John F. Moran, 95, of Brighton, passed away at the Epoch Senior Care in Sharon June 9. Born in Brighton he was raised in Winthrop and graduated from Winthrop High in 1938. He was an Army veteran of World War II and worked as a machinist for General Electric for 45 years before retiring. He […]
Warren D. West, of Stoughton, passed away June 4 at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Born and raised in Jamaica Plain, he graduated from Jamaica Plain High in 1938. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War. He worked as a truck driver for Independent Pipe in Canton for 40 years and M. J. […]
Did you know … Dave and Carol Milligan recently became grandparents to Grace Milligan-Barr, who will be the fifth generation residing in the family’s 899 Washington Street home. Dave’s grandparents, Ernest and Anne Verity, were the original owners of the home. Ernest, as some of the old-time Cantonites will remember, was the owner of Verity […]
Editor’s Note: The following letters were sent to the School Committee and are being reprinted at the request of the authors. The School Committee was expected to vote tonight on whether to fund the proposed later school start times. See next week’s Canton Citizen for updates. Hello School Committee: We are putting sons 4 and 5 […]
A potent batch of heroin has made its way into the greater Boston area and is the likely culprit behind two overdoses in Canton last week, according to local law enforcement officials. One of the overdoses claimed the life of a Canton man in his 20s, while the second victim, who was also in his […]
The weather held up beautifully and the speakers came through with the perfect blend of humor and heart as the Canton High School Class of 2015 marked the end of their high school journeys last week in a memorable
The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday night voted to establish a Blue Ribbon Traffic Committee, which would serve as an advisory panel to the board and “proactively identify traffic issues in Canton and present novel solutions to the Traffic Study Committee for technical and feasibility review.” The committee will include one citizen from each of […]
The following is an excerpt from “End of the Line,” the latest installment of True Tales from Canton’s Past by local historian George T. Comeau. Henry Crane Jr. was the first Crane to live in what is now Canton. He received his property on what is now Green Street in the best way possible — […]
The Canton High School Alumni Association has recently presented CHS with a gift of $8,000 to be used for a variety of items to benefit CHS students. This gift will be used to provided for upgraded technology in the form of additional Chromebook technology, which will benefit all students, an additional iPad for a particular […]
Dear Editor: Why is our new exercise room too small? It’s a wall-to-wall challenge these days to observe and/or try to participate in senior exercise programs at the Council on Aging building on Pleasant Street! The square-footage of the exercise room has proven to be functionally inadequate. As warned from its inception on blueprint plans, […]
