With bulldozers and active construction equipment working in the background, a group of 70-80 people, including town officials, residents, school staff, GMS students, and Massachusetts State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg came together at Duggan Field on a hot and humid Thursday morning to officially break ground on the new Galvin Middle School. Although actual construction began […]
The town of Canton is warning applicants, property owners, developers, and other members of the public about fraudulent emails impersonating the town, its departments, boards, committees, or employees. The town recently became aware of a scam attempt in which individuals are using publicly available information from the town’s website, meeting agendas, and permitting portal to […]
The CHS girls cross country team is poised to have another outstanding season and showcased its potential with a dominant, 18-44 win against Mansfield in its home season opener at Pequitside Farm on September 16. The boys team, also a challenger for the Hockomock Davenport Division title, fell short against the Hornets by a 20-38 […]
Kadisha (Kiki) Harris and Nate Santos, Sr. had very much settled into their life as parents of their son, Nathan Santos, Jr., when things suddenly took a different and unexpected turn. In late August, Nate Jr. was diagnosed with acute B-cell lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL). Now the young family is caring for the baby over what […]
A specially trained group of Canton firefighters who serve on the Norfolk County Technical Rescue Team were deployed to the scene of a partial building collapse at a home in Wellesley following a motor vehicle collision last week. Responding CFD personnel also brought the technical rescue trailer that it houses and maintains in Canton. The […]
Sue Ann Wood, who was known for her caring spirit and kind nature, passed on August 19, 2026, with her sisters by her side. She will be remembered with great affection by all who knew her, especially her dearest friends, Debbie McCourt and Susie Fortuna. Her life stands as a testament to quiet strength, devotion […]
As convenience stores and gas stations across the commonwealth were busy clearing their shelves of any Kratom products amid an emergency statewide ban that took effect late last month, retailers in Canton were already well ahead of the curve thanks to stringent local health regulations enacted several months prior. Unanimously approved by the Canton Board […]
It’s been smooth sailing so far for the undefeated CHS varsity field hockey team, who ran their streak of shutout wins to three straight with a 9-0 rout of Taunton at home earlier this week. Combined with another 9-0 victory in the season opener at Stoughton and a 5-0 home win last Thursday versus Oliver […]
One of the very few banks in the country still operating under its original name, Canton Co-operative Bank is celebrating the 135th anniversary of its founding this year. According to Canton native and Canton Co-operative Bank President & CEO Nick Maffeo, “In 1891, the first president of Canton Co-operative, Ephraim Thorndike, promised that Canton Co-operative […]
Blue Hills Reservation is a prominent feature of the greater Boston area. The Blue Hills Ski Area and the Mass Audubon Blue Hills Trailside Museum are hard to miss for anyone traveling on Route 138 near the Canton-Milton border. Less well known is that WGBH, Boston’s public media station, is named for Great Blue Hill […]
