Town Counsel Paul DeRensis, the co-chairs of the Canton Community Preservation Committee (CCPC), and the Canton Select Board have agreed to a compromise regarding the acceptance of new project applications for Community Preservation Act (CPA) funding. The CCPC had previously voted to “pause” the acceptance of applications while it worked to bring its new administrator […]
The Canton Farmers Market wrapped up another successful season with the second annual Fall Fest on Sunday, October 23. The family-friendly event featured seasonal games and crafts, live music, hayrides with HKS Clydesdales, a touch-a-truck, police horse meet and greet, Canton Food Pantry drive and much more. More than a dozen local vendors were on […]
With flu season underway, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) is urging residents to get their flu shot as well as a COVID-19 vaccine or booster. It is recommended that every person over the age of 6 months gets a flu shot annually, and according to health officials, now is an ideal time to […]
Check out this week’s issue of the Citizen for the latest in Canton news, sports, events, and more. Highlights from the October 27 edition include: * Canton Farmers Market wraps up season with Fall Fest
The CHS girls soccer team snapped a five-game winless skid with an important, 4-2 road victory Friday at division-leading Oliver Ames. The Tigers still maintained control of the Davenport as of Monday with a record of 11-3-1 while the Bulldogs remained in second place at 8-3-3. The team had three games remaining this week, culminating […]
Theresa E. “Terry” Gardner (Delahanty), 73, of Readville, passed away peacefully Friday, October 21, 2022, at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston while her husband, Harry, sat at her bedside holding her hand. Theresa was born in Staten Island, NY, and moved to Boston as a little girl. A graduate of South Boston High School, Terry […]
Enjoy the season’s finest colors from the summit of the region’s highest hill at the annual Blue Hills Fall Foliage and Sunset Hike on Saturday, November 5. Co-sponsored by the Friends of the Blue Hills, the Blue Hill Ski Area, and Orchard Cove in Canton, this is the only opportunity to hike down Great Blue […]
In partnership with Arbella Insurance, the Boston Celtics visited Camp Ponkapoag in Canton on Monday, October 3, to unveil a newly renovated outdoor basketball court as part of the Arbella Insurance Homecourt Makeover Program. Celtics forward Grant Williams helped break in the court as he led a youth basketball clinic for children ages 7-13 from the YMCA of Greater Boston.
While overall standardized test results were mixed and absenteeism remains an ongoing concern throughout the district, Canton schools continue to perform well in relation to their counterparts, according to the latest accountability report put out by the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). Although a formal accountability classification was not assigned to most […]
It passed without any notice. February 23, 2022 — two hundred and twenty five years to the day that Governor Samuel Adams put pen to paper and signed the act that separated what is now our town from the mother town of Stoughton — came and went without fanfare or even so much as a […]
