It’s been a magical season for the CHS boys’ lacrosse team, and last week it only got better as the Bulldogs picked up two more big victories to run its winning streak to ten in a row. Canton has now beaten every team in the Hockomock League, including all four Kelly-Rex Division (large school) teams […]
The Canton High girls’ lacrosse team continues to tread water in the Hockomock League, and last week epitomized this trend as the Bulldogs split a pair with King Philip and Mansfield while adding a rare tie against nonleague Medway for good measure. With the 1-1-1 week, the girls now sit at 5-6-1 overall with six […]
On the weekend of April 13 and 14, Hanningtons of the Canton Men’s Softball League traveled to Wallingford, Connecticut, to play in a 16-team charity tournament, with all proceeds going toward the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings. The reigning Canton Men’s Softball League champions, Hanningtons finished 20-1 last season and went on to […]
The CHS baseball team won its second game of the year and the offense seems to have picked up; however, the Bulldogs could not get past either Taunton or Mansfield last week as its overall record dipped to 2-10. Canton lost to Taunton 12-1 and Mansfield 5-3, but the highlight of the week was its […]
Both CHS track teams had opportunities to beat Milford last week for their first win of the season, but both came up short as the boys lost 73-59 and the girls fell 80-58. The boys’ team welcomed back senior Obi Nwankwo from the German exchange trip and he responded with victories in both the 200 […]
Dear Editor: Despite the understandable reluctance of local pols and their followers to support Ed Markey in this primary, I am sure we all recognize that the right choice was made by the people of this state. Markey will lend the gravitas, awareness and progressiveness that our country needs as he joins his friend Elizabeth Warren […]
Eight students from Canton have advanced in the Future Problem Solving (FPS) Program to the international competition, which takes place June 6-9 at Indiana University in Bloomington. The cost to attend this prestigious event is a little more than $1,000 per person. To raise money, the Canton FPS program is holding various fundraisers around Canton. […]
Everything in life changes when you become a parent … Your life won’t be about you anymore. You’ll see. (Anne Lang as told by Tara Shuman in “Tara Beats Cancer,” October 2012) In early August of last year, Anne Lang Talbot of Canton had her world turned upside-down with the news that her firstborn child, Tara, […]
DID YOU KNOW … A $754,000 project to replace windows at the Hansen Elementary and Galvin Middle School skyrocketed to $2,345,000 following the discovery of toxic contaminants and asbestos found in the window caulking at both schools. According to Canton School Superintendent Jeff Granatino, and thanks in large part to Canton Finance Director Jim Murgia […]
A few years ago my family and I were vacationing in Israel when Hezbollah decided to shoot some katyusha rockets our way. The only endearing quality that katyushas had was that their range was fairly limited. Unfortunately, they’ve improved over the years, both in range and aim. Whereas they used to plague only northern Israel, […]
