The results are in from this year’s virtual Hockomock League Indoor Track Championships and the Bulldogs are proud to celebrate three league champions: Jonathan Chery (200m), Deyontai Dennis (high jump), and Maddie Rousseau (100m hurdles). Overall, the boys team finished fifth and the girls finished eighth among 12 league teams. Both Canton teams had several […]
The Canton Citizen is pleased to partner with the Canton Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee to present “Community in Unity,” a monthly series spotlighting Canton residents of diverse backgrounds. *** Many businesses have suffered during the pandemic, and North End Motors, a used car dealership on Turnpike Street, is no exception. Although more people have […]
Besides Tuesday’s news on the loosening of outdoor mask requirements and the release of final state reopening plans, Town Administrator Charlie Aspinwall reported more optimistic news for the town at Tuesday night’s Select Board meeting. Aspinwall said there have been only 19 new COVID cases over the last seven days, a much lower volume compared […]
Did you know … MAC recently read Canton’s Beverly Beckham’s column in the Boston Globe entitled “Vaccinated, but I still feel like I’m stuck in pandemic purgatory.” In the United States, it seems each state has its own COVID-19 rules and restrictions. Beckham spent time in Florida and said “masks required” too often meant “masks suggested.” She said about Florida, […]
Leo Reardon, the Canton Fire Department’s interim EMS coordinator, reported two opioid rescue incidents in Canton as well as one assistance call in Randolph during the month of April. On April 11, EMS treated a 35-year-old male patient who overdosed on Sassamon Street near the fire station. Reardon said the patient was found unresponsive and […]
A small but spirited group of volunteers joined together to clean up the grounds of the Museum of American Bird Art on Saturday as part of an Earth Day Cleanup event hosted by Canton Residents for a Sustainable, Equitable Future (CR4SEF). See this week’s Citizen for more photos by Cynthia Rosina. Click here to order […]
Check out this week’s issue of the Citizen for the latest in Canton news, sports, events, and more. Highlights from the April 29 edition include: * Community in Unity: Local business owner reflects on family, faith * COVID update and more highlights from the April 27 Select Board meeting * Departing SB member Mark Porter excited […]
Dan Cummings, founder of local nonprofit Journey Forward, never backs away from a challenge. When the pandemic derailed last year’s Casino Night, the organization’s largest annual fundraiser, he didn’t miss a beat. Cummings assembled a team of virtual runners and walkers and channeled his efforts into training for the 2020 Falmouth Virtual Road Race and […]
Dear Editor: If I called my electric company (Eversource) to negotiate a lower price and demand that it purchase more from producers using renewable or clean sources (like wind, solar, hydro, geothermal), I would get nowhere. But suppose a town administrator calls and says: I am buying electricity for everyone in my town, residents, businesses […]
Canton High School alumnus Mike Dobbyn freely admits that he’s not a science guy. He’s good with math — he was on the high school math team — and is a financial advisor with Merrill Lynch. But he has learned a lot about human enzymes since his son Connor was diagnosed with a catastrophic disease in 2019.
