After losing five of six games to open the season, the Canton High boys’ lacrosse team has quietly rebounded in recent weeks, winning four of its last six contests, including road victories last week over North Attleboro and Oliver Ames. The Bulldogs are now 5-7 overall with four games to go and can still finish […]
It was another solid week of lacrosse for the Canton High girls’ team as the Bulldogs cruised past North Attleboro 14-9 before earning what head coach Chris Murtagh called a “moral victory” in a hard-fought, 13-8 loss to Franklin. Even with the loss, the girls still boast the second-best record in the Davenport Division at […]
After a rocky start to the 2012 season, the CHS girls’ tennis team has gained momentum in the past two weeks and improved its record to 6-3. A far cry from its record of 1-3 in mid April, the team has rallied with a winning streak of five matches in a row — the latest […]
The CHS boys’ tennis team volleyed to victory this past week in wins against Attleboro and Franklin. With four wins in a row, the squad has brought its record to an impressive 7-3 thanks to consistent and strong play in both singles and doubles. The team played host to the Attleboro Blue Bombardiers last Monday. […]
Senior Deacon Edward M. Quigley, 91, of Canton, passed away May 6 at Norwood Hospital. Born in Boston, he was raised in Mission Hill and graduated from Mission High School and earned an associate’s degree from Boston College. He served in the Army Air Corps during WWII and worked as an engineer for the MDC […]
James E. Murphy, 58, of Canton, passed away May 3 at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston. Born in Boston, he was raised in Canton and graduated from Canton High School. He worked as a self-employed roofing contractor for many years. Beloved father of Shaun Murphy of Mansfield. Loving brother of Carol A. MacNeil of […]
Paul J. O’Connor, 68, of Norwood, formerly of Whitman, passed away May 1 at New England Sinai Hospital in Stoughton after a long illness. Born and raised in Boston, he graduated from Cathedral High School and Bentley College. He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War and he worked as an accountant for James […]
David P. Anderson, 72, a resident of Canton for over 40 years, died Tuesday, May 1, 2012, at Milton Hospital following a brief illness. David grew up in Onset, graduated from Wareham High School, and proudly served in the U.S. Navy. He worked for many years as a delivery driver for several local bakeries. Loving […]
Canton Police Chief Ken Berkowitz said police will be issuing charges to a 17-year-old Milton student who allegedly wrote a threatening bomb scare note and left it in a wastebasket at Blue Hills Regional Vocational Technical School. The note led school and law enforcement officials to evacuate all students and staff on Monday morning, April […]
The important, award-winning documentary film Under Our Skin will be shown and moderated by Jamie Burch on Saturday, May 5, at 2 p.m. A Canton resident and Lyme disease activist, Ms. Burch has battled Lyme disease since 2007. Her goal is to educate local residents about this growing public health epidemic — which is happening right in our backyard […]
