~ Will host Magic and More March 20 ~ By Kathy Anderson They’re brilliant yet unassuming. Indomitable, yet humble. They have won more championship competitions than any other team at Canton High School. They are the CHS math team, and they are on their way to the Massachusetts State Finals meet April 9 at Shrewsbury […]
Mar 11 2010 | Posted in
News,
Schools | By
Canton Citizen
Selectmen will submit a balanced budget to the Finance Committee and elected to only spend $52,000 in new money for the five municipal departments that requested additional spending beyond their level-funded budgets. Although the five departments’ new requests totaled more than $175,000, selectmen followed the suggestion of their chairman, Sal Salvatori, and authorized $4,254 to […]
Mar 11 2010 | Posted in
News,
Town Government | By
Mike Berger
Following four-plus years of legal wrangling and failed negotiations, the longstanding dispute between the town of Canton and Westwood Station developer Cabot, Cabot & Forbes appears to finally be over after both sides reached an agreement in principle late last week that would satisfy virtually all of the town’s demands. Selectman Victor Del Vecchio, speaking […]
Mar 11 2010 | Posted in
News,
Town Government | By
Jay Turner
Planning my gastric bypass – Wednesday, January 14, 2009 This is the second in a three-part series by Gary Titus 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 I’ve been preparing for this since the end of […]
Mar 4 2010 | Posted in
Opinion | By
Canton Citizen
I have a cold, so it’s been a miserable week. For me the worst part of a cold isn’t the stuffy nose or hacking cough, attractive though they might be; it’s the fact that I can’t sleep at night. Over the years I’ve developed my own regimen for getting through a cold. At night I […]
DID YOU KNOW… Where are all the candidates for local town offices? Where are all the budding politicians? Has voter apathy become our fate and destiny? Once again our town election will be a quiet, lackluster affair. This time, we have only one contest, and that is for one seat on the Canton Housing Authority. […]
Senior wrestlers Will Alfano and Kyle Forte and junior Kevin Connolly finished their season at the All-State Wrestling Championship Tournament held at Salem High School on Friday and Saturday. Forte lost close bouts at 112 pounds to Nate Hooper from Masco and Nick Cahsion from Winchester to bring his career at CHS to an end. […]
Outstanding goaltending by senior Jon Donaruma and another dominant performance by league MVP Kevin Rooney proved to be the difference on Saturday as the CHS boys’ hockey team survived an OT thriller against familiar foe Mansfield to earn a return trip to the Division 2 south sectional semifinals. The 4-3 victory, won on a Rooney […]
Mar 4 2010 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner
Canton High will be sending three members of its boys’ and girls’ indoor track teams — junior high jumper Matt Sidney, senior shot-putter Amarachi Njoku and senior sprinter Samantha Smith — to the New England Track Championships this Friday night at the Reggie Lewis Track Center in Boston. The trio qualified for the New England […]
Mar 4 2010 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Mike Berger
Gamble on an excellent evening at Las Vegas Night, hosted by the Canton Alliance for Public Education on Friday, March 19, from 7 p.m. to midnight at Lombardo’s in Randolph. “Relax, enjoy yourself and have a fun night out for a good cause,” said co-chair Courtney Stubelis. Fifty dollars per person includes dinner, DJ, and […]
Mar 4 2010 | Posted in
News,
Schools | By
Ruth Weiner