The town of Canton held its annual Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 28, followed by a moving remembrance ceremony at Veterans Memorial Park in the Canton Corner Cemetery. Photo 1: The American Legion Band leads the parade down Washington Street. Photo 2: Spectators applaud as the parade passes First Parish Church. Photo 3: Col. Robert L. DeYeso […]
Canton resident Frances Downey was awarded first prize in the photography category at the fourth annual Massasoit Arts Festival, held Sunday, May 20, at Massasoit Community College in Canton. Downey is pictured above with her winning photograph, “The Carousel.” Downey is the president of the Norwood Art Association and will be exhibiting her photographs at […]
On May 21, 14 young ladies walked from St. John the Evangelist School to Salon Monique at 776 Washington Street and donated their hair to Locks of Love. Locks of Love is a public non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children in the United States and Canada under age 21 suffering from long-term […]
Service and remembrance were the themes of Monday’s Memorial Day ceremony as speaker after speaker urged those in attendance to express their gratitude to the men and women who served in the military. Guest speaker Bob DeYeso Jr., a colonel in the U.S. Army, told the crowd that he was very happy to be back […]
In 1962, John and Gail Dolan opened a flooring business out of their home in Canton, and through hard work and vision, the company thrived over the next four decades, expanding several times amid a rock-solid reputation for quality and honesty. Now celebrating its 50th anniversary and currently operated by the Dolans’ children, the aptly […]
Startled by a rash of recent car accidents on their street, including one involving six teenagers and another involving a Canton police officer, the York Street Neighborhood Association held an open meeting last week at St. James Lutheran Church, where an estimated 50 people turned out to brainstorm possible calming measures and various other ideas […]
School Committee Chairman John Bonnanzio gave a glowing evaluation of Superintendent Jeff Granatino and offered to extend his contract after reading a summary of committee members’ opinions of the superintendent’s performance during his first two years in Canton. The committee will formally approve the superintendent’s evaluation at the next committee meeting on June 12 and […]
As a result of a past town meeting bond authorization, the town is starting to realize a “guaranteed” $63,000 in annual energy savings for all municipal buildings through a performance contracting plan. In addition, NStar has paid the town $21,443 because it has invested in new lighting equipment. Voters at a past town meeting had […]
Both Canton High outdoor track teams fared very well at the Division 3 track and field championships this past weekend in Pembroke, led by senior captain Vicky Tondre, who captured gold in the long jump while finishing a close second in the triple jump and placing sixth in the 200-meter race. Tondre, who now moves […]
Coming off a blowout loss to King Philip in the regular season finale last Monday, the Canton High girls’ lacrosse team bounced back in a major way this past weekend, demolishing visiting Nantucket 24-5 in the opening round of the Division 2 south sectional tournament. Other than the home-field advantage for the Bulldogs — which […]
