The Canton Community Preservation Committee (CCPC) will host a public presentation of the newly completed Canton Corner Cemetery Preservation Plan on Monday, September 28, at 7 p.m. in the Salah Meeting Room on the second floor of Town Hall. Canton Corner Cemetery is one of the community’s most significant historic landscapes. With nearly three centuries […]
By Ret. Brigadier General Frank LaBollita I was 5 years old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, too young to understand what was happening to the world. Within a few months, when I visited my grandfather’s house, I began to notice pictures of men in uniform on his upright piano. When […]
A colleague recently asked me if I thought it would be okay if she cancelled a credit card she never uses. She’d heard cancelling a credit card could hurt a person’s credit score with the credit bureaus. She wondered if that was the case. I had to tell her the truth: I don’t know if […]
By Canton Public Health Nurse Kara Johnson As we wrap up National Immunization Awareness Month and look forward to the start of a new school year, now would be the perfect time to begin thinking about seasonal vaccinations. Vaccines are a safe, effective way to slow the spread of contagious disease. Not only do they […]
The Paul Revere Heritage Site in Canton preserves history with roots going back to the creation of our country. Over the years, it expanded into a large industrial site, initially by the Revere Copper Co. and continuing in the early 1900s with the arrival of the Plymouth Rubber Co. The entire area has since been […]
By Kristine Meaney, Stormwater Manager, Canton DPW Dog waste that is left on the ground is a public health issue that you can help prevent. Some dog owners who don’t pick up after their pet may think dog waste just quickly degrades on its own and isn’t a big deal, or that it’s fertilizer. However, […]
Dear Editor: The Canton Senior Center is approximately 6,100 square feet. Planning guidelines used throughout Massachusetts suggest that a community the size of Canton should have a facility of approximately 20,000 to 25,000 square feet. With 37 percent of Canton residents now age 55 and older, our current facility provides only a fraction of the […]
Canton Youth Basketball Association (CYBA) Annual General Membership Meeting Tuesday, June 30, 2026, 7-8 p.m. Location: The Revere Room (Floor 1 – Pequitside) The purpose of this meeting is to elect the Board of Directors for the coming year, receive reports, review bylaws and to transact such business as may properly come before the meeting. […]
The Canton Citizen is thrilled to present its annual CHS graduation issue! Available June 11 on newsstands across Canton, the special edition features: * A comprehensive recap of last week’s commencement ceremony * Tons of graduation day photos by Citizen photographer Mike Tureski * Then and now photos featuring more than 30 grads from the […]
By Rich Trotto As discussed in the first installment of this series, the Canton River — also known as the East Branch of the Neponset River — was moved underground when waterpower was replaced by electric power for industries at the present-day Paul Revere Heritage Site. When waterpower was no longer required, the Canton River […]
