The warm weather has arrived and summer is drawing near, which is good news for Canton schoolchildren but not necessarily for local motorists. For the lazy days of summer also happen to be the peak of the outdoor construction season, and over the next several months there are several major roadway projects planned in Canton. […]
When Nancy Cahillane Connor made the decision to offer one of her healthy kidneys to Stephanie Glazer — a New Jersey woman who had only come into her life just months earlier — she made sure to do her homework and thought long and hard about the surgery and the recovery time and all that […]
Senior captain Ben O’Neill continued to state his case for league MVP and the defense was its usual dominant self as the CHS boys lacrosse team earned a 1-1 split in two tough road matches last week against North Attleboro and Foxboro. With the win and the loss — both by a single goal — […]
Editor’s note: The name of the victim who was interviewed for this story has been changed in order to protect his privacy. When reports first surfaced in late 2012 that Father Thomas H. Maguire had been removed from public ministry in Norwell following allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct, Mark L., a Canton native and former […]
See this week’s Canton Citizen for a detailed snapshot of the 2016 town meeting warrant. Full-day kindergarten, traffic and school building studies, historical preservation projects, and an assortment of zoning amendments will all be up for consideration when voters convene for Canton’s 2016 annual town meeting, which kicks off this coming Monday, May 9, in […]
It was a mixed bag of results for the Canton High girls lacrosse team last week as the lady Bulldogs earned a split in their home-and-home series against nonleague Norwood. Canton dropped the first game in Norwood 10-6 on Tuesday but then bounced back with a decisive 11-4 win over the Mustangs at home two […]
After receiving widespread support from the community and breezing through the approval process with the planning and zoning boards, the developer of a soon-to-be constructed hotel on Royall Street has taken another big step toward realizing its vision, announcing last week that it has struck a deal with Hilton Garden Inn to be the hotel […]
When Jackie Langlois took one look at the dead beaver lying in the road just a few houses down from hers on Neponset Street late Friday night, she felt a mix of anger and sadness, but most of all she felt defeated.
In a major departure from school tradition but a big step forward in the name of equity, Canton High School has become the latest academic institution to end the practice of assigning graduation gowns by gender. CHS Principal Derek Folan had been mulling the change over the past several months and recently made it official, […]
After going winless through their first three matches of the season, the CHS boys tennis team bounced back in a big way with consecutive 4-1 victories over division foes Foxboro and Oliver Ames last week. Captains Jake Wolicki and Nathan Maltz continued their strong starts with wins in both matches at second and third singles, […]
