John E. Strumski, 81, of Canton, passed away February 7 at Norwood Hospital. Born and raised in Canton, he attended Canton High School and was a Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War. Mr. Strumski worked in the Maintenance Department at Canton High School for many years before retiring and was a devoted parishioner of […]
Rosemarie G. Laz (Gallia), 78, passed away February 4 at Norwood Hospital. Born in Old Forge, PA, she was raised in Pennsylvania and attended Wilkes College and received her master’s degree in education from Temple University. She previously taught at Wilkes College, and for the last 25 years she and her husband, Thomas, operated a […]
Pauline G. Valday (Hill), 86, a lifelong resident of Canton, died February 5, 2011, following a long illness. Before retiring, Pauline worked as a telephone operator for 29 years for New England Telephone. She worked for 20 years in Canton and nine years in the Brockton office. Former wife of the late David Valday. Loving […]
Joseph T. Gavigan, of Orleans, formerly of Canton, passed away unexpectedly February 5. Born and raised in Canton, he attended Canton schools and graduated from Canton High School. He was the owner and operator of Gavigan Equipment in Middleboro since he was 22 years old. He was a longtime member of the Canton Town Club […]
Raymond L. Carlson, 84, of Canton, passed away February 4 at Norwood Hospital. Born in Boston, he was raised in West Roxbury and attended Mechanical Arts High School. He graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and attended Tufts University and worked as an engineering manager for Westinghouse in Hyde Park for many years before retiring. He […]
I was intrigued the day I opened the email from my good friend and fellow historian Dave Lambert. Lambert is one of the town of Stoughton’s preeminent local historians, and since Canton was once part of Stoughton, he shares my passion for all things related to the history of our two sibling communities. The email […]
After playing seven of its last eight games in the friendly confines of Metropolis Rink, the CHS boys’ ice hockey team traveled to Brockton on Saturday to take on Davenport foe Oliver Ames and somehow — despite playing sub-par hockey for two thirds of the game — managed to skate away with a 4-2 victory. […]
Junior forward Olivia Murphy played her best game of her high school career last Tuesday night, hitting a game-winning free throw with three seconds left to lead the Canton girls’ basketball team to a victory over Attleboro 61-60. The Bulldogs, who had been trailing the entire game, were tied 60-60 with three seconds to play […]
After two lackluster, winless weeks, the Canton High girls’ ice hockey team bounced back in a big way last week, winning all three of its games: 3-0 over Quincy, 6-3 against Westwood, and 4-0 over King Philip. The girls’ season record now stands at 7-4-2. The Bulldogs dominated from the start in the game against […]
The CHS girls’ indoor track team was well represented at the Division 3 Coaches Invitational Meet held on Saturday at the Reggie Lewis Track Center in Boston. Two of the girls, Vicky Tondre and Chidimma Nwankwo, qualified for this weekend’s McIntyre Elite Meet after finishing in the top 24 in the long jump and shot […]
