While opening the mail one night, Canton resident Amy Killeen was surprised to find that she was named one of this year’s 100 Unsung Heroines by the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women. Killeen’s Northeastern University colleague Sheila Magee Beare had discretely written a letter of recommendation to the commission back in March on […]
Town pays tribute to fallen soldiers on Memorial Day “Freedom is not free” was the underlying message of Monday’s Memorial Day Ceremony, a point made clear as the names of the 77 Canton residents who died in action from the Civil War to the present day were read aloud at the start of the program. […]
~ Girls’ tennis at 12-5 ~ By opening last week against Stoughton and Fontbonne Academy, two of the weaker opponents on the schedule this season, CHS girls’ tennis coach Sheila Conneely was able to shuffle her lineup, but even with a different combination of players, the results were just the same: Canton wins. The girls’ tennis […]
With three wins last week, the CHS boys’ tennis team is tournament bound. Victories over Stoughton, Foxboro and Cohasset brought Canton’s win total to nine, the magic number of wins the Bulldogs needed to qualify for the state tournament. After starting the season with a 3-6 record, the team has rebounded with a 6-2 mark […]
~ Individual players shine in weekend tournament ~ After clinching a berth in the state tournament the week before, the CHS girls’ tennis team lost its only match of the week 3-2 at North Attleboro last Thursday. But, as head coach Sheila Conneely points out, the score of that match “does not tell the whole […]
In the boys’ tennis team’s lone match last week, the Bulldogs fell one point shy of pulling off an upset against unbeaten North Attleboro, losing 3-2 last Thursday at home. With the loss, Canton is 6-8 on the season and needs wins in three out of its last four matches to earn a spot in […]
With the intent of becoming a full-time “citizen legislator,” Richard Livingston, a Republican candidate for the Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth District state senate seat, has promised to make “constituent service” his number one priority if elected in this November’s general election. But before Livingston is able to go one-on-one with incumbent state senator and Democrat […]
After securing its ninth win of the season in last Friday’s 5-0 win over Fontbonne Academy, the CHS girls’ tennis team qualified for the state tournament for the first time since the 2008 season. After going 1-2 the week before, Canton rebounded to go 3-1 last week with 5-0 wins over Franklin, Oliver Ames and […]
On the heels of dropping all three matches the week before, the CHS boys’ tennis team bounced back last week, going 3-1 with wins over Franklin, Oliver Ames and Mansfield to improve to 6-7 on the season. “Practices have been key to the wins,” head coach Leo Nelson wrote in an e-mail to the Citizen. […]
Jonathan Woodson, a noted doctor, soldier and teacher, has been nominated as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs by President Barack Obama. Woodson’s nomination awaits confirmation from the U.S. Senate. A Canton resident for the last 15 years, Woodson is an associate professor of surgery and an associate dean at the Boston University […]
