Dear Chairman Connolly and members of the board: Thank you very much for allowing me to participate in the 10th anniversary commemoration of the 9/11 attacks and the dedication of the memorial to Canton native Michael Uliano and other 9/11 victims held in Canton on Sunday. The ceremony at Veterans Memorial Park was a perfect […]
Dear Editor: We want to extend a huge thank you to the Ricky 27 Foundation. The foundation contributed a grant that made it possible for one of our field hockey players, Cady Kelly, to participate with our club field hockey team in the National Field Hockey Festival in Virginia this past summer. With their help, Cady was able […]
Dear Editor: This is a note to the community at large. We wish to extend our thanks to Kramer Jewelers, Reebok, and LensCrafters for their generous support to Maxim and Denis from Clincy, Russia. Also, thanks goes out to the many people in the town for their anonymous kindness. The fire and police departments also […]
Dear Editor: Hats off to Tanya Willow on her debut column, “Outside the Whale,” in last week’s Canton Citizen. Bold and inspiring, her words are truly refreshing in today’s society in which ennui, inertia and self-preservation oftentimes prevail. I recently saw on television the results of a poll in which the majority of college-age Americans […]
Dear Editor: It was an honor and a privilege to have been associated with Mac MacGregor in the practice of law for over 30 years in Canton. Mac was a brilliant lawyer, a wise and judicious town moderator and selectman, a devoted family man, a skilled pilot, a joy to his many friends and acquaintances, […]
Dear Editor: Thank you everyone for such a wonderful evening at our end of summer pool party. We had over 70 Canton kids in sixth, seventh and eighth grades attend the event, which was held at the town pool on Bolivar Street. This event would not have been possible without the youth commissioners in attendance. […]
Dear Editor: I noticed the other day on my way to work that the town of Canton DPW was working on Everendon Road, off Walpole Street. A few days later I noticed that the town repaved Everendon Road. Well, there is one street off Walpole Street that is one of the oldest streets in Canton, […]
Note: The letter below references a recent hearing held on the Patrick administration’s proposed ban on skin shocks, a practice currently employed at the Judge Rotenberg Center in Canton. The proposed ban is nearly identical to the budget amendment advanced by Senator Brian Joyce that was defeated by House members during recent conference committee debates. […]
Dear Editor: St Gerard’s in Canton and House of Possibilities have an amazing partnership. The St. Gerard’s youth group has been volunteering this year, and I have had the pleasure of working with them for the past six months. We have parties or socials called “Saturday Night Live” for special needs teens and adults. Every […]
Dear Editor: In a letter published in this space recently, I was criticized for my efforts to stop the application of painful electric skin shocks to disabled children at the Judge Rotenberg Center in Canton. The author suggested that my efforts on this and other matters were motivated by recent publicity and political expediency. Please allow me […]
