overdose victims. More than 80 first responders took part in the training […]
The following is the second in a two-part series on the Burr Lane Burying Ground by local historian George T. Comeau. Click here to read the full text of part one, “Skull and Bones.” The dog was covered in spring mud. After the rains he was always coming home filthy with sticks and old roots. […]
