By Kathy Anderson After having three games postponed due to the hammering rain in late March , the Canton High girls’ softball team started the season last week with a home-opener loss, followed by an exciting come-from-behind victory, also on the home field. Monday, April 5, Canton was shut out by visiting Sharon 3-0. Junior […]
All told, it was a good opening week for the CHS varsity baseball team as the Bulldogs played competitively in a 9-6 loss to Sharon, came back to win 7-6 in extra innings over Franklin, and played well in a heartbreaking 1-0 loss to Oliver Ames. Against OA, Canton got a great pitching performance from […]
The CHS girls’ lacrosse team started the 2010 season with wins against North Attleboro, 20-6, Ursuline Academy, 17-9, and Sharon, 16-6. Senior captain Ally Boudreau was the week’s high scorer with 17 goals over the three games. Freshman Meghan Lennon finished the week with an impressive six goals, while sophomore Emma Compagna and senior captain […]
By Dan DeBlasio The Canton High School boys’ lacrosse team was in action Friday as it took on visiting Sharon. The Bulldogs were coming off a big overtime win their last time out and were well rested playing in their only game of the week. Sharon, who was a playoff team a year ago, was […]
For the ninth year, the Luce School CAPT will sponsor its annual fun run and 5K road race. This year’s event will be held on Sunday, May 2. Teachers Maura Hershman, Erin DeYoung, and parent volunteer Bob Ciccketti conceptualized the event as a fun way to bring the entire community together. The fun run has […]
Selectmen announced Tuesday night that they will vigorously appeal a recent state court ruling that upheld the application of New Jersey-based Roseland Property Company to develop a large parcel of land near the Canton-Randolph border and build more than 200 housing units under Chapter 40B, the state’s affordable housing law. In 2008, the state Supreme […]
It was a bittersweet return to the School Committee for John Bonnanzio last week as the former two-term member who won election on April 6 was happy to be back serving the children of Canton, yet admittedly saddened by the state of the school budget. During a brief ceremony at the start of Thursday’s meeting […]
~ Benefit to help raise funds to send care packages to troops fighting oversees will be held next month ~ Of all the things Canton resident Mike Wagner received in his care packages during his nine-month tour of duty in Iraq, he appreciated his supply of baby wipes the most. For a soldier serving in […]
Little girls in black leotards and pink tights. Grade schoolers in black tap shoes tied with ribbons. Aspiring ballerinas in shiny pink satin pointe shoes. Lanky teenagers in jazz pants and high-heeled tap shoes. These sights are seen at dance studios throughout the country every afternoon, but at the Hazel Boone Studio in Canton — […]
The New York Times article “Building a Better Teacher” by Elizabeth Green is spreading through the teaching grapevine like a brush fire. In two days at least five people have forwarded it to me, and I’ve done the same, sending it to all the teachers in my life. It tackles the question: Is a good […]
