Editor’s note: Click the links below to read the letters referenced in the article. Competing legal interpretations and legitimate safety concerns — not “money and union jobs” as alleged by selectmen — are at the heart of a recent dispute involving construction of a large-scale solar farm on the town-owned Pine Street landfill, according to […]
Most high school athletes only dream of playing in a championship game, let alone starring in one. But for Canton hockey sensation Kevin Rooney, winning on the game’s biggest stage has become something of a common occurrence. Two years ago, Rooney became a hometown hero after leading the Canton High boys’ hockey team to the […]
On the morning of last month’s big celebration and fundraiser that her friends and family had planned in her honor, Jean Sicard Kelleher suddenly found herself overcome with emotion and harboring serious doubts as to whether she was actually going to make it through the entire event. Kelleher, a veteran schoolteacher who was used to […]
In memory of the late Jonathan Forman — a Canton single father whose courage in the face of cancer touched countless lives around him — two local women have organized a “dining out” fundraiser this coming Sunday, March 18, at the Halfway Café in Canton. From open to close on Sunday only, any Halfway Café […]
The financial investigation into the Recreation Department that was alluded to in a recent announcement by the Board of Selectmen has its roots in the Canton Travel Basketball program, according to two town officials with direct knowledge of the situation. The prepared statement by selectmen, which first appeared on the town website on February 10, […]
As was the case all over Massachusetts on Tuesday, former Governor Mitt Romney sailed to an easy victory in Canton in the Republican primary election, garnering over 78 percent of the local vote to easily beat out Rick Santorum and Ron Paul. Romney, who collected 72 percent of the vote statewide, carried each of Canton’s […]
For the second time in as many seasons, the CHS boys’ ice hockey team went into the Division 2 south sectional tournament as a legitimate title favorite, only to have their season abruptly cut short by an upstart opponent in the quarterfinal round. Last year it was No. 7 Oliver Ames — Canton’s pesky division […]
After fending off No. 21 Ursuline Academy in the preliminary round of the Division 2 state tournament, the 12th seeded CHS girls’ ice hockey team earned a date with No. 5 Belmont last week and nearly pulled off a miraculous comeback, storming all the way back from three goals down in the second period before […]
Update: Despite a valiant comeback effort from three goals down, the Canton High girls’ ice hockey team came up just short against fifth-seeded Belmont on Monday, falling 5-4 in overtime in the first round of the Division 2 state tournament. Still riding the momentum from its big win over Walpole in last week’s regular season […]
For the past five and a half years, Denny Swenson has lived, quite literally, with one foot in Canton and the other just beyond its reaches. As it turns out, the town’s border with Milton cuts right through her house diagonally, meaning that she and her husband, Win, are residents and taxpayers of both communities. […]
