After nearly achieving perfection in a memorable and dominant 2012 campaign, the Canton High varsity volleyball team made its return to the court and already looked to be in midseason form, sweeping both North Attleboro and Attleboro last week to open the season at 2-0. On Monday, September 9, the Canton girls traveled to NA, […]
When Bill and Joanne Sweeney decided to retire from their teaching jobs in the spring of 2009 — Bill from the math department at Canton High School and Joanne from the Mather Elementary School in Dorchester — they had visions of tee times and tranquil mornings dancing in their heads. But plans and circumstances invariably […]
With every new season comes a new set of challenges, and so far this fall, the CHS boys’ soccer team has answered the bell, opening 2-0 following a pair of nonleague wins over Dedham and Norwood. For veteran head coach Danny Erickson, the two victories were encouraging for several reasons, especially for a team that […]
Despite losing a host of talented players as well as their coach for the past three seasons, the new-look CHS girls’ soccer team looked sharp in their 2013 debut, breezing past nonleague Norwood 3-0 in Saturday’s season opener. The victory marked the dawn of a new era for the Bulldogs, who will be playing without […]
Beginning next Saturday, September 21, thousands of festival goers will descend on Prowse Farm in Canton for the fourth annual Life is good Festival, a two-day celebration of music and optimism sponsored by Boston-based apparel company Life is good in partnership with acclaimed concert promoter Superfly Presents. The “one of a kind,” all-ages event is […]
On Friday, September 6, at Memorial Field, the Canton High School football program will celebrate one of its greatest living legends with a special intra-squad scrimmage and charity event in honor of Billy Cravens, a 1976 graduate and former standout halfback who was recently diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Organized by head coach Dave […]
It’s fun yet competitive, corporate backed yet community oriented. It’s the Reebok/Canton Road Race, and it’s back by popular demand on Saturday, October 5, at Reebok International with a variety of race options for participants of all ages and ability levels. Now in its ninth year, the Reebok/Canton race has become one of the more […]
The Canton Board of Selectmen announced a sweeping agreement last week with the developers of University Station, formerly Westwood Station — marking an end to one of the longest and costliest legal battles in town history and paving the way for construction of the long awaited mixed-use project on the Westwood/Canton border. The 21-page “cooperation […]
Update: Another Dunkin Donuts was robbed on Monday, August 19, bringing the count to 12 in eastern Massachusetts since March, according to the Boston Globe. The robbery occurred at 395 Providence Highway in Dedham around 10 p.m., and the suspect matched the description in the other robberies, according to the Globe. The Canton Police Department […]
Purchase age raised to 21, assorted products banned ~ Beginning next year, tobacco users in Canton will be faced with some of the toughest regulations in the country after the Board of Health voted unanimously Monday night to raise the legal purchase age to 21 while at the same time banning a slew of “nonmedical” […]
