The Canton Youth Soccer Girls 7/8 Arsenal spring travel team was lucky enough to be playing in Foxboro when an Army Blackhawk helicopter landed in the adjacent field. Pictured above in front of the helicopter are: (front row, l-r) Erin Zack, Drew Giglio, Olivia Chinsen, Anna Verille, Simela Donovan; (2nd row, l-r) Sarah Lopez, Lexie […]
In 1967-68, Joe DeFelice was a young member of the Planning Board and a local sportswriter. He met with then acting Recreation Commissioner Russ Kidd and the conversation between the two included the start of a slow-pitch Canton Men’s Softball League and a July 4th road race. No other nearby communities had a local road […]
With a 7-2 record and a win last week over previously unbeaten Braintree, the Canton American Legion Post 24 baseball team is off to a great start. It’s not one player excelling but the entire squad made up of Canton, Sharon, and Stoughton players chipping in with key hits, defensive plays, or helping out on […]
Check out this week’s issue of the Canton Citizen for the latest in Canton news, sports, events, and more. Highlights from the June 29 edition include: * Annual spring sports wrap-up, featuring photos and summaries for all CHS teams * Board of Selectmen news, including results from a recent town audit, Randolph/Washington intersection update and more […]
When the spring months roll around, we seem to get a lot closer to Mother Nature. We see our neighbors arranging flower boxes, planting bushes, and watering their lawns.
Canton native and NCAA Division III national basketball champion Matthew Droney has joined the Vassar College men’s basketball coaching staff as a full-time assistant for the 2017-18 season. The appointment makes Droney, at age 23, one of the youngest full-time assistant college basketball coaches in the country. A 2017 graduate of Babson College, the former Catholic […]
Joseph N. Soracco, 88, of Canton and Newport, RI, passed away June 16 at the Hellenic Nursing Home surrounded by his loving family. Born in Boston, he was raised in Dorchester and graduated from English High School and Boston University with a bachelor’s and master’s in music education. He was an Army veteran of World […]
John H. Arthur, 86, of Milton, formerly of Canton, died on June 13, 2017. Beloved husband of 59 years of Janet M. (Fuller) Arthur, formerly of Attleboro. Loving father of Susan E. DeProspero and her husband, Louis, of Vernon CT, James B. of Lakeville, Steven E. of Canton, Gordon H. and his wife, Kelly, of […]
Sheila Nicolini Hartnett, 56, from Greensville, South Carolina, formerly of Canton, passed away June 9, 2017, after a long illness. She was the daughter of the late Donald Hartnett, Barbara Hartnett and companion Paul Boyer of Carver; sister of Thomas Hartnett and his wife, Deborah, of Westford, and Daniel Hartnett and his wife, Christine, of […]
This is not just about Canton Co-operative Bank, though that is obviously the bank I know best. From my previous career as a bank examiner, I know that what I am about to say is true of many, many community banks throughout New England and nationwide. Day-to-day money management is a huge part of people’s […]
