Canton High School alumnus Pat Ward has committed to Assumption College, where he will play lacrosse and hockey. Ward, a 2013 CHS graduate and a former Bulldog hockey and lacrosse captain, recently completed a post-graduate year at the Kents Hill School in Maine. Ward had a tremendous four-year experience at CHS. As a freshman, Ward’s last-second goal […]
Ian Walsh is a Canton Little League pitcher whose statistics in the 2014 season were among the most impressive in the league. Walsh joined the Athletics team in April after never having played organized baseball, and just a few months later he was selected to play in the All Star game. “He’s very humble, quiet, […]
Martin R. Dorian, of Canton, passed away at Norwood Hospital on June 11. Born and raised in Brighton, he attended Brighton Public Schools. After graduating from Brighton High School, Martin enlisted in the U.S. Navy at 18 and served during World War II as a Motor Machinist’s Mate Third Class, earning the WWII Victory Medal, […]
Looking back on my youngest daughter’s wedding, I realize that much drama centered on her dress. Buying the dress turned out to be relatively simple. When Mariel was still in grad school in Arizona she and a good friend went shopping and came home the same day with a dress. No muss, no fuss — […]
Very few Canton teens identify themselves as current smokers, but an alarming number are puffing on electronic cigarettes, according to a draft report on youth smoking issued by the Canton Board of Health last month. The report, based on a survey of more than 1,500 Galvin Middle School and Canton High School students administered in […]
On June 13, 2013, Canton fire ambulance 1 assisted in the delivery of a baby. On the baby’s first birthday the family paid a visit to the fire station and thanked the firefighters who assisted them that night. Pictured above are (l-r) firefighter John Buckley, mother Micraelle Gilot, her daughter Baina Gilot, firefighter/paramedic Chris Hiltz, and Marx Gilot, the baby’s […]
The School Committee has elected not to change start times next year at any of the Canton schools, but it is the goal of the committee to implement some changes by September 2015. Everyone on the committee, along with the administrative staff, believes that high school students could benefit educationally from a start time that […]
Although the skies were leaden and rain was falling lightly, 192 members of the Class of 2014 at Blue Hills Regional Technical School in Canton refused to let the murky weather dampen their spirits as they bade farewell to their high school days and anticipated their future. Senator Brian A. Joyce (D-Milton) was the keynote […]
Edward A. Gorny, 88, of Canton, passed away June 8 at Kindred Hospital in Boston. Born and raised in Jersey City, New Jersey, he entered the Navy at the age of 17 and served aboard the USS Oakland during World War II. He worked as a car inspector foreman for PATH (Port Authority Trans Hudson) […]
John W. Fisher, 62, of Canton, passed away June 3 at home after a brief illness. Born and raised in Somerville, he graduated from Somerville High School. He has lived in Canton for the past 25 years and has worked for the town of Sharon for the last 10 years. John was an avid Boston […]
