Joseph H. Cogliano Jr. of Sharon passed away August 18. Born in Brockton, he was raised in Canton and graduated from Canton High School where he was a star basketball player. He went on to attend Northeastern University and worked for many years in the sheet metal industry for Norwood Sheet Metal and Highview Heating […]
Stageworthy Drama, a Canton-based theatre school, proudly presented Stef DeFerie’s Never Eat a Talking Lobster: Tales of Moral Instruction for Incorrigible Children last Friday at Pequitside Farm. Directed by Canton resident Aoife Barrington-Haber, the play featured 11 talented kids and teens from Canton and Holbrook. Cast Rosalyn Grady – Salty John, the Lobster; Livia Danna […]
If you were to walk into my childhood bedroom, you’d think I was still 13 years old. Flowered wallpaper lines the walls; posters of 2000s heartthrobs peek out from under the couch; snow globes gather dust on a shelf. A corsage from a St. John’s annual father-daughter dance, from a year when I could still […]
Dear Editor: With the creation of a collaborative of St. Gerard’s and St. John’s back in June 2018, followed by the renaming of the churches into a single parish as St. Oscar Romero last fall, it was no surprise that the church decided this July to close St. Gerard’s and sell the property. As Father […]
The Canton School Committee reluctantly voted 4-1 on August 12 to mandate face masks inside all public school buildings at least until October 7. At that time the board will revisit the policy and consider changes. The policy is in effect for all students, staff, visitors and school bus passengers. Individuals can be excused from […]
Massachusetts State Police are investigating a shooting incident that allegedly took place on the highway somewhere between Randolph and Canton on the evening of Friday, August 6. CPD Lt. Patty Sherrill said Canton Police learned of the incident from Norwood Police, who encountered a 20-year-old male with a gunshot wound in the parking lot of […]
Check out this week’s issue of the Citizen for the latest in Canton news, sports, events, and more. Highlights from the August 19 edition include: * Schools mandate face covering and more School Committee highlights (click here for excerpt) * Neponset River Watershed earns solid marks on 1st bacteria report card * True Tales Retold: Henry […]
The deadline is quickly approaching for the Friends of the Blue Hills’ 2021 photo contest, sponsored by Dedham Savings and Patagonia. Entrants can submit up to four photos each showing why they love the Blue Hills. Anyone who enters this free contest will be in the running for a Patagonia Better Sweater Jacket — one […]
Marguerite (Etty) Rafferty, 86, of Norfolk and formerly Canton, passed away peacefully surrounded by loving family August 12, 2021. Born in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, to Bernard and Mary Sherry and raised in Glasgow, Scotland, Etty immigrated to the United States in 1963 to marry her childhood sweetheart, Vincent (retired Canton Police Detective who predeceased […]
A celebration of life has been scheduled on Saturday, August 21, for Robert (Bob) Arthur Perry, of Deerfield, NH, who passed away peacefully on December 19, 2020, due to complications from his valiant battle with lung cancer. There will be a gathering of family, friends and neighbors to celebrate Bob’s life in the backyard of […]
