Dear Editor: Over the course of this school year, several CHS athletic teams will be participating in a fundraiser for their programs and the Athletic Booster Club. The fundraiser will be selling Bulldog Pride memberships in the CHS Athletic Booster Club. It will be a great way to show your support of CHS student athletes […]
Dear Editor: As the CHS athletic year gets underway, I’d like to take a moment to recognize the efforts and generosity of several groups and companies for helping us improve WWII Veterans Memorial Field by installing a new scoreboard and enclosing our press box over the past two years. In recent years, it became clear […]
Dear Editor: The citizens of Canton should be grateful for the great work done by the five selectmen of Canton in regards to the massive University Avenue project. They have extracted many benefits for Canton from the developers that many thought were highly unlikely. Gerald A. Salvatori Jr., Avril T. Elkort, Robert E. Burr, John […]
The Canton community packed the stands at Memorial Field Friday night for a special charity scrimmage event hosted by the CHS football program in honor of former Bulldog great Billy Cravens, who was recently diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The inaugural “green and white” game raised nearly $12,500 for the Cravens family through ticket […]
Editor’s note: The following letter was sent to the Board of Selectmen and is reprinted with permission from the author. Dear Canton selectmen: We understand from the article in the August 22 issue of the Canton Citizen that an agreement has been reached with University Station regarding infrastructure improvements between Canton and Westwood. We would […]
Dear Editor: Canton Little League installed “Boston Strong” banners at all of our fields prior to the start of the season to show Canton’s support for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. During the opening day parade we led our parade with one of these banners. We raised over $1,000 that was donated towards […]
Dear Editor: In recent months the Canton Citizen has reported on the old Plymouth Rubber property on Revere Street and how the current owners wanted to build a housing development on the site. The School Committee and others said it would put a burden on our schools, DPW, police and fire departments. But the town […]
To all of our terrific customers and friends: As you are aware by now, Kramer Jewelers was the victim of a break-in early in the morning of July 4. We are fortunate in so many ways. First of all, the loss was minimal as all of our inventory and customers’ merchandise are put in very […]
Dear Editor: I am deeply saddened and troubled by the closing of the Gridley Preschool (formerly run by the Recreation Department). My 4-year-old daughter attended the school this year and blossomed. Not only was the quality of the program excellent, but the teachers had a special gift for understanding young children. Whether it was when […]
An important but little known committee has been meeting lately to discuss a serious issue facing the residents of the commonwealth: the extraordinary amount of debt we are carrying. At the end of last year, Massachusetts was $21.182 billion in debt. According to the 2010 Census data, this works out to $11,309 for every man, […]
