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 […]
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 […]
