The Canton High varsity volleyball team kicked off its 2011 campaign in impressive fashion last week with three straight wins: 3-0 over Foxboro, 3-2 over nonleague Ursuline Academy, and 3-1 in the team’s first road game at Mansfield. In their home opener on Tuesday, the Bulldogs looked sharp as they handled the Warriors in straight […]
Wholly unsatisfied with its 0-0-2 start to the season, the CHS boys’ soccer team made a few on-field adjustments and got right back to its winning ways last week, combining for nine goals in blowout victories over Foxboro and Mansfield. With the team managing just a single goal over its first two games, head coach […]
Despite losing two close matches, CHS head golf coach Jim Spillane is optimistic that he has a deep, strong team and is hoping that one or two golfers will emerge as the consistent low scorers each match. The Bulldogs began the season with away losses to Foxboro 171-175 and Oliver Ames 161-166, with the lowest […]
Both Canton High School teams are excited about their opening wins over Foxboro, especially the girls’ team, which went winless last year. In an away meet last Tuesday, the Canton girls scored an impressive 15-50 win while the boys came away with a 26-32 victory. New girls’ head coach Ben Mattson, who also coaches the […]
The Canton Board of Health will hold its annual health fair on October 22 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Canton High School. In addition, the following flu clinics are open to anyone over 18. The health fair flu clinics are open to anyone over the age of 7. Hagen Court: October 6 at 10 a.m. Rubin […]
DID YOU KNOW … The new ADA-compliant ramp at the Canton Senior Center, located at 660 Washington Street, has been completed. According to Council on Aging Director Diane Tynan, “What a difference it makes for those entering and leaving the Senior Center.” Talking about the Senior Center, a free Italian dinner, sponsored by an anonymous […]
Editor’s note: The following column originally appeared in a 2001 issue of the Canton Citizen. For the people in the world who live 9/11 every day of their lives. I used to live in a suburb of Haifa, a picture postcard, hillside city in northern Israel. My apartment sat on the crest of a hill […]
Dear Tony Andreotti: I am writing to thank you and your committee for putting together the program honoring the Vietnam Era veterans on Sunday, September 11. As a veteran who served in Vietnam from February 1968 to February 1969, I felt a sense of homecoming from the moment I was greeted at the registration table. […]
Lillian H. Heron (Coleman), 102, of Canton, passed away at Life Care Center of Attleboro on September 20. Born and raised in East Boston, she attended East Boston schools. She has been a Canton resident for over 60 years. In the early years she worked for Keith’s Theatre in Boston and later she worked for […]
Gary R. Baylor, 58, of Canton, died Sunday, September 18, at Caritas Norwood Hospital after a lengthy illness. The son of the late Israel and Ann (Adelman) Beggelman, he was born in Boston and spent his early years in the Dorchester section of the city. Raised and educated in Quincy, he had been a longtime […]
