The following article appears in the Canton Citizen’s 2023 Financial Fitness Guide. See this week’s edition for information and tips from local professionals on a wide range of financial topics, including asset protection, real estate, tax preparation, and much more. *** It was another tragic story about a local person who was talked into letting […]
The 2023 annual town election is scheduled for Tuesday, April 4 and features contested races for Select Board, School Committee, and Library Board of Trustees (click here for a list of all candidates). Early voting will be available on select days and times in the Town Clerk’s Office beginning Saturday, March 25, and that is […]
On January 7, 2023, five Memphis police officers beat Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop. He was eventually brought to the hospital where he died three days later. Most of us have seen the video, or at least parts of it, if we could stomach watching it. This was just one more in a long […]
Canton Writes, the town-wide writing contest, once again invites everyone in Canton to sharpen their pencils, dust off their typewriters, or boot up their word processors and become the authors they are meant to be. This year’s contest consists of five age groups: grades K-2, grades 3-5, middle school, high school, and adult. Authors must […]
It’s a Friday night after dinner and you’re ready to go out for the night. You take a car from Boston to a function hall in Revere. The space is beautiful — a ballroom with glass windows, hardwood floors, and a big band right in the center. To one side stand clusters of boys; on […]
The following is the latest installment in an occasional series by Rich Carrara spotlighting the sacrifice and heroism of Canton veterans who were killed in action. Much has been written about Michael Callanan in the 2007 book Canton’s Fallen Heroes published by Edward Piana and former Veterans Agent Tony Andreotti. It describes the young man’s […]
By Kitana Le-Garcia In schools, students are the ones being governed. We have to abide by the school handbook, as well as decisions made by the school administration and teachers. Almost every decision made affects us. However, in situations that involve us, we are almost always the least informed. We see our teachers stand outside […]
Like a warm coat, memories hug us like those we have lost Beverly Beckham is a columnist for the Boston Globe and a longtime Canton resident. The column below was originally published in December and is being reprinted with permission from the Boston Globe. I told her I loved her coat, which was an almost-to-the-floor […]
Click here to read the press release from the Canton Teachers Association (CTA) dated December 23. Click here to read the press release from the Canton school leadership team dated January 3.
The following is the latest installment in an occasional series by Rich Carrara spotlighting the sacrifice and heroism of Canton veterans who were killed in action. The man discussed below was the author’s brother. *** Ernest D. Carrara was born on January 7, 1924, in Canton, Massachusetts. He attended Canton High School and received his […]
