Stories written by Jay TurnerJay joined the
Citizen as a staff writer in the spring of 2007, and in a few short months he was promoted to lead writer/assistant editor. He now serves as the managing editor, overseeing news and editorial content and managing the newspaper's circulation. (Click
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With several top-flight players returning and a roster that is dangerous from top to bottom, the CHS girls’ varsity soccer team is poised for a breakout season in 2011. And the girls certainly looked the part in their first week of action as they improved to 2-0 with impressive wins over Duxbury and division foe […]
Sep 14 2011 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner
After a postponement on Thursday due to rain, the CHS varsity field hockey team traveled to Sharon on Friday and cruised to a 5-0, season opening victory. It was business as usual for the defending south sectional champions, who return several key players from a team that went 20-1-1 and reached the state semifinals. One […]
Sep 14 2011 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner
Although there are worse things than starting a season with back-to-back draws, the CHS boys’ varsity soccer team is going to have to do better than that if it wants to achieve its lofty goal of winning the state championship this year. Ranked No. 4 in the Boston Globe’s latest Top 20 poll and boasting […]
Sep 14 2011 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner
The image of kids in summer evokes carefree, lazy days and nonstop fun, but as a group of St. John’s students in the Green Street neighborhood of Canton recently proved, summer can also be a time to make use of one’s talents and help make a difference for those in need. For best friends Eliza […]
Sep 8 2011 | Posted in
Features | By
Jay Turner
“In the end, no one will ever be the same.” Those were the words that appeared on the front page of the Canton Citizen on September 13, 2001 — just two days after the worst terrorist attack in American history. Even then, in the immediate aftermath of unprecedented tragedy and with the country still “reeling […]
At a Rose Garden ceremony in 2009, current U.S. President Barack Obama characterized the treatment of Vietnam veterans in the years following the war as a “national disgrace” and “one of the saddest episodes in American history.” Indeed, by the late 1960s the war had grown so unpopular that soldiers were often advised not to […]
Sep 7 2011 | Posted in
News | By
Jay Turner
Her T-shirt proclaims her a star, and on September 24, that is precisely what 8-year-old Lucy Falcone will be, as an image of her and her grandfather, Bruce Beckham, will appear on the MTV jumbo plasma screen in Times Square as part of a special video presentation promoting the “value, acceptance, and inclusion of people […]
Aug 31 2011 | Posted in
Features | By
Jay Turner
While it wasn’t the devastating force that many weather experts had predicted, Tropical Storm Irene packed quite a punch as it made its way through southeastern Massachusetts on Sunday morning, with wind gusts topping 60 miles per hour — including a 66 mph gust recorded in neighboring Norwood. Meanwhile, across Canton there have been numerous […]
Aug 28 2011 | Posted in
Uncategorized | By
Jay Turner
Late last month, with his team vying for the state title at the Taunton West Little League complex, Andover Nationals manager Paul Finn spotted a familiar face in the crowd — one that brought him all the way back to his playing days as a Dodger in the Canton Little League. It was Jerry Delang, […]
Aug 24 2011 | Posted in
Sports | By
Jay Turner
The pain in Sandy Goldstein’s voice is evident from the moment she speaks, and the more she shares, the more it becomes clear that she still hasn’t grieved the loss of her beloved nephew Jonathan Forman. As Sandy herself later admits, grief is a luxury that she simply cannot afford right now — not with […]
Aug 17 2011 | Posted in
Features | By
Jay Turner