With many talented runners returning, new CHS cross country coach David Hiltz is counting on good things to happen this year for the girls’ team, which opened the season with a 20-35 win against Sharon last Tuesday at home. The boys, meanwhile, are still in a building phase, but they showed some promise despite losing […]
Dear Editor: As the CHS athletic year gets underway, I’d like to take a moment to recognize the efforts and generosity of several groups and companies for helping us improve WWII Veterans Memorial Field by installing a new scoreboard and enclosing our press box over the past two years. In recent years, it became clear […]
Marian Elizabeth (Smith) Sheridan, 89, of Canton, died Wednesday, September 11, 2013. The daughter of the late Guy E. and Florence (Bassett) Smith, she was born in Woodsville, New Hampshire, and was raised and educated in Bridgewater. She had been a Canton resident for over 50 years. A graduate of Brockton Business School, she had […]
Did you know … Now that Labor Day has come and gone, I guess you could say that summer is just about over, and signs of autumn are all around. The weather is noticeably starting to change, and temperatures are starting to slowly slip downward, causing crickets to chirp a little slower in the evening. […]
Yesterday a lady in the supermarket snack aisle remarked: “Did you ever notice that they put the Oreos right next to the rice cakes?” Startled, I looked around and realized that she was right. Directly in front of the rice cakes was a cardboard display stacked with double stuff Oreos. “Yes, but we will prevail,” […]
For the second year in a row and the eighth time in the last 10 seasons, Hannington’s has been crowned the champion of the Canton Men’s Softball League after outdueling rival Halfway Cafe in a thrilling best-of-seven final series. Once again the series lasted all seven games, and once again Hannington’s came out on top, […]
A 65-year-old Canton woman was killed and two men were seriously injured in a two-car, head-on collision at the intersection of Walpole Street and Everendon Road on Sunday, September 15, just before 6 p.m. Police said Mary Morningstar was brought to Norwood Hospital and pronounced dead a short time later. Two men in the other […]
Selectmen will review the alcohol license of JNH Hospitality — which had been operating as Centerfield’s in downtown Canton — in 30 days as they await the outcome of pending litigation between Jim Marathas, owner of Centerfield’s, his landlord, and the Forge Pond Condominium Association. Marathas had asked selectmen for a 12-month extension so that […]
When Bill and Joanne Sweeney decided to retire from their teaching jobs in the spring of 2009 — Bill from the math department at Canton High School and Joanne from the Mather Elementary School in Dorchester — they had visions of tee times and tranquil mornings dancing in their heads. But plans and circumstances invariably […]
Omar Salem was born and raised in Damascus, Syria. The oldest of five children, his childhood memories include going to school with friends, spending time with a large and caring extended family, traveling to Turkey and France for family vacations, and living in a country ruled by Hafez al-Assad and at the present time, his […]
