Selectmen on Tuesday night announced the creation of a Pequitside Farm Task Force that will be made up of town officials as well as one or two abutters to the property. Selectmen asked that all construction at the site be halted until the task force can meet and discuss the planned renovations to the town-owned […]
The Dean S. Luce Elementary School fourth and fifth graders proudly presented Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr. on Friday and Saturday, February 2 and 3, in the CHS auditorium. See this week’s Canton Citizen for more play photos by Michelle Stark. Play Cast Pilot – Thaddeus Bloomfield; Grimsby – Jayden Hinds; Triton – Ryan Garrett; […]
Canton school officials will have to decide whether to compromise or stand their ground after the town’s Revenue Forecast Committee asked them to slash $540,072 from their proposed school operating budget for the next fiscal year. The revenue committee, which includes Finance Director Jim Murgia and members of the Finance Committee and other town officials, […]
According to CHS head girls basketball coach Jim Choquette, when senior center-forward Hannah Jerrier scores 20 or more points, the lady Bulldogs have a great chance of winning that game. When she is held to under 15 points, Choquette said, the opposite usually holds true. That was the case again last week as Jerrier topped […]
As the moon rose over Canton on a cold January night in 1887, the distant sounds of laughter echoed across Forge Pond. It was a night for sleighing and late into the night the ritual was in the last throes of enjoyment. There is, of course, the refrain in Jingle Bells that calls the best […]
Check out this week’s issue of the Citizen for the latest in Canton news, sports, events, and more. Highlights from the February 8 edition include: * Highlights from the most recent School Committee and selectmen’s meetings (previews here and here) * Photos from JFK production of The Little Mermaid Jr. * Canton Citizen’s 2018 Valentine’s Couple of the Year * […]
The Canton High boys swim team notched its eighth win of the season and the girls produced two more sectional qualifiers in an exciting final meet against Mansfield last Thursday night at Wheaton College. “It was such a good meet and both teams were very close,” noted head coach Cheryl Cavanaugh. “The boys won 87.5-82.5 […]
I recently heard a story about a businessperson who discovered that the check a client had sent them had been intercepted somehow and cashed by a stranger in another state. This story had an odd twist. When the businessperson reported that the check had never been received, the company that had written the intercepted check […]
To parents of school-age children in Canton: Can anyone tell me why only two people — Barry Nectow, business administrator for the Canton Public Schools, and Stephen Connolly, operations manager at Michael J. Connolly & Sons bus company — have the final say in where school bus stops are located in Canton? Seven weeks ago, […]
Fire Chief Charles Doody is calling his most recent department reorganization the most impactful change to come to the CFD since EMS ambulance service was added to the force in 1972. Doody recently implemented the second major wave of personnel adjustments with the retirement of Fire Captain Dan Beal, who stepped down after 31 years […]
