Three years after Canton voters rejected its proposal to build a large, mixed-use development at the former Plymouth Rubber site on Revere Street, Canton Development Properties, a subsidiary of the Illinois-based Napleton Company, will head back to town meeting and try again — this time with a proposal that is far more general in scope, […]
The 10th seeded CHS girls’ ice hockey team pulled off an impressive upset victory over seventh seeded Wellesley Monday night in the opening round of the Division 2 state tournament. Down 2-1 after the first period, the Bulldogs came back to tie the game at 3 before pulling away in the third en route to […]
In a town meeting matter entirely separate from the Plymouth Rubber rezoning proposal, the town of Canton will seek approval from town meeting voters to acquire the rights to Reservoir Pond, which the Napleton Company had inherited when it purchased the Plymouth Rubber site in 2006. Napleton, as part of a settlement agreement with Canton […]
The Board of Selectmen, with the support of Town Administrator Bill Friel and Finance Director Jim Murgia, approved nearly $130,000 in additional municipal spending for FY 2012, which amounts to roughly half of what all municipal department heads had requested for next year. Selectmen did approve additional amounts for those department heads who requested it, […]
Dear Editor: We wanted to share our story of thanks with the citizens of Canton. Several weeks ago on a Monday evening at 10:30 p.m., our carbon monoxide detector started beeping. My husband got out of bed and said he was going to check the detector. He said he cleaned it out and then plugged […]
Playing a ferocious, full-court press defense, hitting several three-point shots, and limiting Dover-Sherborn to just nine fourth quarter points, the CHS boys’ basketball team advanced to the second round of the Division 3 south playoffs with a resounding 58-46 upset win at Dover-Sherbon Monday night. The Bulldogs, seeded 19th in the 20-team bracket at 5-15, […]
After taking down Mansfield — the top-ranked team in all of Division 2 south — to capture the inaugural Hockomock Classic Cup, the CHS boys’ ice hockey team went out and took care of business last week in its final two regular season contests, defeating nonleague opponents North Quincy and Melrose on back-to-back days to snag the second seed […]
DID YOU KNOW … Bowing to the questionable recommendation of the Recreation Commission, the Canton Board of Selectmen has voted to celebrate the Fourth of July instead of the more popular annual Canton Homecoming Block Party in September, and MAC believes it is a big mistake. A year ago, there was a survey poll conducted […]
I’m probably one of the few people who enjoyed high school even with all the teen angst floating around. But one thing I do not miss is the popularity contest that always poisoned the air — everyone jockeying around for a slot on the I’m-so-cool list. As I recall, being part of the in-crowd was […]
The Canton High indoor track teams were well represented at the All-State Track Championships, as Canton seniors Matt Sidney (high jump) and Jon Vaughn (55-meter hurdles) both placed third. Both will continue on to the New England championships tomorrow, March 4, and according to CHS head coach Chris Elgar, they have a good chance to […]
