The Canton-based Judge Rotenberg Center, a self-proclaimed school of last resort and currently the only one in the nation using electric shock therapy as a behavior modification tool, has found itself at the center of yet another controversy after video surveillance footage of a student being restrained and then repeatedly shocked was played in a […]
Submitted by Francie Minder The first years after my 15-year-old daughter, Chava, died of cancer, I was walking around in a fog. Each day was painful as the initial shock and disbelief faded, letting reality sink in. My world had been turned upside down. Eventually I could go through the steps of everyday life, but […]
Before a packed house at the Sportsplex on Saturday, April 7, the Canton Squirt B Green Bulldogs took home the South Shore Conference Squirt B North Championship with an exciting 3-2 victory over Hanover in triple overtime. Having won their first two playoff games in single and double overtime, the team gathered for the final […]
After losing consecutive games at the start of last week to fall to 0-3 overall, the Canton High softball team bounced back in a big way on Saturday, sweeping a doubleheader against nonleague Randolph while also raising hundreds of dollars for two local charities. Organized by head coach Ed Amico and team captains Cady Kelly […]
The Canton High varsity baseball team improved to 3-2 with two league wins last week, and the schedule really picks up with five games in the next week. Coming off a disappointing 10-2 loss to Dover Sherborn on the road — one in which head coach Junior Medina said the defense “didn’t come to play” […]
The Canton High boys’ tennis team had a strong second week of play with wins against both Foxboro and Mansfield — two teams that have given the Bulldogs trouble in the past — as the squad improved its record to 3-1. Last Tuesday’s match on the road against Foxboro resulted in a 3-2 win for […]
Both the boys’ and girls’ CHS outdoor track teams continued to make strides on an individual level, but they still have a way to go as a team as they both lost to Oliver Ames last week to fall to 0-2 on the season. Boys’ head coach Brian Conroy said the Bulldogs had a very […]
Floral arranger Joan Marie Driscoll, owner of Floral Scents in Canton, and assistant arranger Maribel Powell, president of the Canton Garden Club, will represent the Garden Club during Art in Bloom 2012 at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. This three-day festival showcasing flower arranging as an art form takes place Saturday to Monday, […]
Dear Editor: On Saturday, April 14, the Canton and Randolph high school softball teams played in a doubleheader. The Canton players, parents, and alumni sold food and drink donated by the community, and the players and their families made baked goods. Their efforts raised several hundreds of dollars for two charities: Cops for Kids with […]
Dear Editor: Over several weeks’ time, Canton residents have received two separate mailings of oversized color postcards that take issue with photovoltaic solar panels being installed by a company that the town of Canton has leased land to. The land is located at the formerly unusable acreage of Canton’s old town dump site on Pine […]
