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Clean-ups in Canton

Grasse River Heritage Corporation Spends over $1,000,000 to Restore Canton’s Environment

Friday, December 11th, 2009 by Alex Showerman

You may not have noticed it on your casual stroll downtown, but slowly Canton has been cleaned up, preserved, and redeveloped by a small non-profit that hopes to spark economic growth and environmental preservation.
Many students and community members are familiar with Willow Island on Main Street. According to Town Supervisor David Button,this is the former [...]

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Coach Looks to Open His Newest Venture, “The Club”

Friday, December 11th, 2009 by Jenny Kaagan

“It is the most exciting thing to happen in Canton in a long time,” said St. Lawrence associate economics professor Peter FitzRandolph of the new restaurant opening in Canton. The restaurant is owned by Rick Cassara, known to many as “Coach,” and is stylishly named The Club.
The restaurant is located on 25 Court Street. The [...]

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Price Chopper Makes $12.3 Million Offer to Buy Four Local P&C’s

Friday, December 11th, 2009 by Nicole Carnevale
Photo by Carter Kegelman

While Canton has always prided itself on supporting local businesses, the community may find itself thrown for a loop with recent rumors of Canton’s P&C food chain being bought out by a larger company.
According to the Watertown Daily News, Price Chopper wants to buy out four of Penn Traffic’s St. Lawrence county P&C supermarkets. Last [...]

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Holidays in Canton Save Money With New Lights

Friday, December 11th, 2009 by Anna Rehm
Photo by Carter Kegelman

Canton has switched their downtown Christmas lights from the usual incandescent bulbs to LEDs, a more efficient type of lighting.
The new lights were purchased from Coakley Carpet Ace One Hardware, a 107-year-old family business owned by Bill Coakley, brother of SLU Vice President of Administrative Operations Tom Coakley. The cost of the new lights was [...]

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Bridging the Gap: Still Connecting With The North Country

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 by Jasmine Wallace

St. Lawrence’s Bridging The Gap program has made the transition from an independent study to a regular course, starting this spring. Creator and class adviser Don Mesibov initially designed Bridging The Gap as an independent study course. According to Mesibov, “Teaching is about student learning and learning occurs, most effectively, when students are afforded the [...]

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It’s Sustainable and Local: Networking

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 by Anna Rehm

Local news. The word local is so local. It is right here on the page: local. My Thanksgiving dinner was so local. It was right there on the table. I have been away from Canton for a week and so I’m really not up to date on the local news. No indeed. And because I [...]

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Free Dinners at Canton United Methodist Church

Thursday, November 5th, 2009 by Anna Rehm

Every second, third, and fourth Wednesday of the month, Canton residents can get a free meal at the United Methodist Church on Court Street. Church members, community groups, and sports teams and First Year Programs from St. Lawrence cook and serve food for between 60-120 people.
The Free Will Dinners—so named to avoid the stigma of [...]

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