Congratulations are in order for 14-year-old Kayla Lee of Canton, who placed second in the 11- to 14-year-old category at the 2016 American Fine Arts Festival’s “Golden Era of Romantic Music” International Competition. Lee, a 10th grader at the Winsor School in Boston, received the prestigious honor for her performance of Les Cloches de Geneve: Nocturne by […]
Blue Hill Country Club has been part of the Canton community since 1925. Hundreds of people pass by its golf courses and pool daily, perhaps not realizing that while the property was designed to be a members-only facility, the new owners, Concert Golf Partners, are hosting events that are open to the public while […]
Joseph D. Walsh, 83, of Norton, formerly of Canton, passed away November 20 at home surrounded by his loving family. Born and raised in Dorchester, he attended Dorchester Public Schools, graduating from Dorchester High School. Joe and his wife, Audrey, resided in Canton for 31 years where they raised their four children. Joe worked for […]
Dear Canton: I am proud that Massachusetts has been an example for other states across the nation in terms of clean energy and energy efficiency. In addition to a state energy bill that encourages offshore wind and energy storage for renewable energy, on August 17 the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled that the “pipeline tax” is […]
The partnership between man and dog goes back nearly as far as man and dog can be traced. Dogs do all kinds of jobs for us, from herding sheep to providing independence to the blind. The service dogs most of us are familiar with are the seeing eye dogs. When I was a kid, they […]
The Friends of the Blue Hills Deer — a grassroots organization made up of community organizers devoted to stopping hunts in and around the Blue Hills — will deliver 1,046 signatures to state leaders demanding the Department of Conservation and Recreation cancel its hunt planned for November 29 and 30 and December 6 and 7. […]
The addition of bow-and-arrow permits and an expansion into the previously off-limits area around Ponkapoag Pond in Canton are some of the major changes in store for the 2016 edition of the Blue Hills controlled deer hunt, which gets underway just before sunrise this coming Tuesday, November 29. Launched in 2015 in response to a […]
Hazel M. Bembery, 97, passed away peacefully Thursday, November 17, 2016. Hazel was a retired orthopedic inspector for Johnson & Johnson. She was the devoted wife of the late Samuel N. Bembery. She was the loving mother of Edward G. Bembery and his wife, Barbara, of Canton. A mass of Christian burial was celebrated Monday, […]
Canton High School presented Epic Proportions, a zany, screwball comedy by Larry Coen and David Crane, November 17-19 in the CHS auditorium. The play was directed by Katie Brobst and starred Meryl Prendergast as Louse Goldman and Tyler Czyras and Riley McDonnell as brothers Benny and Phil Bennet. See this week’s Canton Citizen for a complete […]
Canton attorney and longtime Zoning Board of Appeals Chairman Paul B. Carroll will be honored Thursday, December 1, when the Board of Selectmen dedicates a room at Town Hall in recognition of his service to the town. Carroll has spent a combined 50 years as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Canton Public […]
