The Canton High varsity softball team endured another tough week, losing three games in five days to fall to 1-10 overall. All three losses came against teams in the Davenport Division — Sharon on Monday, Foxboro on Wednesday, and Stoughton on Friday — and all three were closer than the final score suggested. In the […]
Canton Little League and Fastpitch Softball celebrated opening day on Saturday, April 27, beginning with the annual parade down Washington and Dedham streets and commencing at the Kennedy playing fields with a cookout and on-field ceremony. Hundreds turned out for the festivities, which were held under picture-perfect skies at the Crawford and Sullivan fields. Photos […]
Canton Little League and Fastpitch Softball celebrated opening day on Saturday, April 27, beginning with the annual parade down Washington and Dedham streets and commencing at the Kennedy playing fields with a cookout and on-field ceremony. Hundreds turned out for the festivities, which were held under picture-perfect skies at the Crawford and Sullivan fields. Check […]
Twenty-five years ago, while finishing up a business degree at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Meredith Linsky made the conscious decision to follow her interests and set out on a “path less traveled.” Young and idealistic with a passion for social justice, Linsky figured that she would never be rich and might not always be […]
U.S. Congressman Stephen Lynch easily carried his home district, including Canton, in Tuesday’s special state primary for U.S. Senate, but it was not enough to overtake his congressional colleague Ed Markey, who cruised to the Democratic nomination with 57 percent of the vote. Markey, a 36-year veteran of Congress and a resident of Malden, carried […]
It was another winning week for the Canton High boys’ lacrosse team as the red-hot Bulldogs made it five in a row with a pair of hard-fought victories over Medway and Oliver Ames. In both games last week the boys played one dominant half and one mediocre one, yet they never relinquished the lead in […]
The Canton High girls’ lacrosse team continued an early season trend last week by splitting its two games over April vacation, falling to nonleague Apponequet Regional 19-15 before bouncing back with a road win over division opponent Oliver Ames 13-10. Monday’s loss to Apponequet dropped the Bulldogs to 0-2 this season against the Lakers and […]
What has historic homes, sprawling corporate headquarters, a mishmash of zoning districts, and vacancies all over? The answer, from a local perspective at least, is the Route 138 corridor in Canton — a busy stretch of roadway that has long been the target of commercial growth and revitalization, albeit with only mixed success to date. […]
The Canton High boys’ varsity lacrosse team continued its hot start with a 12-3 dismantling of Hockomock newcomer Milford on the road last Wednesday. It was the Bulldogs’ only game of the week and they made sure it counted, improving to 3-0 while handing the Hawks their first loss of the season. Expected to be […]
After another tough stretch that included shutout losses to Hockomock leaders Franklin and Milford, the CHS softball team managed to close out the week on a high note, earning a split in their doubleheader against Boston Latin Academy while also raising hundreds of dollars for Project Purple — an anti-substance abuse awareness program founded by […]
