The Canton High varsity softball team endured another tough week, losing three games in five days to fall to 1-10 overall. All three losses came against teams in the Davenport Division — Sharon on Monday, Foxboro on Wednesday, and Stoughton on Friday — and all three were closer than the final score suggested. In the […]
Several Canton High School track participants continued to excel and several others improved their performances despite losing to Oliver Ames last week, 93-43 for the boys and 107-29 for the girls. Rachel Campagna ran an outstanding time in the 100 (13.2 seconds) and improved her personal-best long jump distance by over six inches. Matt Waldman […]
Dear Editor: The signs of spring are everywhere, Mother Nature is greening the grass, and the trees and shrubs are coming into bloom. Other signs of spring are beginning to blossom on our utility poles around town: The first of several carnival signs appeared last week, soon to be followed by a long season of […]
Dear Editor: I have, as have most of the citizens of Canton, been reading article after article about the impending large developments being planned for Canton. In almost every article there has been a discussion of 40B units and the effect they may have on our school system and other town services. But I have […]
Amy J. Chase (Flanagan), 42, of Canton, passed away at home surrounded by her loving family April 27. Born in Stoughton, she was raised in Canton and graduated from Canton High School in 1989 where she was a member of the cheerleading team. She went on to graduate from Bridgewater State College and received her […]
John F. Doyle, 82, of Canton, passed away April 25 at the Epoch of Norton. Born and raised in Boston, he attended Boston schools and was an Army veteran of the Korean War. He worked as a foreman for the MBTA for over 20 years and retired in 2001. He has lived in Canton for […]
Lowell A. Ascher, of Hingham, 81, formerly of Braintree and Canton, died April 25, 2013. Lowell grew up in South Dakota. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, where he met his wife. He served in Korea during the Korean War. Later, he graduated from Northeastern University and the new couple decided to settle in this area […]
Treat the special women in your life to decadent desserts while also helping fight breast cancer during Boston Bakes for Breast Cancer from May 6 through Mother’s Day, May 12. More than 300 restaurants, supermarkets, bakeries, cafés, chocolate and ice cream shops throughout Massachusetts will participate in the upcoming fundraiser, including the Chubby Chickpea in Canton. […]
Ruth E. Hill, 80, of Canton, passed away April 24 at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Boston. Born in Newport, VT, she was raised in Canada and moved to Canton as a teenager where she lived for the remainder of her life. She worked for Instron for 28 years before retiring in 1998. Devoted daughter […]
Queenie Holmberg (Garoian), 89, of Canton, passed away peacefully on April 21. Beloved wife of the late Dewey, she is survived by son Scott of Atlanta, daughter Melanie and her husband, Arthur Zoidis, of Canton and Boston, and grandsons Timothy Zoidis of Canton and Matthew Holmberg of Cambridge. She was the cherished sister of the […]
