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Senior standout Annie McLean captured her third career individual league title while the Canton boys team continued its stranglehold over the rest of the Davenport Division in a memorable weekend for the CHS swim program. While they could not quite match the success of last year’s Bulldog squads, both the boys and the girls teams […]
Feb 6 2025 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner

Bouncing back after a tough mid-week loss to North Attleboro, the CHS wrestling team turned in what head coach Nick Matt described as a “great showing” at their annual James Peckham Invitational Tournament held this past Saturday in the Masciarelli Gym. “We finished sixth overall, with seven wrestlers placing despite no one finishing higher than […]
Jan 17 2025 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner

After an uncharacteristically slow start through the first few weeks of the season, the Canton High boys ice hockey team is officially back on track, punctuating that message with a memorable weekend sweep of the rival Franklin Panthers as part of a “Hockey Fights Cancer” fundraising initiative. “It was a great weekend,” noted head coach […]
Jan 10 2025 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner

Residents of Canton are grief stricken and utterly heartsick over the tragic deaths of two local women, Ciara (Lambkin) Sullivan and Della (Mannion) Larsen, who passed away recently within days of each other due to medical complications. Sullivan, a 2012 CHS graduate, died just two days after Christmas alongside her newborn twins, who had been […]
Jan 10 2025 | Posted in
Features | By
Jay Turner
CHS Teams of the Year: Football & Field Hockey In the same two-month span this fall, two of Canton’s most promising varsity programs took the leap into genuine contender status, proving their mettle against some of the region’s top teams and coming within a few wins of the ultimate prize. For the field hockey team, all […]
Jan 3 2025 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner

Two dominant dual meet victories in a three-day span followed by a strong showing at the George Bossi Lowell Holiday Tournament capped off a memorable opening week for the CHS varsity wrestling team. Under the guidance of head coach and program alum Nick Matt, the Bulldogs are a team to watch this year and hope […]
Dec 27 2024 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner
By a nearly 3-1 margin in Tuesday’s town-wide special election, Canton voters signed off on the proposed debt-exclusion measure to finance the construction of a brand-new Galvin Middle School that will serve students in grades 5-8. The final tally, with the ‘Yes’ votes outnumbering the ‘No’ votes 2,924 to 1,019, clears the last remaining hurdle […]
Dec 12 2024 | Posted in
News,
Schools | By
Jay Turner

A sensational 2024 season ended in brutal fashion for the Canton High field hockey team Tuesday night as the Bulldogs fell victim to a last-second goal against the top-seeded Norwood Mustangs in the Division 2 state semifinal. For the fifth-seeded Bulldogs (19-3-0), it marked their second loss to the same Norwood team in a span […]
Nov 14 2024 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner
Karen Read’s effort to have two of the charges against her dismissed on double jeopardy grounds is now in the hands of the state’s highest court after lawyers for both sides presented their oral arguments during a hearing held in Boston last Wednesday, November 6. As detailed in their motion filed in September with the […]
Nov 14 2024 | Posted in
News,
Police & Fire | By
Jay Turner

It was business as usual on Sunday for the CHS girls volleyball team, who rolled past No. 27 Woburn Memorial in straight sets at home to advance to the Sweet 16 in this year’s Division 2 state tournament. With the win, Canton moves on to face No. 22 Hingham, with the victor of that match […]
Nov 8 2024 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner