It was a banner day for the CHS girls’ track team as the squad earned its first win of the season at home on May 7 against Stoughton 83-53. Unfortunately, the boy’s team is still looking for its first win after falling to the Black Knights 108-28. Both CHS Athletic Director Danny Erickson and head [...]
The CHS baseball team lost twice last week but might have found a new pitching prospect in freshman Kevin Powers. In a 3-1 loss to Oliver Ames, Powers threw seven strong innings, scattering six hits while striking out three. “[Powers] has been a great spark for our team,” said head coach JP Scott. “He is [...]
A 24-year-old Stoughton man was arraigned from his hospital bed at Boston Medical Center on Monday on charges stemming from a one-car crash on Bolivar Street late Friday night that killed his passenger and friend, Evan Bard, 20, of Agawam. Sean Jackman, a resident of Howland Street in Stoughton, was charged with motor vehicle homicide, [...]
Town meeting voters at Monday’s opening session overwhelmingly approved a transfer of $1.36 million from Canton’s free cash reserves to quicken the renovation of the previously purchased Knights of Columbus building on Pleasant Street into a fully operational senior center, perhaps as soon as next spring. The transfer augments last year’s town meeting appropriation along [...]
The first session of the 2013 annual town meeting adjourned a little after 10:30 p.m. on Monday, May 13, with most of the 41-article warrant completed. Only the main budget article for FY14, plus three zoning articles concerning a proposed Senior Housing Overlay District (SHOD) on Route 138 and a few other articles remained. Selectmen [...]
The New England Association of Schools and Colleges has renewed Canton High School’s 10-year accreditation, although much of the work has only just begun, according to CHS Principal Derek Folan. Folan informed the School Committee on May 9 that NEASC has delivered its 79-page document and in the next 10 days will send a list [...]
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 [...]
Canton’s recent investment in town wells and water treatment plants is beginning to pay off. For the first time in recent memory there will not be an increase in water rates for next year, although sewer rates will increase 5.4 percent, resulting in an average ratepayer’s bill rising $8.14 per quarter based on a usage [...]
The Canton Fire Department responded to a transformer fire on Washington Street near Wildewood Drive on Sunday night, May 5, around 10 p.m. The primary electrical wire was on the ground. Engine 6 secured the scene until the power company repaired the line. (Tim O’Connor photo) Dry weather causes brush fires The recent stretch of [...]
