Guest columnist Gary Titus begins his three-part series this week chronicling his struggle with food addiction and obesity that subsequently led to his decision to undergo successful gastric bypass surgery a year ago. By Gary Titus Saturday, January 10, 2009: I’m 51 years old and weigh 321 pounds. I’ve been morbidly obese for at least […]
I love cities. I love the messy, vital, constant movement; the color, the busy sweep, the very insanity of so many people living and working together in a small space. The other day I found myself defending my love of cities to a woman who hated them. “I’m a farm girl at heart,” she told […]
DID YOU KNOW… Before anything else, MAC needs to clarify that the charity hockey game between the Canton Fire/Police team and a team from the Boston police will take place on on Saturday, February 27, starting at 8 p.m. at the Metropolis Skating Rink. MAC incorrectly said last week that the game was on Sunday. […]
After blowing a two-goal lead against non-league Hanover and being forced to settle for a draw, the CHS boys’ varsity ice hockey team rebounded with a pair of solid wins last week to close out the regular season — 4-1 over North Quincy and 2-0 over North Attleboro. The victories gave the Bulldogs 15 for […]
Unable to crack an aggressive defensive attack, the Canton High varsity girls’ basketball team fell 62-50 on the road against Burke High in Dorchester in the first round of the Division 3 south sectional tournament Monday night. Fifteenth-seeded Canton headed into the state tournament playing its best basketball of the season, winning four of its […]
Down by 20 points going into the fourth quarter, the CHS boys’ basketball team staged a ferocious comeback and came within five points of tying the game before falling 69-60 to an 11-7 Bishop Stang team Tuesday night in the first round of the Division 3 playoffs. The Bulldogs ended the season at 8-13. Canton […]
Both the girls’ and boys’ CHS indoor track teams finished a very respectable fifth place in last weekend’s Division 3 Indoor Track Championships, held at the Reggie Lewis Track Center in Boston. Because of their excellent performances, several Canton individuals will continue on to the All-State Championships scheduled for Friday, February 26, also at the […]
For the second consecutive season, Canton High junior swimmer Chris LeDonne represented the Bulldogs at the Division 2 Swimming and Diving State Championship meet. LeDonne, who last year swam in the 100-yard and 200-yard freestyle events, competed in the 100-yard butterfly at last Saturday’s meet, finishing 25th out of 27 swimmers with a time of […]
The Bulldog wrestling team came home with three medalists from the MIAA Division III State Tournament held at Cohasset High School on Friday and Saturday. Senior Will Alfano placed third at the 140-pound weight class; fellow senior Kyle Forte took a fourth at the 112-pound weight class while junior Kevin Connolly came in sixth at […]
With a volleyball, a net, and a group of enthusiastic participants, Canton Public Schools’ Wellness Coordinator Peter Boucher just might have stumbled upon, quite literally, the “best new activity idea in America.” The game, a form of “inverted volleyball” that Boucher has dubbed “nitroball,” is among a group of ten finalists currently vying for that […]
