Thursday February 21, 2008 Stormwater Surcharge & Tennis Court Are Topics Canton Borough Council met on February 11 with President Ken Robertson and Councilors Will Holmes, Roger Tracey, Craig Parker and Sheila Riggs present. Other Borough officials at the meeting were Mayor John Mosser, Administrator Amy Seeley, Police Chief Doug Seeley and Sergeant Lance Larcom, Street Foreman Lewis Howell and employee George Jennin...

Thursday February 21, 2008 Start singing in the shower more and whistling while you work to get ready for the Community Sing-A-Long sponsored by Rekindle the Spirit, Inc. No need to be a Barry Manilow or Aretha Franklin, just bring your enthusiasm and joy of singing to the Manley-Bohlayer house in East Canton on March 8. If you love all those classic Broadway Show tunes or standard Americana songs you grew up with, come an...

Thursday February 21, 2008 Morale Mailing List Operation Holiday Morale is updating their mailing list. If anyone has a loved one on our mailing list, an estimated time of return to our homeland is needed. As always, anyone not already on the list may be added. Call 364-8115 or email troopsupport@frontiernet.net with that info. Little Debbie cookies are being sent this week. Of course funds are always needed. Checks may be...

Thursday February 21, 2008 With help from Memorial Hospital and Partners in Family and Community Development, has implemented a drug-free incentive program in the seventh grade for this school year. This program is a voluntary drug testing program which rewards positive behavior (staying drug-free) and deters young students from the temptation of experimenting with drugs. Currently, 58 seventh graders have volunteered and ...

Thursday February 21, 2008 The Canton Lady Warriors are a great bunch of young ladies and athletes. They play hard and give their all during all basketball games, but always keep their cool. This is the reason they earned one of the best honors NTL referees can bestow on a team. They earned the Good Sportsmanship Award for the 2007/2008 season. Not one of the ladies had a technical called on them nor did their coach, Carl ...

Thursday February 21, 2008 L. Manley Preston, 82, lifelong native of Canton, passed away at the Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre on Sunday, February 10, 2008. The son of the late Lee Michael and Elaine Elizabeth (Manley) Preston, Lee Manley Preston was born in Canton on June 19, 1925.    After graduating from Canton High School with the class of 1943, Manley earned a degree in Industrial Engineering from Penn Stat...

Thursday February 21, 2008 The Canton Area Chamber of Commerce sponsors an annual Valentine's Day essay contest. This year's theme was "My Almost Perfect Valentine's Day." All of the entries were entertaining and the Chamber had a difficult time narrowing the list to the final three. First place winner is Elizabeth Castle of Milan. She will receive dinner for two at Doc's Irish Inn and a dozen roses from Stull's Flowers. <...

Thursday February 21, 2008 The Canton Area Chamber of Commerce held its February meeting at First Citizens National Bank. Secretary John Shaffer pre sided in the absence of President Ken Robertson.    A visitor was Merle Young, who represented the "Experience Works" program, a 40-year old national nonprofit organization that offers training and employ ment opportunities for mature workers. The program once was kn...

Friday February 8, 2008 Canton Police Department recently received an AED from Western Alliance Emergency Services to better serve the citizens of Canton.  Canton Police Chief Doug Seeley and Western Alliance Executive Director and CEO Thomas M. Carman are working together to continue to expand potential life saving strategies for those areas covered by borough police, according to Seeley.  “The AED is c...

Friday February 8, 2008     Residents living in and  around the Canton community can be screened  to  reduce their  risk of having a  stroke. Life Line Screening Radiology will be at the Canton Moose Lodge #429 on February 27th. The Moose is located at 17 Sullivan Street. Appointments will begin at 11 a.m.    A  stroke,  also known as a  "brain attack...

Friday February 8, 2008     Art and music combine in a fitting arena on Feb. 24 with an afternoon of classical guitar music to kick off “In Perfect Harmony: The Concert Series in The Gallery at Penn College.”     Alphonse Ciaccio, a 1993 alumnus of Pennsylvania College of Technology, presents the series’ inaugural concert in the gallery, on the third floor of the college&...

Friday February 8, 2008     Laurel Health System's Bradford-Tioga Head Start is now enrolling preschoolers for the 2008-2009 school year. To enroll, the youngsters must be ages three or four years old by September 1, 2008.    Head Start is a  high quality preschool program available at no cost to income eligible children, ages 3 and 4, and their families. The youngsters attend four hal...

Friday February 8, 2008     Everybody won something on "Super Tuesday" but nobody won everything. Senator Clinton won eight contests and Senator Obama won thirteen of the Democrat primaries or caucuses, and  for the Republicans, Senator McCain won nine, former Governor Romney seven and former Governor Huckabee five.     This all is raw meat for journalists and political junkies, who ha...

Friday February 8, 2008     The New York Giants upset the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 42 (it's about time those Roman numerals were replaced), ending New England's hopes for a perfect season.    Teams win, teams lose, and the better team or the favorite does not always win. That is not our concern here. We are more interested in the recent trend of sports writers, fans, blogs, networ...

Friday February 8, 2008     The Canton Township Board of Supervisors held their regular February meeting with Chairman Gary Ferguson and Supervisors Jasper Smith and Mark McMurray.    Two visitors were Jeffery Johnston, Superintendent of  Schools at Canton, and Harold Hopkins, President of the Canton School Board. They presented information on the annexation of the Elementary School pr...

Friday February 8, 2008 Troy won the latest meeting of the rival communities when the Lady Trojan basketball team defeated Canton 59-33 February 2. Troy led 22-13 at halftime. Scoring for Troy: Lauren Gustin, 16; Meghan Manning, 15;  Ashley Greenough, 10; Amanda Goodwin, 7;  Rachel Westerfer, 3; Courtney Mattocks, 2; Auburn Jones, 2; Kayla Shedden, 2; Dana Anderson, 2. Scoring for Canton: Natalie Siedhof, 10; ...

By: Al SpencerFriday February 8, 2008 It was a late Christmas gift for the Towanda Black Knights at the Dist. 4 Team Duals as the Warriors dropped their first match 33-31 to Shamokin on Saturday at Milton. Towanda then, with the Warriors eliminated, took the over-all title over Mt. Carmel. Canton did pick up wins over Troy last week 43-18 and Liberty, 83-0. Canton is now (18-1) and awaits a big dual match-up with Waverly (14-2) next ...

By: Steve RockwellWednesday February 6, 2008 Little League lost a field last year to construction of the new high school field. This may cause some problems but should be looked at as an opportunity in disguise. The Canton Association is prepared to build a new field or fields if a site can be located. just for Little League but volunteers will be needed to maintain the field. Tee Ball and Coach Pitch teams will play on the VIA field near t...

Wednesday February 6, 2008 At a special meeting on January 25 the Canton Township Supervisors approved an application for aid from Bradford County to cover costs of $11,438.03 for the new road signs, post and brackets necessitated by the County's 911 readdressing. After the application is approved by PennDOT, the signs will be ordered. County aid is available for road name signs only. Owners of private drives are responsib...

Tuesday February 5, 2008   Completing a campaign promise to hold a town meeting in each of the fourteen counties in the Tenth Congressional District, US Congressman Chris Carney held a town meeting on January 11 at the Ward Methodist Church. The meeting began at 3 pm, with the Congressman shaking hands with everyone who came to hear him, including all the members of the news media. ...

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Tuesday February 5, 2008 On the morning of Thursday, January 24, 2008, John Paul Livezey, 100, Canton, passed away peacefully at Bradford County Manor. Born in Fox Chase section of Philadelphia on April 30, 1907, he was the son of Charles and Mary (Montgomery) Livezey. He attended the Fox Chase Elementary School and Northeast High School. Mr. Livezey earned his bachelor of arts and master's degrees from Penn State Univer...

Tuesday February 5, 2008   Few people have enriched a community as Jack Livezey enriched Canton. From his arrival until his last breath, he loved this place, and its people. He married a Canton girl and remained here the rest of his life, and he became a part of us. Mr. Livezey was instrumental in so many of the improvements and building projects in the Canton school system, including the present high school, and he...

Tuesday February 5, 2008 The Bradford County Historical Society's recent book, Barclay Mountain, A History, may be purchased at the Independent-Sentinel office, 4 West Main Street in Canton. The book sells for $42.40, which includes tax. Thislarge, hardbound book is a must for those interested in the history of the Barclay area....

Tuesday February 5, 2008 The annual Lenten Luncheons, sponsored annually by the congregations and ministers of the Greater Canton Area Ministerium, begin on the first Tuesday in the Season of Lent, February 12. The Ecumenical Parish, 43 North Center Street, Canton, again will be hosting the weekly event held each Tuesday, February 12 to March 18 from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. with a luncheon and a meditation presented by ...

Tuesday February 5, 2008 Three Addresses Needed   An organizational meeting of the CHS Class of 1958 50th Reunion Committee was recently held and classmates responding included Clarence Watkins, James Castle, Jerome Wynne, Ed Smith, Roger Castle, Marilyn Simpson Ervin, Dave Shedden, Shellie Palmer Kosmer, Ron Morgan, Bob Smith, "Bud" Porter, Pa...

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Tuesday February 5, 2008 Folks in this area were greeted with a quarter of an inch or so of ice on windshields, sidewalks, roads and porches on January 29. It caused at first a two-hour school delay and later a cancellation for the schools in Canton, Troy and other places. The ice was treacherous underfoot and there were numerous motor vehicle accidents, with cars skidding off icy roads....

Tuesday February 5, 2008 State Representative Matt Baker visited the Canton Borough office to present a check for $5,000 which will be used to upgrade security measures at the Borough Office. TV cameras and monitors are among the items that will be acquired. Accepting the check from Rep. Baker were Ken Robe...

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