The retrial of Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman suspected in the January 2022 murder of Boston Police Officer and Canton resident John O’Keefe, will proceed next week as scheduled after the presiding judge on Tuesday rejected a bid by the defense to have the entire case thrown out based on claims of “extraordinary governmental misconduct.” […]
Five Stones Intelligence, the auditing firm selected to perform an independent review of Canton Police Department operations, is nearing the finish line and is due to release its findings by early next month. According to Bob McCarthy, chair of the Police Audit Procurement Committee, the auditor was approximately “80 percent complete” as of Tuesday and […]
An epic high school hockey clash is on tap for Sunday afternoon at Boston’s TD Garden as the third-seeded Canton Bulldogs prepare to take on top-ranked Billerica Memorial in the Division 2 state championship game.
In a span of less than 36 hours last week at railroad crossings located just a half-mile apart, Canton emergency personnel responded to two collisions involving a motor vehicle and an MBTA commuter rail train. While neither accident resulted in serious injuries, both vehicles sustained significant damage and rail service had to be temporarily suspended, […]
During another tense session at Norfolk Superior Court on Tuesday, Hank Brennan, the special prosecutor assigned to handle the murder case against Karen Read at her upcoming retrial, stated definitively that the federal investigation into the state’s handling of the case amid allegations of corruption had ended and that no charges would be filed. “It […]
Canton native and former Bulldog swimming standout Jessie Hart wrapped up her collegiate career in historic fashion last month with a record-setting time in her final individual race as a member of the St. Michael’s Purple Knights women’s swim team. Competing at the Northeast-10 Conference Championships at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Hart won the 200-yard […]
Contested races for Select Board and Planning Board will headline the upcoming annual town election after the field was set on Tuesday with 12 candidates returning nomination papers for 10 open seats. In the race for the lone Select Board up for grabs, veteran incumbent John Connolly will face his first challenge in recent memory […]
After finishing with a winning record in the regular season for the first time in recent memory, the Canton High varsity wrestling team continued to show signs of improvement with an impressive showing at last weekend’s Division 2 central sectional meet held at Bellingham High School. One year after qualifying only two wrestlers for states […]
The state’s highest court on Tuesday denied an appeal by Karen Read’s legal team to have two of the charges against her dismissed on double jeopardy grounds, clearing the way for her retrial beginning April 1. Defense attorneys had made the case that Read — who has been charged but continues to proclaim her innocence […]
The league title-winning streak is likely to end at five for the CHS girls ice hockey team after the Bulldogs lost a 2-1 heartbreaker to a talented King Philip squad Saturday night at Metropolis Rink. The win for the Warriors preserved their perfect record (6-0) in Hockomock League games this season, while the Canton girls […]
