By Michael G. Bellotti and John J. Larivee Imagine walking out of jail with nothing except a change of clothes and no money in your pocket. You want to apply for a job, but can’t because you don’t have a driver’s license, photo ID, or even a Social Security card. You head to the Registry […]
Dear Editor: On Saturday, February 10, my family experienced a senseless, tragic accident that resulted in the death of our neighbor and friend Ralph Hawkins. Due to the nature of the accident and contingent factors involved, the investigation took up most of the day. The state police were very thorough, respectful, and conscientious in their […]
Related: Residents come out in force against proposed detox facility Greetings to the Canton Board of Selectmen, Zoning Board of Appeals, and the citizens of our town: My name is Robert W. Mason. I am the owner of Bay State School of Technology, 225 Turnpike Street, and a longtime Canton resident. You’ve heard a lot […]
To the Editor: Tonight, I will attend my last meeting as a proud member of the Canton School Committee. To that end, I give my heart-felt thanks to all the citizens of Canton who saw fit to first elect me to the committee in 2002, and for the many terms and years that have followed. […]
Dear Editor: Our entire family was quite heated with the attack on CHS Principal Derek Folan in the paper last week, about his alleged political motives behind the planned student walkout. This reader clearly does not have teenage children! We are Second Amendment supporters and student supporters! Yes, you can be both! Thank you to the school […]
Editor’s note: The following letter was written in response to an email to parents from CHS Principal Derek Folan concerning yesterday’s National Student Walkout and is being printed at the request of the author. Dear Principal Folan: While what happened in Parkland of course was tragic, it is a well-known fact that it could have […]
Dear Editor: The students of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are the latest victims in what seems an unending string of school shootings. Because they were able to document events on their phones, we all had a small taste of the bone-chilling terror they experienced. I think if I had lived through that, I’d […]
Dear Editor: Members of No Canton Gas Pipeline: toward an equitable, sustainable future, Tammy Rose, Liza Colburn, Christine Smith and Jennifer Wexler and Canton High School seniors Kate Devine, Matt Floyd, and Julia Quinn met with Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction Jennifer Henderson on Tuesday, January 30, to discuss the current status, needs, barriers to, and future of climate education […]
Dear Editor: Last week I read a letter in the Canton Citizen in which someone stated that they wished to take down the hall of flags in the high school, and as an involved senior at Canton High School I feel my opinion should be heard. To the author, Mary McHugh: I am proud of […]
Dear Editor: I am thinking about the teens who are going off to college. I have heard the comments: no one teaches the youth about becoming an adult. We do live in a digital age and conversations are more important than ever. This is why I am writing you this letter. Let’s just say, as […]