After roaring out of the gate with seven straight victories, the CHS girls’ lacrosse team experienced something of a wakeup call last week with consecutive losses at the hands of Foxboro, King Philip, and nonleague Norwood. In all three contests, the Bulldogs performed reasonably well, although they could have and should have played better, according […]
The Canton High boys’ lacrosse team has reached the most challenging part of its schedule — and it has shown in the results as the young squad fell to 4-7 overall with losses last week to Foxboro 9-2 and King Philip 14-2. While the Bulldogs have continued to play well defensively, led by senior captains […]
The CHS boys’ tennis team earned a split in its two matches last week, beating Stoughton for its second win of the season before falling to King Philip in a lopsided defeat. On Monday, April 28, the boys played host to the much improved Black Knights and came out on top with a 4-1 victory. […]
Edward B. Hanscom, 86, of Canton, passed away May 1 at the Charlwell House in Norwood. Born and raised in Westbrook, Maine, he was a Navy veteran of World War II. He worked as a meat packer for Colonial Provisions for 40 years and retired in 1987. Beloved husband of the late Geraldine I. (Sousa). […]
Robert J. Doyle, 72, of Canton, passed away suddenly at home May 1. Born in Tacoma, Washington, he was raised in Rhode Island and graduated from East Providence High School. He went on to attend the University of Rhode Island and earned his law degree from Boston University. He was a partner with Steinberg Doyle […]
April 8 marked another election season without a contest. Four-hundred-twenty-eight voters participated. Bruce Rohr, a former member of the Conservation Commission and a core member of those who worked for the passage of the Community Preservation Act (CPA), is one of the few citizens who is worried enough about the lack of voter participation to […]
When Gina McCarthy took a job as her hometown health agent back in 1980, she never dreamed that she would one day be rubbing shoulders with national leaders or that she would eventually become one herself. She certainly didn’t envision a day that she would be standing alongside the president of the United States as […]
Restrictions on medical marijuana dispensaries, a major alteration to the municipal election calendar, and the town’s first ever batch of Community Preservation Act (CPA) projects are some of the many interesting items up for discussion at the 2014 annual town meeting, which kicks off at 7 p.m. on Monday, May 12, in the Canton High […]
The Hansen Elementary School fifth graders presented Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, the classic musical by Tim Rice with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, on Friday and Saturday, May 2 and 3, in the Canton High School auditorium. The play was directed by Hansen second grade teacher Patty Willis. Cast: Narrators – Joanna Li, Faith […]
Bernardino “Benny” D’Agostino, 86, of Windsor Locks, CT, the loving husband of 56 years to the late Leona “Lee” (Meyer) D’Agostino, entered into Eternal Rest on Friday, April 25, 2014, at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Benny was born on August 17, 1927, the son of the late Nicholas and Mary D’Agostino. He proudly […]
