Playing its best overall game to date, the CHS boys’ basketball team exploded out of the gate en route to a 20-point home win Monday night over Fairhaven, earning the Bulldogs a spot in the Division 3 playoffs, which get underway next week. Canton ended the regular season with a record of 8-12 and qualified […]
With last Thursday’s come-from-behind victory against Bedford, the Canton High girls’ varsity basketball team has qualified for state tournament play. After also beating King Philip at home last Friday, the team enters this week with a 5-13 record, riding a season-high three-game winning streak. “I am really thrilled with the progress the team has made […]
Meet Scott Brown (and no, not that one). This Scott Brown is a patrolman with the Canton Police Department, not the newest member of the U.S. Senate. He is from Canton, not Wrentham, and he drives a police car, not a truck. Scott Brown has become a household name across the entire country, with the […]
By Kathy Anderson Editor’s note: This is the first in a series chronicling Canton resident Gary Titus’s weight loss from gastric bypass surgery a year ago and his journey to a healthy weight and lifestyle. Titus will publish excerpts from his blog in the Canton Citizen to celebrate not only a personal triumph but to […]
Saddled with a potential shortfall as high as $1.5 million in the coming fiscal year, School Superintendent Dr. John D’Auria informed School Committee members last week that he had no choice but to insert a “bunch of bad ideas” into his recommendations for the FY2011 operating budget — lowlighted by the elimination of more than […]
We went out with another couple on Saturday night and they asked us how long we’ve been married. “Thirty-three years,” Steve and I answered almost simultaneously. I saw their eyes widen and realized that my husband and I are probably not the norm when it comes to married couples these days. We’ve been married for […]
DID YOU KNOW… The next time you’re in Boston and looking for a great place for a delicious, reasonably priced lunch, MAC suggests you try the Dry Dock Café on Dry Dock Avenue in South Boston. It is owned by longtime Canton residents George and Cathy Spiropoulos, and has been featured on the Phantom Gourmet […]
By Kathy Anderson The Canton High varsity gymnastics team finished the regular season last week with a disappointing record of 2-9. The Bulldogs showed marked improvement throughout the season, however, and earned their two wins in the second half. On January 25 Canton lost to visiting Oliver Ames by a fraction of a point, 123.6-123.625. […]
It was a busy week for the CHS girls’ and boys’ varsity swim teams, with both squads losing a meet at Dover-Sherborn last Wednesday, bouncing back to beat Franklin last Thursday and then taking part in the Hockomock League Championships last Saturday. Both squads came in sixth out of nine teams at the Hockomock Championships, […]
By Kathy Anderson Their physique notwithstanding, the lightweight-class grapplers on the Canton High varsity wrestling team are at the top of their game. Although half of the team members weigh in at under 130 pounds, these young men know how to hold their own, keeping pace with their heavier teammates and contributing to a successful […]
