Hello Canton. There has been a lot going on in town over the past month. April was Earth Month. First celebrated in 1970, the first Earth Day marked the beginning of the modern environmental movement. While April 22 is Earth Day, the entire month is dedicated to raising awareness about the environment. In Canton, the […]
By State Representative Bill Galvin (D-Canton), 6th Norfolk District We are now five months into the new, two-year legislative session. I filed 35 bills at the start of the session that deal with housing, opioid addiction, healthcare, public safety, and local issues. These bills were recently assigned to committee and are awaiting a public hearing, […]
This story originally appeared in the Canton Citizen on March 30, 2017 and was reprinted this week. The weather in the Bahamas is quite beautiful this time of year, and for the members of the Skycombers Flying Club it would be a perfect way to spend a weekend away after a tough New England winter. […]
John Connolly, chair of the Canton Select Board, read the following statement on behalf of the town at the conclusion of Tuesday night’s meeting: Over the past several days, we have received inquiries concerning new reports related to the ongoing criminal case dealing with the death of John O’Keefe. The investigation into the matter was […]
People expect that the money they keep in a bank will be safe. That is certainly a reasonable expectation. Bad news and frightening news always seem to get the most attention. But the good news — the reassuring news — is that today, in 2023, the American banking system is very strong and American banks […]
In every election, there are winners and losers. Usually we think of the candidates as being the winners or losers. But in the recent Canton town election, Canton lost. Canton lost because of low turnout. A little less than 4,000 of the approximately 18,000 registered voters turned out to vote. Approximately 80 percent of Canton’s […]
In the interests of public safety, the Canton Police Department issued an advisory earlier this week regarding the possession and use of gel ball blasters. According to the CPD, there has been a rise in incidents, not only in Canton but in communities across the country, involving juveniles possessing/utilizing the popular toy weapons, also known […]
The Neponset River Regional Chamber is pleased to announce that it will be hosting a “Regional Restaurant Week” April 30 through May 4 in partnership with the towns of Canton, Dedham, Norwood, Walpole and Westwood. “For the third year in a row, we encourage everyone to dine out during Restaurant Week and of course to […]
With a wave of high-profile banking failures sending shockwaves across the global financial system and stoking fears of an incoming recession, the Citizen reached out to two local bank CEO’s to see how they are faring amid the crisis and to determine whether local depositors have any reason to be alarmed. Nick Maffeo, President & […]
By Bernard Mendillo We live in the United States of America — where the First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech. Perhaps “guarantee” is too strong of a word to use in today’s America. We are a nation divided — more so than we have been since the Civil War. Most of the freedoms we take […]
