The Canton High School softball team finished the first half of the season with three difficult losses: 5-0 against both King Philip and Oliver Ames and 11-6 against Stoughton. Despite failing to get a hit against KP, coach Ed Amico said the girls played their best defensive game of the season. The Bulldogs gave up […]
Dear Editor: Despite it all, the weirdness of two rules to cover a tie — one if the moderator hasn’t already voted, and another if it’s a budget item — and the appeals to emotion that would make a Southern Senator Claghorn blush, we passed some good articles and turned down others. Having been on […]
Dear Editor: On behalf of the more than 41,000 healthcare workers of 1199SEIU throughout Massachusetts, I would like to thank Representative William Galvin for meeting with frontline healthcare workers from the Canton area recently. Rep. Galvin was incredibly gracious in taking time to hear from us as constituents and as caregivers about the challenges we […]
DID YOU KNOW … You might be interested to know that Canton wasn’t the only area community not to have any contests on their town ballot. Sharon, Raynham, Scituate and Westwood didn’t have any contests either. Apathy must be getting contagious. Work on the final phase of a five-year, $1 million plan to repair and […]
By Police Chief Ken Berkowitz With the nice weather upon us, the ongoing challenge of youths gathering at various locations around the town becomes problematic. I am asking parents, especially of teenagers, to talk with your children and ensure that they have specific destinations to go to. When possible, drop your child off at that […]
It may be cliché to say that you can touch history, but in all honesty, our history is made up of the places, artifacts and stories that we preserve for future generations to “touch.” Nowhere is this more evident than in the new exhibit at the Canton Historical Society that lays bare the artifacts brought […]
Bertha J. Abbott (Waters), 80, of Milton, formerly of Canton and Hyde Park, passed away April 28, 2011. Bertha was a retired registered nurse. Devoted wife of the late Gerard J. Abbott. Loving mother of Christine M. Meloski and her husband, Richard, of Quincy; Michael G. Abbott and his wife, Ann Fonte-Abbott, of Hyde Park; Kevin W. Abbott […]
Richard James Hand Sr., 77, of Canton, died unexpectedly April 26, 2011, at Caritas Norwood Hospital in Norwood. He was born in Athol and raised in Belmont and moved to Canton in 1960. He worked as an iron worker, Local Union #7 in Boston, for over 50 years. Richard was a proud veteran of the Korean […]
Notre Dame Academy sophomores (l-r) Clara King, Emily Smith and Kathleen Cahill are ready for the Royal Wedding — and are “Ladies in Waiting” for Prince Harry! Behind the girls is an authentic London phone booth.
