I’m an incurable romantic. I’m a sap for mushy movies, happy endings, couples persevering against all odds. I savor transformations of ugly ducklings and Cinderellas. I want to believe that there is a partner for everyone because it would make me too sad to think that there wasn’t. That’s why despite the fact that it […]
If the musicians in the band at Carter’s Sports Grill on Neponset Street look familiar, it’s not surprising. Four of the members of the Juke City Band are graduates of Canton High School. Jeff Klayman, Jim Friel, and Friel’s wife, Monica Gibson Friel, are members of the Class of 1981. Friel’s cousin Joe Piro graduated […]
Canton-based Dunkin’ Brands, parent company of Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin Robbins, has made good on its commitment to aid the town in return for a reworked tax agreement. Earlier this week, the company presented a $25,000 check to selectmen for the new Council on Aging building on Pleasant Street. Renovations to the former Knights of […]
The Dean S. Luce Elementary School fourth and fifth graders proudly presented Robin Hood & Friends, an original adaptation by Debbie Campbell, on Friday and Saturday, February 7 and 8, in the CHS auditorium. Above: Michael Gaffney as Robin Hood and Michael Gunning as Will Scarlet. Check out the photo gallery to see additional play […]
On Saturday, February 22, CrossFit HomeBase in Canton will host a partner workout event in support of Kayley and Patrick Furbush and in honor of their parents, Kristen and Stephen. The young couple, beloved by family, friends and neighbors, passed away within two months of each other — Kristen on November 11 and Steve on […]
The following is an excerpt from “The Last Picture Show,” the latest installment of True Tales from Canton’s Past by local historian George T. Comeau. Marion Nay sits in the kitchen of the house she grew up in on Tolman Street. Her eyes sparkle as she brings out several spiral notebooks that she has kept […]
The postseason has not even started yet, but Chris Sullivan may have already solidified his place as the best wrestler in Canton High School history. On Saturday at the Hockomock League championship meet at Oliver Ames, the Bulldogs’ all-time wins leader and former D2 state champion set a new league standard by winning his fourth […]
Ninth months ago, two bombs went off near the finish line of one of the biggest marathon events in the world. This event changed the city of Boston forever — not in a negative way as some would think, but instead transformed Boston into Boston Strong. “We never thought it was going to happen so […]
The Canton High boys’ ice hockey team inched closer to a playoff berth last week with back to back wins over Hockomock basement dwellers Stoughton and Taunton. The red-hot Bulldogs, winners of four straight and six out of their last seven, are now just one win away from locking up a postseason spot with six […]
While the wins have been hard to come by this season, no one can question the effort of the Canton High girls’ ice hockey team, which continues to scrap and battle against a brutal schedule littered with the state’s top teams. Last week was yet another example of this as the Bulldogs gave it their […]
