Dear Editor: After being delayed by the blizzard of 2013, the Kennedy Elementary School held its annual Winter Fling carnival on Saturday, March 9. This event is an important fundraiser for the JFK CAPT (Canton Alliance of Parents and Teachers), which funds enrichment activities such as field trips, an author-in-residence for each grade, and additional […]
The Canton Lions Club will hold its 36th annual Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, March 24 (Palm Sunday), from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Canton American Legion Post 24. Tickets are $4 for adults and $3 for children and seniors. Proceeds will benefit eye research and blindness prevention as well as other Lions’ charities. […]
Weather permitting, the Canton Water Department will begin its spring hydrant flushing program the week of March 25 and continue through the week of April 29. Nights of flushing for each week will be Monday through Thursday between the hours of 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. You may experience discolored water during this time. If […]
Police are following up on leads and hope to solve the attempted murder of a man who was shot in the neck at a Chapman Street residence in the early morning hours of Friday, March 15. Police have not disclosed the identity or age of the victim, who was released from Boston Medical Center late […]
Twenty years ago, Chris Herren was a local basketball hero with a seemingly limitless future in front of him. A three-time all-state selection for Durfee High School in Fall River, Herren became a national media darling in the early 1990s and was recruited by several of the country’s top Division 1 programs. But even as […]
Finance Director Jim Murgia presented possible financing solutions for two major projects at Tuesday night’s selectmen’s meeting, suggesting that the town could use free cash to pay for renovations to the former Knights of Columbus building and a long-term bond authorization to cover window replacements and door reconstruction at the Galvin Middle and Hansen Elementary […]
The Canton High School drama club presented I Never Saw Another Butterfly on Friday and Saturday, March 15 and 16, in the CHS auditorium. The play, by Celeste Raspanti, is based on the story of Raja Englanderova, one of the few Jewish children who survived the Terezin concentration camp during World War II. Cast & […]
CHS Principal Derek Folan, in an attempt to raise the bar for all students, has unveiled a revamped program of studies for the next school year that includes more Advanced Placement courses, a new introductory Mandarin course, and the elimination of prerequisites. Folan is also continuing an earlier practice of phasing out college preparatory 2 […]
As Captain Harold Winslow sat at his kitchen table, his boyhood home of Canton seemed so far away. It had been more than 25 years since he had been in his parent’s home on High Street.
The Canton Police Department is actively investigating an attempted murder that occurred in our community in the early morning hours of March 15. At 2:10 a.m. we received a 911 call from a female resident at 646 Chapman Street, indicating that someone had just come to her front door and shot her boyfriend in the […]
