Plans are rapidly coming together and excitement is steadily building for the impending arrival of the Canton Farmers Market — a new weekly venture set to launch on June 13 on the lawn in front of the Rodman building. Conceived and organized by a group of likeminded residents with diverse skillsets, the farmers market will […]
It didn’t quite play out the way he pictured that it would, but Canton’s Jerry Harding is now an NCAA hockey national champion — and a deserving one at that — after his UMass teammates came together to help finish the job at this year’s Frozen Four in Pittsburgh. Harding, a key forward in his […]
The CHS volleyball team’s quest for Hockomock League supremacy ended in heartbreak on their home floor last week as the Bulldogs fell to Kelley-Rex co-champ King Philip 3-1 in the semifinals of the inaugural Hockomock Cup tournament. The defending Division 2 state champions, the Bulldogs had come into the match riding a seven-game winning streak […]
When Sofia Penna went recently to receive her COVID-19 vaccination in her adopted home state of Massachusetts, she presented her Venezuela license as identification and was treated with no questions asked. “They didn’t care who I was or what my legal status was,” she said. “It was so easy; everything was well thought out and […]
For the first time in three years, there was little uncertainty after the close of polls on election night as both contested races featured decisive winners. In the four-way Select Board race, Tom Theodore bounced back from last year’s recount defeat to top the ticket, leading all vote-getters with 1,732 votes.
A four-way contest for two Select Board seats and a School Committee race between two newcomers are the headliners in the upcoming town election set for Tuesday, April 6. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at each of the four voting locations, and mail-in ballots will be accepted through the close […]
Senior Angie Elias delivered another sensational all-around performance and the CHS girls volleyball team showed poise under pressure as they bounced back to beat Sharon in four sets last Wednesday at home. The Eagles, who have the look of a team on the rise, defeated the Bulldogs in straight sets last Monday for their first […]
It has been two weeks since the sudden passing of George Thomas IV and the unfairness of it all seems almost too much to fathom. Thomas, a nearly lifelong Canton resident, died as a result of heart complications following a routine workout at his home on February 25, just days before his 39th birthday. A […]
Even in an abbreviated and highly atypical season marked by rule changes, postponements and the lack of a traditional playoff structure, hockey success still found its way to Canton this winter with notable achievements seen across the public and private school ranks. On one end of town, at the newly reopened Metropolis Skating Rink, Canton […]
Not even a global pandemic could slow down Canton’s ice hockey juggernauts this winter as they both cruised to another Hockomock title while dominating on both ends of the ice. The two CHS varsity squads, both coming into the year as defending state champions, looked unbeatable for long stretches throughout the season and only had […]
