Check out this week’s issue of the Citizen for the latest in Canton news, sports, events, and more. Highlights from the May 7 edition include: * CHS senior update and highlights from the April 30 School Committee meeting (click here for excerpt) * Canton students celebrate Earth Day * Local seamstress sewing in time of need * […]
Preservation Massachusetts, in partnership with The 1772 Foundation, is pleased to announce the awarding of a historic preservation grant to the David and Abigail Tilden House at Pequitside Farm. The circa 1725 Tilden House, which is being transformed into a living history center under the leadership of the Canton Historical Society, was awarded a $3,480 […]
Canton High School Principal Derek Folan announced a more concrete year-ending plan for the Class of 2020 and set a May 7 date to gather input from seniors and stakeholders regarding their thoughts on graduation events. In addition, School Committee members, meeting remotely on April 30, endorsed School Business Administrator Barry Nectow’s plans to provide […]
Kristen M. Kingsley, 50, of Canton, passed away May 5. Born in Malden, she was raised in Canton and graduated from Canton High School, Class of 1988. She worked as a project manager for Carousel Industries in Rhode Island. Kristen was a fitness fanatic and was an aerobics instructor and ran the Falmouth Road Race […]
George M. Mansfield, Jr., 84, a former resident of Norton for 30 years and most recently of Lincoln, RI, and Boothbay Harbor, ME, passed away peacefully April 27, 2020 at Trinity Health & Rehabilitation Center in Woonsocket, RI. He is survived by his beloved wife of 51 years, Catherine (Butler) Mansfield, whom he married on […]
Elizabeth M. Votruba, 67, of Canton, formerly of West Roxbury and Boston’s South End, passed away peacefully at home on April 18, 2020. Born in Boston’s South End on August 15, 1952 to Tofe M. and Frances M. (Joseph) Tannas, she was a lifetime parishioner of St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church of Boston. She proudly […]
Dear Canton small businesses: We know that most of our local small businesses are hurting badly as a result of the COVID-19 health crisis and state-ordered work stoppages. When you suffer, the whole community suffers, whether as employees, customers, or residents who take for granted your contributions to our local tax base. Just as important, […]
Dear Editor: As we are all aware, our first responders and neighbors go above and beyond, which has been a true testament during this time of uncertainty. One example of their heroic actions happened on a recent Monday when we experienced a terrible storm. While sitting home with my young son, a tree broke and […]
By Julie Goodman, PhD, Chairman, Canton Board of Health Although you may have never known, the Canton Health Department has been contact tracing for decades. Contact tracing involves finding people who have been in contact with a person who has been infected with a pathogen, monitoring or quarantining those people, and repeating the process if […]
The spread of the COVID-19 virus has led to extreme changes in daily life. Schools and many businesses are closed; social distancing mandates are the new norm; and people are being told not to go to hospitals unless they need immediate medical care. Regular medical care, however, is something that pregnant women need; when the time […]
