Dear Editor: I don’t think we actually realize how great it is to live near a city that has world-renowned hospitals and medical care; to live in a town where deer are in your backyard; where you have traffic “engineers” who must own auto body shops. About 10 years ago, I read a study that […]
Dear Editor: I saw a link to your debut column Four Legged Friends on Facebook and read the article. I wanted to tell you I enjoyed reading it and love the idea of a regular animal-related column. Susan Scheide’s story was entertaining and I just had to read it to the end. Keep up the […]
Dorothy T. “Dotty” King, 79, of Canton, died January 19, 2015. Beloved wife of the late Coleman M. “Buddy” King. Dear sister of the late Sister Helen Mary Hoffman and Albert J. Hoffman. She is survived by her cherished nieces and nephews. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend a Celebration of Life Mass to […]
Kevin Aufiero of Canton is having quite the senior season for the Stonehill College men’s ice hockey team. Through 16 games, the Xaverian Brothers alum has racked up 15 points — good for seventh in the Northeast-10 Conference — while leading the Skyhawks to an overall record of 9-4-3. Twice already this season, Aufiero has been […]
The Canton High boys ice hockey team faced two familiar nonleague opponents from the north last week and came away with a 1-1 split, falling to Newburyport 4-2 on Monday before crushing Lincoln-Sudbury 6-2 on the road on Wednesday. With the win and the loss, the Bulldogs moved to 7-4 overall with eight games left […]
Slowly but surely, CHS head girls basketball coach Jim Choquette is building something positive for the future. The team has one win to date but has competed well in several of their games as many of the younger players are getting more playing time and showing flashes of good play. Last week, Canton lost to […]
I’m not a winter woman. The cold, the dark, the endless nights — not for me. When I was a child I loved winter because I loved playing in the snow. I can still see the mountains of ice on the New York City streets looming higher than our building. We would climb them thrilled […]
The Canton School Committee decided last Thursday night to submit a “catch-up budget” for the next fiscal year that would substantially eliminate higher classroom counts at the middle and high schools. The new budget number is $37,159,654, approximately $175,000 more than the one proposed a few weeks ago by Superintendent Jeff Granatino and $1.38 million […]
The John F. Kennedy Elementary School fifth graders proudly presented Runway in Ruins, an original production written by the JFK Class of 2015 and Steven Krasner, on Friday and Saturday, January 23 and 24, in the CHS auditorium. See this week’s Canton Citizen for complete photo coverage, as well as a full list of cast […]
On May 31, 1921, the eyes of the world were on Dedham, Massachusetts, as one of the most famous trials in America was underway. Only a year earlier, a heinous crime had occurred in South Braintree when two men approached a couple of security guards who were delivering the payroll for the Slater and Morrill […]
