A Canton father and son combined efforts to detain a man suspected of breaking into the family car on Wisteria Way (off Lawrence Street) early Saturday morning, May 3, around 12:30 a.m. The 911 caller reported that her husband, Paul McGrath, and son, Dan McGrath, had gone outside to confront the suspect and a disturbance […]
Canton native Brittany Lyons recently returned home after a banner first season playing professional hockey overseas as a member of the Neuberg Highlanders of Austria. A former three-sport standout athlete at Canton High School who went on to star at Quinnipiac University, Lyons led the Highlanders in scoring and finished second overall in the Elite […]
A 75-year-old woman was recently found in a nine-by-six-foot basement room in Stoughton under deplorable conditions. The firefighters who responded to this heartrending scene on a bitter cold February day reported that the heat was turned off and the woman was confined to a hospital bed — starved, dehydrated and her body covered with open […]
Despite a disappointing loss in the late innings to Dedham last week, the CHS baseball team bounced back with arguably its best performance of the season — an 8-2 win over Foxboro on April 24. With a 1-1 record during school vacation week, the Bulldogs are now 4-4 and still in the hunt for a […]
Both CHS outdoor track teams were hoping to get back on the winning track this week with a home meet against Milford scheduled for Tuesday, April 29. In their last meet prior to April vacation, both teams were dominated by a powerful Oliver Ames squad, with the girls losing 98.5-37.5 and the boys falling 120-16. […]
April vacation week usually means changes in the lineup — and that was the case for the CHS girls’ tennis team on the afternoon of Thursday, April 24. While the squad was missing a few key players, they still almost managed to pull off a major upset against a talented Foxboro team, which currently leads […]
Dear Editor: I originally wrote this letter in opposition to the following two warrant articles regarding development of new apartment complexes in Canton; however, the town has since withdrawn these articles. But I still consider the overdevelopment of apartments and condos a major problem in Canton. The Canton town meeting will be considering two warrant […]
Arthur K. Tordoff, 70, a lifelong resident of Canton, died peacefully April 28, 2014, in Tower Hill Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation after a long illness. Raised in Canton, Arthur proudly served in the Army National Guard as a staff sergeant working as a welder/blacksmith. He worked as a plumber for JPA and for EM Duggan […]
William W. Cravens, 56, of Canton, passed away April 28 at home surrounded by his loving family. Born in Framingham, he was raised in Canton and graduated from Canton High School in 1976 where he was a star athlete on the football and baseball teams. He went on to attend Cushing Academy and Elon University […]
Thelma Sawtelle, 85, passed away peacefully at Norwood Hospital on Thursday, April 10, 2014, surrounded by her loving family. Affectionately known as “Tedi” to her friends and family, she was a generous and loving wife, mother, and friend. Tedi was born in Boston to the late Harold and Florence (Capillo) Ramsay. She grew up in […]
