With over two weeks since their last meet against North Attleboro on December 21, the CHS varsity girls’ and boys’ swim teams returned to action last Wednesday against Sharon. Neither team won — the girls lost 88-74, while the boys fell 99-60 — but head coach Lori Mooney said that even though there is still […]
The Bulldog wrestling team improved to 10-4 overall and 2-3 in the league by defeating Silver Lake Regional 36-30 and Beverly 33-31, and losing to Pembroke 45-18 and Oliver Ames 39-29. “I’m actually pleased that we were able to salvage the week with so many starters out of the lineup,” coach Tom Bartosek said. “All […]
The Canton High School varsity girls’ hockey team continued its winning streak this week, defeating Medfield 2-1 and King Philip 6-0 to bring its season record to 6-1 overall and 5-0 in league play. Although the girls were down 1-0 in the first two periods in the game against Medfield, they fought back hard, netting […]
A day after burying their friend and former teammate Scott Herr, the CHS boys’ varsity hockey team returned to the ice following two cancellations and offered a fitting tribute in the form of two blowout victories: 5-0 over Stoughton and 9-1 over a frustrated King Philip team. Head coach Brian Shuman said the Stoughton game, […]
After five tough games on the road to open the season, the CHS girls’ varsity basketball team was more than happy to play both of its games at home last week, and it showed in the Bulldogs’ performance as they played both opponents closer and produced more offensively. Now they just have to win. As […]
It was a mixed week for the 2-7 CHS boys’ basketball team with an exciting overtime win at home over Southeastern Regional Vo-Tech and hard-fought losses to North Attleboro and Stoughton. Canton scored its highest point total offensively with an 83-80 win over Southeastern but fell to North Attleboro 56-42 and to Stoughton 61-51. “We […]
By Tanya Willow The moon is still in the sky over Canton’s Town Hall when poll workers are due to come in and collect their wares so that they can be at their precincts when the polls open at 7 in the morning. Because of the timing of Senator Ted Kennedy’s death, Massachusetts is holding […]
While it is still too early to know for sure, the Canton Public Schools looks to be headed toward a “very, very dark period” for the next couple of years, according to Superintendent Dr. John D’Auria, who previewed the FY2011 operating budget at last week’s School Committee meeting. Although no actual line items were discussed, […]
~ A look at what made headlines in Canton during the 2000s ~In an article recapping the events of 2002, the Citizen proclaimed that “budget woes and building projects” dominated the headlines that year. A year later, this paper dubbed 2003 as “a year of progress — and traffic.” But as residents of this […]
Medically it has never been easy to be a woman. During the 5th and 4th centuries in Greece, female hysteria — which stems from the Greek word for uterus — was described extensively in gynecological treatises. Plato describes the uterus wandering throughout a woman’s body, strangling the victim as it reaches the chest. Hysteria continued […]
