My brother, Ernest Carrara, was killed in a plane crash while serving with the United Nations forces in Korea on September 27, 1951. He survived World War II and received two Bronze Stars for landing behind enemy lines at night in Yugoslavia to deliver guns and ammunition to Yugoslavian and Albanian Partisans. I discovered this when, under […]
By Dan DeBlasio With the help of the newly formed Viaduct at 175 Committee, plans are currently in the works to commemorate the 175th anniversary of the completion of the Canton Viaduct. The committee’s chief goal is to celebrate this great achievement and erect a monument in memory of the Freemasons who helped build the […]
Editor’s note: The following is the final installment of a three-part series that looks into what life was like for Canton residents during World War II. The first part ran in the 12/3 issue and dealt with the home front. Part two ran last week and dealt with Canton’s contributions on the frontlines in both […]
Editor’s note: The following is the second installment of a three-part series that looks into what life was like for Canton residents during World War II. The first part ran last week and dealt with the home front. Part two deals with Canton’s contributions on the frontlines in both the European and the Pacific Theaters […]
Editor’s note: The following is the first installment of a three-part series that looks into what life was like for Canton residents during World War II. The first part deals with the home front. Part two deals with Canton’s contributions on the frontlines in both the European and the Pacific Theaters of war. Part three […]
It isn’t often that a high school football coach in Massachusetts gets compared to a coach in the National Football League, let alone any number of the league’s all-time great coaches. Then again, it isn’t often that a coach inherits a proud yet struggling program, comes in and beats the super bowl-bound Thanksgiving Day rivals […]
It will forever be remembered as the “snow bowl,” but Canton High School’s super bowl win over Somerset on December 5, 1981 was so much more than that. Not only was it the necessary icing on the cake that was the 1981 regular season — a perfect campaign complete with blowouts, nail biters and comebacks — […]
CHS Hall of Fame to honor 1981 Super Bowl champs There was a time when Canton High School football reigned supreme, when the green and white were kings of the Hockomock League, and when hundreds of Canton faithful packed the stands at every game to support the unstoppable Bulldogs. Over the span of three seasons, […]
