The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday voted to accept the recommendations of the assessors to raise both the residential and commercial tax rates for the next fiscal year. The new residential tax rate will be $11.91 per thousand valuation — up 36 cents from the current rate of $11.55 — and the new commercial tax […]
The School Committee last week heard a proposal by CHS Athletic Director Danny Erickson to consolidate the coaching staffs of the boys’ and girls’ winter and spring track teams to include one head coach responsible for both teams with three assistant coaches. The current coaching configuration consists of a head coach and two assistants per […]
The Hannington’s Bay State Bombers softball team, sponsored by Canton Attorney Glen Hannington, was one of 337 teams from across the United States and Canada that descended upon Phoenix, Arizona in late October to compete in the 2011 Senior Softball World Series. On Sunday, October 23, Hannington’s emerged from the 55-plus division as winners of the USA National […]
Field hockey team eliminated in state semis Field hockey (No. 1 seed): Lost to Division 2 north champion Watertown 3-2 in the state semifinals on Tuesday, November 15. The Bulldogs finish the season with a near-perfect record of 20-1-1. Girls’ soccer (No. 3 seed): Defeated No. 8 Duxbury 3-0 in the D2 south sectional finals on […]
Update: The Bulldogs are headed back to the south sectional finals after beating No. 5 Dover-Sherborn 2-1 in OT Tuesday night at home. Canton will take on No. 6 Cohasset Saturday at 11 a.m. at Taunton High School. After rolling through the regular season with a near-perfect 16-0-1 mark, the top-seeded Canton High field hockey […]
Paced by the running of quarterback Anthony Bires and Dexter Green, the CHS football Bulldogs used a ball-control offense to come away with a 27-21 win over Oliver Ames Friday night. It was the Bulldogs’ first win over a league opponent other than Sharon in the past several seasons — and it came on the […]
Update: The Bulldogs defeated Groton-Dunstable 3-0 Tuesday night at home to reach the Division 2 sectional semifinals. The girls will square off against No. 2 Hopkinton Thursday night at 7 p.m. in Hopkinton. Fresh off a big nonleague road win over a talented Quincy team, the CHS varsity volleyball team hosted neighboring Milton last week […]
After a whirlwind end to the regular season that featured three games in three days last week, the Hockomock champion CHS girls’ soccer team opened tournament play on Monday with a convincing 7-0 win over 14th seeded Diman Regional. A technical school in Fall River, Diman (10-6-2) went into the game with plenty of confidence […]
In a season that featured too many draws that could have easily been wins, the Canton High boys’ soccer team found redemption last week in the regular season finale, capturing its second straight Hockomock Classic Cup with a convincing 2-0 victory over Kelly-Rex Division champion Franklin at home. The win last Tuesday served as a […]
The Canton High School drama club will proudly present Once Upon a Mattress, a musical comedy based on Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Princess and the Pea,” on Friday and Saturday, November 18 and 19, at 7 p.m. in the CHS Morse Auditorium. Members of the Canton High School band will perform in the pit orchestra […]
