Heading into the postseason, the CHS boys’ tennis team was playing its best tennis of the season — having won six of nine matches — but Canton could not keep its run going, falling 4-1 to Old Rochester Regional High School in the first round of the MIAA Division 3 south sectional tournament last Friday […]
Just 24 hours after top-seeded Hingham swept 16th-seeded Dighton-Rehoboth in the first round of the MIAA Division 2 south sectional tournament, the Harborwomen returned to action Monday afternoon and beat Canton 5-0 in the quarterfinal round, ending the season for the CHS girls’ tennis team. Canton, seeded eighth out of 18 teams, entered the tournament […]
Four years ago, before her youngest son went off to college, Canton resident Cheryl Conroy asked a group of moms — friends she’d made from her son’s hockey and lacrosse teams — to get together once a month for a social gathering. “My beginning intentions were a little selfish,” Conroy said. “I didn’t want to […]
The Board of Selectmen Tuesday night approved a replacement Reverse 911 system after the old system performed poorly during the recent state of emergency caused by an MWRA water main break in early May. The new system, which is expected to be on-line within two weeks, will give residents more options as to how they […]
As a researcher whose bread and butter is educational leadership, Dr. John D’Auria came to Canton in 2007 realizing he had the perfect laboratory to test one of his long-held hypotheses: that a superintendent can impact the culture and climate of a school system as much as a principal can impact a school or a […]
Today I introduced ten new vocabulary words that were harder than usual because my class likes challenges. The words may be difficult, but we shall persevere, both because of their attitude and because persevere is on the list. They liked that word. They felt that it described them and their quest for a GED. All […]
DID YOU KNOW… One of our readers has complained to MAC that the copy of the current labor contract between the town of Canton and Town Administrator Bill Friel, as well as the current contracts with the town unions and other town employees, are not on file at the library as required by longstanding town […]
~ Team looks to prepare for state tournament ~ King Philip has had the CHS girls’ tennis team’s number over the last few seasons, but then again, riding a 61-match win streak into Canton’s regular season finale, the Warriors have pretty much dominated everyone they have played. But last Monday, the state tournament-bound Bulldogs closed […]
After losing to North Attleboro on May 13, the CHS boys’ tennis team was 6-8 and needed to win three out of its last four matches in order to qualify for the state tournament. Three weeks later, Canton did exactly that — beating Stoughton, Foxboro and Cohasset in consecutive matches, bringing Canton’s win total to […]
Senior Amarachi Njoku’s first-place throw in the shot put was one of several outstanding efforts by members of the CHS outdoor track teams at Saturday’s Class C Sectional Track Championships held at Oliver Ames High School. Besides Njoku, senior Chidimma Nwankwo (shot put), junior Radiya Buchanan (triple jump), and senior Colleen Healy (400 intermediate hurdles) […]
