By Darcie Fisher The Canton High School Visual Arts Department is pleased to announce that six students have been recognized with Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Founded in 1923, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are the longest running awards competition in the country for creative teens. In the art categories, Hannah Isaac was recognized […]
A Haitian Creole potluck. An African drumming workshop. Students learning Latin dance. Listening to the story of a young boy and his family fleeing Nazi Germany on his 12th birthday. All these, and more, were featured as Canton High School and the Galvin Middle School recognized World Languages Week (March 4-8). Members of the World Languages Club helped plan the event, which encourages students to learn about and celebrate other cultures as well as their own.
By Drs. Christina Cipriano and Stephen Curtis The first time we applied for a disability parking placard for our son Miles he was 6 years old. The application process was riddled with barriers, culminating with us having to hold our son up from his wheelchair because the camera at our local Registry of Motor Vehicles […]
Submitted by Mindy Milman Hello everyone, I’m Mindy Milman, and I’m eager to secure a spot on the Board of Library Trustees to champion your interests. As a proud resident of Canton for over 14 vibrant years, I’ve become intricately woven into the fabric of our community. The library and Canton hold profound significance in […]
Members of the Canton High School Drama Club will be entering law school at Harvard as they put on the musical version of Legally Blonde next weekend, March 15-17, in the CHS auditorium. The show follows the bubbly, always sunny, and pink-loving Elle Woods — along with her Chihuahua named Bruiser — to Harvard Law […]
The following article appears in the Canton Citizen’s 2024 Financial Fitness Guide. Check out the 2/29 edition for information and tips from local professionals on a wide range of financial topics, including asset protection, real estate, tax preparation, and much more. *** By Charles Gaffney, SVP of Operations & Technology, Bank of Canton Celebrity impersonations […]
By Tom Birmingham, Chair, Canton Energy Advisory Committee As the name Canton Electricity Choice implies, Canton residents and businesses will soon have a new choice to make. This choice involves whether to: 1. Continue to buy your electricity from Eversource, Canton’s local electric distribution company 2. Purchase electricity from a third-party supplier, as some of […]
Brookwood Community Farm, a nonprofit working farm located on Blue Hill River Road in Canton, recently wrapped up a very successful year with a great tour of the farm attended by DCR Commissioner Brian Arrigo along with Brookwood board members, board chair Vivien Morris and food access manager Vickey Siggers from Mattapan Food and Fitness […]
Dear Editor: On Monday, November 20, the town of Canton will hold a Special Town Meeting in the Canton High School auditorium beginning at 7 p.m. This STM was initiated by voters in our community. I strongly encourage you to carefully review the Recommendations of the Finance Committee to the Voters of Canton, informally referred […]
By Bernard Mendillo, Special to the Citizen Follow the Yellow Brick Road — sometimes referred to as Washington Street — to Canton High School and see the Drama Club’s dazzling production of The Wizard of Oz, which premieres next Friday evening, November 17, in the CHS auditorium. “This faithful adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s famous […]
