DID YOU KNOW… Bob Brown, the popular longtime adjutant of the Beatty American Legion Post #24, will be honored for his many years of service at the post from 1-4 p.m. this coming Saturday, November 20. Brown, 88, was a World War II Navy combat pilot who left the Navy at war’s end in 1945 […]
Last week we spent the better part of a day going through the boxes that my mom had shipped here from Israel. There were only 13 boxes left of the household that she had dissolved last summer. I wonder if there’s some sort of mathematical life equation for this, as in 40 years divided by […]
On a recent historical tour of Canton for residents at Orchard Cove, I was extolling all of the amazing oddities that made Canton, well, uniquely Canton. And after rattling off a list of firsts in America that are connected to Canton, one of the passengers gave me a look that suggested she did not quite […]
The Board of Selectmen has accepted the recommendation of the town’s assessors and will raise the residential tax rate from $10.83 per $1,000 valuation to $11.55 per $1,000 valuation. The commercial tax rate will increase from $21.77 per thousand to $23.04. The average single-family tax bill will increase by nearly $337 from FY 2010. Town […]
The Canton High boys’ cross country team finished 10th out of 30 teams in the Division 5 Class Meet on Saturday. The girls’ team, consisting largely of underclassmen, finished 17th out of 26 teams. Canton’s top six runners on the boys’ team finished 23rd, 36th, 46th, 71st, 94th, and 106th out of 208 runners. “While […]
Mansfield’s football team proved why it’s rated one of the best in eastern Massachusetts as the visiting Hornets rolled to a 41-0 win over the Canton Bulldogs Friday night. Mansfield climbed to 9-1 while Canton is still looking for its first win after falling to 0-9-1. The victory clinched the league title for Mansfield, which […]
The Canton boys’ soccer team trounced Milton 4-1 Monday in a heavy downpour of rain to advance to the quarterfinals of the MIAA Division 2 south sectional tournament. The Canton offense exploded with three second half goals, two of which came from two Bulldog captains who secured the first round tournament win. The Bulldogs ended […]
The Canton Public Schools may soon be on the verge of a dramatic and exciting computer network overhaul, one that would change the face of computing for all CPS users while generating substantial annual savings for the district for years to come. However, as the School Committee learned earlier this week, such a system would […]
Health Fair: Nancy White, at right, has her blood pressure checked by Curry College students Samantha Rodenhiser and Danielle Gerrior at Saturday’s annual Heath Fair. Amy Nachbar Photo
With two shutouts, the Canton High field hockey team made a strong statement in the first week of the postseason. Seeded second in the MIAA tournament — just behind Bishop Stang who finished the season with a perfect 16-0-0, marginally better than Canton’s 16-0-1 — the Bulldogs faced 18th-seeded Westport in the first round and […]
