The CHS varsity football team dominated visiting Weston 35-14 in Friday’s home opener before an electric crowd of Bulldog faithful. The game marked the return of head coach Dave Bohane, who begins his second stint with the team. Prior to kickoff, the Bulldogs held a moment of silence for legendary Canton QB Michael Uliano, who […]
Orchard Cove resident and artist Isadore Waber stands with one of his paintings during the opening of the Orchard Cove art gallery on August 31. Waber, age 100, is one of 22 senior residents of Orchard Cove — a Hebrew SeniorLife independent living community in Canton — who unveiled 30 works of art in the […]
Down 14-7 at halftime and spurred on by a challenge from their coaches, the Canton High School football team exploded for 28 second-half points while the defense stifled Weston en route to a dominating 35-14 victory in Friday’s home opener. The win was the first for the Bulldogs in over a year and also avenged […]
With several top-flight players returning and a roster that is dangerous from top to bottom, the CHS girls’ varsity soccer team is poised for a breakout season in 2011. And the girls certainly looked the part in their first week of action as they improved to 2-0 with impressive wins over Duxbury and division foe […]
After a postponement on Thursday due to rain, the CHS varsity field hockey team traveled to Sharon on Friday and cruised to a 5-0, season opening victory. It was business as usual for the defending south sectional champions, who return several key players from a team that went 20-1-1 and reached the state semifinals. One […]
Although there are worse things than starting a season with back-to-back draws, the CHS boys’ varsity soccer team is going to have to do better than that if it wants to achieve its lofty goal of winning the state championship this year. Ranked No. 4 in the Boston Globe’s latest Top 20 poll and boasting […]
DID YOU KNOW … The Canton High School Class of 1961 will hold its 50th class reunion on Saturday, October 29, at the Hilton Hotel in Dedham. Seventy-five former graduates have already signed up to go. Those interested in attending who have not signed up can contact class president Jim Halley at 401-295-4421, or email […]
This column’s name, “Outside the Whale,” is a play on George Orwell’s 1940 essay, “Inside the Whale.” Orwell’s essay is a book review of Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer, published in 1931 but banned as pornography from the United States until 1961. (Miller’s book was not impossible to get before 1961. My father — who […]
To the town of Canton: Our family would like to sincerely thank you for the incredible show of love and support you gave on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. We know that our loss is felt throughout the entire town, and your thoughts and prayers have always helped us get through what […]
Dear Chairman Connolly and members of the board: Thank you very much for allowing me to participate in the 10th anniversary commemoration of the 9/11 attacks and the dedication of the memorial to Canton native Michael Uliano and other 9/11 victims held in Canton on Sunday. The ceremony at Veterans Memorial Park was a perfect […]
