Out of over 120 parochial PK-8 schools in the Archdiocese of Boston, the students of St. John the Evangelist School in Canton earned the highest overall scores on the Stanford 10 Achievement tests in 2012. The Stanford, or SAT-10 as it is known, is administered to students nationwide in both public and private schools to […]
Shoppers at the Village Shoppes in Canton were treated to a very special guest as none other than Santa Claus himself came to town on Saturday, December 15. Along with Santa there was live holiday music and horse-drawn hayrides. Shoppers were also encouraged to donate to families in need at the Canton Community Theatre.
Dear Editor: Police Chief Berkowitz needs to go ahead with the ALICE [violent intruder defense] training. It appears that many communities in our nation already have done this. Of course, this training won’t be fool proof, but only a fool would not take action in our gun-crazy world. So long as people deny the fact that guns in the […]
Barbara M. “Bobbi” Henriksen (Sheehan) passed away December 17 at Norwood Hospital. Born in Brockton, she was raised in Whitman and graduated from Whitman-Hanson High School. She worked as a hairdresser for Arbor Hair Salon in Boston and Antonio II in Stoughton. She has lived in Canton for the last 45 years. Beloved wife of […]
The Canton High School Performing Arts Department held its Honors Recital Night on Tuesday, November 27, in the Morse Auditorium. The following performances were presented as a partial fulfillment of the CHS Music Honors requirements: Lauren Winter on trumpet: “Coronation” by Timothy Johnson; Rose Mancuso on clarinet: “Fantasie-Piece” by Robert Schumann ed. H. Voxman; Paige […]
On Wednesday, December 5, several area business people went “Back to School” as part of an annual event sponsored by the Schools to Career Partnership. Representatives from the private and public sectors spent the day at Canton High School, where they visited classrooms and spoke to students and teachers for a firsthand look at how […]
Submitted by the Canton Water Department ~ Our water system recently violated a drinking water standard. Although this is not an emergency, as our customers, you have a right to know what happened, what you should do, and what we are doing to correct this situation. We routinely monitor for the presence of drinking water […]
A team of Massachusetts football all stars, featuring Canton eighth graders Jack McGowan and Zack Trombley, are headed to San Antonio, Texas, on January 4 and 5 to compete in the “final four” of the Football University (FBU) National Championship after winning four straight games over the past two weekends. The team defeated fellow all-star […]
Dear Editor: Words are hard to express my heartfelt gratitude to all those who made the ceremony for my son, Shaun, on November 15 such a wonderful success. My thanks goes to Chief Ken Berkowitz, Deputy Chief Helena Findlen, Veterans’ Agent Tony Andreotti, CHS Principal Derek Folan, the American Legion Riders, Detective Chip Yeaton, the […]
Louise A. Jones (Concannon) of Plainville, formerly of Aton, New Hampshire, and Canton passed away December 11 at home. Born and raised in Milton and Hyannis, she attended Barnstable schools, graduated from Emmanuel College and attended a master’s in education program at Boston College. She was an active member of all the youth sports programs […]
