A two-year quest to secure justice for a deceased Canton woman and her unborn baby took a stunning turn last week when federal prosecutors confirmed what many close to her had long suspected — that 23-year-old Sandra Birchmore did not die by suicide as state and local authorities had concluded but instead was brutally murdered […]
Under cloudy skies and at times a light drizzle, more than 11,000 runners — including 82 from Canton — powered their way to the finish line at the 52nd annual ASICS Falmouth Road Race on Sunday, August 18. Runners and walkers from 45 states and 12 countries ventured to the Cape this year to experience […]
After three seasons of nonstop winning as a member of one of the most successful dynasties in American sports, Kyshani Dummott, for the first time in her professional career, felt the full agony of defeat as her Boston Renegades fell to the St. Louis Slam in Sunday’s Women’s Football Alliance (WFA) title game. “This one […]
In the wake of Publisher Beth Erickson’s decision to institute a pause on letters related to the Karen Read trial and in an attempt to address accusations of bias from a segment of our readership, the Canton Citizen recently undertook an internal review of op-ed content that has appeared in our pages over the past […]
Less than a week after a Norfolk Superior Court judge declared a mistrial in the murder case against Karen Read, attorneys for Read launched a formal request to have two of the three charges against her dismissed, claiming she should have already been acquitted based on the accounts of some of the jurors. While prosecutors […]
After four and a half days of exhaustive deliberations, and hours after receiving a special instruction urging them to push past their differences to arrive at a verdict, the jurors in the Karen Read murder trial returned to the courtroom on Monday still “starkly divided,” prompting Judge Beverly Cannone to declare a mistrial. Having previously […]
Allegations of bias in the investigation into the death of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe came into focus on Monday in Dedham Superior Court as defense attorneys for Karen Read — O’Keefe’s girlfriend and alleged killer — kicked off what was expected to be a grueling cross-examination of the lead investigator on the case, State […]
The opening round of the MIAA state tournament did not go as planned for either of Canton High’s lacrosse teams. Competing on the same day in road matchups against higher seeded opponents, both the boys and girls teams suffered similar fates, losing by 10 goals and getting bounced from the Division 2 playoffs. The 21st […]
A journey that began in isolation in the midst of a global pandemic culminated on Saturday in a “sea of green” as the 205 members of the Canton High School Class of 2024 came together on the CHS turf field to receive their diplomas. For CHS Principal Jeff Sperling, seeing them all together in their […]
Testimony was scheduled to resume yesterday in the murder trial of Karen Read with State Police Sgt. Yuriy Bukhenik due back on the stand following an emotional full-day session in which jurors were shown photos of the victim’s body as well as items of clothing he was wearing on the night that he was killed. […]
