Editor’s note: The following press release was submitted by the Board of Selectmen regarding an ongoing investigation into financial activities at the Recreation Department. The matter has since been referred to the Public Integrity Division of the Attorney General’s Office, which investigates and prosecutes serious criminal misconduct involving public agencies and their employees. In conjunction […]
It will be another quiet election season for Canton voters this year after Tuesday’s filing deadline came and went with only 12 candidates submitting papers for 11 open seats. Of the dozen names that will appear on the April 3 ballot, eight are incumbents, headlined by multi-term selectmen Gerald “Sal” Salvatori and Avril Elkort, who […]
After clawing its way back into the division title picture with five wins in six games, the CHS girls’ ice hockey team kept things rolling last week with a dominant five-day stretch, catapulting its way to the top of the standings with three consecutive league victories — all on the road — including a 5-2 […]
It was a girls-only affair for the Canton High swim team at last weekend’s central/south sectional swimming championships at MIT, where the six Bulldog qualifiers made the rest of their teammates and their coaches proud with several strong performances, highlighted by Shannon McLaughlin’s fourth-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle. McLaughlin, who qualified for the upcoming […]
The season just keeps getting better for the red-hot CHS boys’ ice hockey team, which followed up a division-clinching win over a talented Mansfield squad last week with its first-ever victory over nonleague Lincoln-Sudbury in a wild finish last Wednesday at home. “I would say it was the wildest game of the season by far,” […]
Fifteen members of the Canton High indoor track tram will be advancing to the Division 3 Indoor Track and Field Championships, to be held tomorrow afternoon at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston. “This is a pretty big number considering that we only have a combined team of around 50,” said head coach Brian Mattson. […]
CHS boys’ basketball head coach Ryan Gordy said every team in the well-balanced and competitive Hockomock League has a slump during the season and it’s up to each team to find its way “over the wall.” Canton certainly hit the wall last week, losing to Southeastern Vo-tech 47-45 and then to Oliver Ames 65-53 on […]
The 2011-2012 CHS gymnastics season has come to an end, but not without much improvement and success from a talented squad. The Bulldogs have come a long way from last season, as evidenced by their 3-3 record and their great showing at the Hockomock League Championship Meet and their last meet against Braintree. The Hock […]
On Saturday, February 4, members and guests of the Ponkapoag Civic Association gathered at the civic for the first-ever PCA Chili Cook-off. This friendly pro-am competition saw four local restaurants compete against each other, while members and guests put their best recipes on the table — all for the title of “Best Chili in Canton.” […]
At the February meeting of the Canton Art Association at the Canton Public Library, featured guest artist Mary Rose O’Connell did a demonstration in oils. O’Connell, a lifelong resident of Massachusetts, is a classically trained artist working primarily in oil, with a concentration in portrait work and still life. She has received many awards for […]
