Did you know … The Canton Lions Club will be sponsoring a celebrity hockey game between the Boston Black and Gold Legends (former Boston Bruins hockey players) and the Canton All-Stars on Friday, February 7, starting at 7 p.m. at the Canton skating rink located at 2167 Washington Street. Admission is free. There will also […]
Did you know … Two new restaurants are being proposed for the center of Canton: A Middle Eastern restaurant at 515 Washington Street (formerly a flower shop) and a burger and seafood restaurant at 588 Washington Street that will be called Boston’s Baddest Burger and the Mainely Lobstah. The Chubby Chickpea, which formerly occupied 588 […]
Did you know … Dr. Susan Staples, associate professor of mathematics at Texas Christian University (TCU), traces her connections to the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) back to her high school days in Canton, Massachusetts, where the 1980 graduate was a member of the Canton High School math team under math teacher Marty Badoian. While […]
Did you know … At midnight on December 31, 2013, an old and decrepit Father Time, representing the year 2013, will finally come to an end. For some, it will be a happy passing while others will be sad about it. For many, it is a time to make a lot of New Year’s resolutions, […]
The following story appears in the December 12 edition of “Man About Canton” by Joe DeFelice. Canton native Ed Estey, 88, recently received the Legion of Honor Medal from the French government. The medal was first instituted by Napoleon Bonaparte and is considered the highest military honor in France. Estey landed on the beach of […]
Did you know … December is here, and it is time to think about winter’s overnight parking restrictions. Town bylaws specify that all overnight on-street parking, longer than one hour between the hours of 1 a.m. and 6 a.m., other than if acting in an emergency, is prohibited between November 15 and April 1 so […]
Did you know … Canton High School will face Stoughton in the classic Thanksgiving Day matchup tomorrow at 10 a.m. at Memorial Field in Canton. Each year, MAC publishes some facts, records, and trivia from the Canton/Stoughton rivalry that started in 1926. So here we go for this year. The rivalry now stands in Stoughton’s […]
Did you know … On November 26, 2013, Charlie and Mary Stevenson will celebrate a major milestone: their 75th wedding anniversary. Charlie, a member of the Canton High School Hall of Fame and the Massachusetts High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame, quarterbacked CHS from 1929 to 1931, amassing 25 wins and only two losses. He […]
Did you know … The Friends of the Canton Public Library are coordinating a mini-golf fundraiser inside the library on Sunday, January 19, 2014. The fundraiser is called the Caddy Stacks Mini Golf Fundraiser. A professionally designed 18-hole golf course will be set up throughout the library with refreshments available for purchase at the 19th […]
Did you know … Former CHS Bulldog great Billy Cravens, as you may have read in the Canton Citizen’s lead story a few weeks ago, is battling ALS, a progressive neurodegenerative disease that is often associated with the famed Yankee slugger Lou Gehrig. Many of you know Billy as either a Canton High football great […]
