Paul Folkman and Jim Lamarr are developers. And, quite honestly, being branded a developer in a small town like Canton is usually a bad thing. It is the developers that receive the scorn of neighborhood associations, who see encroachments as personal attacks upon the value of their homes. Developers are branded as greedy, irresponsible, and […]
Nearly three decades have passed since Jeanne Quinn last had a real Thanksgiving. It was November 28, 1985, to be exact — the last one that she shared with both of her children, Shaun and Yvonne, together as a family. The following year, Quinn would spend that once joyous occasion living out a parent’s worst […]
Update: Thanksgiving didn’t go as planned for the Canton High football team as the Bulldogs fell to rival Stoughton 34-0 at SHS Thursday morning. Canton finishes the season at 6-5 with the loss. See next week’s Canton Citizen for complete Thanksgiving Day coverage. *** Having already secured its first winning season in more than a […]
First Parish Unitarian Universalist in Canton invites the public to a Thanksgiving weekend concert of chamber music by the Cottage Quartet on Saturday evening, November 29, starting at 7 p.m. Music Director James Chubet has put together an exciting evening of beautiful music for all to enjoy. The concert will take place in First Parish’s […]
CHS cross country standout Catherine Song competed in the Division 2 All-State meet last Saturday at Franklin Park and finished 40th out of 183 runners. Song, a junior captain, completed the 5K course with an impressive time of 19:59. According to head coach David Hiltz, this was the second straight year that Song qualified for […]
Congratulations to the Canton Pop Warner B team, led by head coach Kevin Hagan, who won the Hockomock Super Bowl on Sunday, November 16, with a 24-8 win over Norfolk. This is the third Super Bowl championship in a row for the B team, which went undefeated this season at 11-0 overall and is now […]
On the evening of November 6 at the Hilton in Dedham, Jeff and Pat Gallahue stood before a room full of oncologists and oncology nurses and humbly soaked in their applause. For the Canton couple, the occasion was both very meaningful and also quite surreal: Here were these lifesaving heroes, dozens of them from across […]
Dear Editor: I have lived in Canton Park Condominiums on Pine Street (next to the convenience store) since 2006. In all this time, I have never had to wait at the stop sign at the corner of Bolivar and Pleasant streets more than a minute or two. I have never seen an accident at the intersection. Crossing […]
Out of 120 applicants, the town of Canton has selected Nick Pirelli as its new assistant recreation director to help the department with programing and special events. This position, along with a town planner and a human resources assistant, were added to the operating budget at the 2014 annual town meeting. Recreation Director Janet Maguire […]
The Canton High School Drama Club dazzled audiences with its fall musical production, Footloose, on Friday and Saturday, November 14 and 15, in the CHS Morse Auditorium. Based on the classic 1980s film of the same name, the play follows the new kid (Ren McCormack) as he adjusts to life in a strict farm town. […]
