Following the destruction of the Lakeview Pavilion in Foxboro on Saturday night, April 5, Canton High School junior class advisor Joyce Stenmon worked with students to find a new location for tomorrow night’s junior prom. CHS Principal Derek Folan informed parents in an email Sunday night that the prom would be moved to the Blue […]
Despite losses last week to Attleboro and North Attleboro, CHS head baseball coach JP Scott is excited about the talent and potential of this year’s team. In last
Did you know … In MAC’s opinion, Canton’s open town meeting is archaic and inefficient. This is the 21st century, but our method of governing is still stuck in the 17th century. As one politician said, “In today’s fast-paced, over-scheduled world, it is impossible to get enough people to town meeting to represent the broad […]
Several Boston firefighters with ties to Canton responded to the deadly blaze in the Back Bay on Wednesday, March 26. Above: Firefighters rush an injured firefighter on a stretcher down Beacon Street. Pictured at far right is FF John Stivaletta, a 2006 graduate of Canton High School and a Marine Corps veteran of the Iraq […]
Jean E. Sicard Kelleher, 54, of Canton, passed away April 8 at home surrounded by her loving family. Born in Warwick, Rhode Island, she lived almost her entire life in Canton and graduated from Canton High School, Class of 1977. She received her bachelor’s from Boston College and her master’s in education from Wheelock College. […]
Charles Edward Hagan, 84, of Borrego Springs, CA, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 2. Born in Norwood, he grew up in Canton, graduating from Canton High in 1946 and Boston College in 1951. He was chief engineer at Microsonics in Weymouth for many years before moving to California in 1978 to work with TRW. […]
Edna J. (Warren) Tenney, nearly 99, of Naples, Florida, formerly of Canton, passed away peacefully on March 9, 2014. She was the beloved daughter of the late James Wilbur Warren and Mary (Carey) Warren, and wife of the late Harold Tenney. Loving sister of the late Gertrude Bowman, Doris Brady, and James Warren. Beloved mother […]
Dear Editor: Congratulation to DPW Superintendent Mike Trotta for his leadership as Canton’s representative in the first-of-its-kind regional water conservation campaign by the Neponset River Watershed Association. The association is a grassroots nonprofit dedicated to cleaning up and protecting the Neponset River and its watershed. Of course, Mike is right: “In Canton and towns all across the country, we are facing aging water and sewer infrastructure and […]
It was an exciting start to the season for the CHS girls’ lacrosse team as the Bulldogs salvaged a draw with a strong second half against Mansfield last Wednesday. Trailing 12-9 at halftime, Canton outscored Mansfield 8-5 the rest of the way on the Hornets’ home field, capped off by Mary McNeil’s game-tying goal with […]
After a promising start followed by some unexpected delays, the Neponset River Watershed Association is moving full steam ahead with its small dams program — an ambitious, long-term, and ultimately costly project targeting the roughly 100 obsolete dams along the Neponset and its tributaries. Over the next several years, the watershed association, which is headquartered […]
