Just a week removed from its impressive 3-1 home win over top-ranked Franklin, the CHS varsity volleyball team traveled to the Panthers’ gym last Thursday in an attempt to duplicate the effort, but ultimately came up short, falling in straight sets 25-23, 25-21, 25-21. It was just the second loss this season for the Bulldogs, […]
In the fall of 2004, during her third deployment to Iraq as a combat photojournalist, U.S. Army Specialist Blanka K. Stratford signed a sworn statement admitting to being in a sexual relationship with another woman. A few weeks later, on November 19, she was sent home with an honorable discharge in accordance with the military’s official policy at the time on homosexuality, known colloquially as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
The issue of traffic was a recurring theme at the Planning Board meeting last Wednesday as the board held hearings on three separate site plan proposals — a gas station/convenience store on Route 138, a large liquor store in the Blue Hills section of Route 138, and a seven-unit condominium project on Plymouth Street in […]
In a season filled with dominant victories and impressive displays of teamwork and raw talent, the Canton High varsity volleyball team soared to new heights last week with a 3-1 home win over undefeated Franklin to improve to 9-1 on the season. Facing a Panthers squad that had recently made quick work of North Attleboro […]
After opening the season with eight relatively effortless wins, the CHS varsity field hockey team finally met its match when it hosted the undefeated Franklin Panthers last Thursday at Memorial Field. However, when it was all said and done, the Bulldogs still prevailed, winning 2-1 in dramatic fashion on a pair of last-minute goals by […]
When perfection is a realistic possibility, even a scoreless draw against a first-place team can be considered a setback — and that was certainly the feeling among players and coaches on the CHS girls’ soccer team as the Bulldogs settled for a 0-0 tie against Franklin last Wednesday night at home. In a way, the […]
Faced with its toughest test of the season with back-to-back road games against the top two teams in the Kelly-Rex Division, the unbeaten but suddenly hobbled CHS boys’ soccer team looked like two different teams last week — one that pulled out a gutsy 1-0 win over Attleboro and another that “fell apart” down the […]
It’s the stuff most people only read about, but for 40-plus years during the tumultuous 20th century, Canton resident Bernard C. Redmont enjoyed a front-row seat to some of the most significant events in modern world history. He was in Russia, traveling on a Pulitzer fellowship as a freelance journalist, when the Second World War […]
With last Tuesday’s 6-0 blowout win over Stoughton at home, the CHS girls’ varsity soccer team has now reached the midpoint of the season without so much as a blemish on its overall record. Standing at a perfect 8-0 with six shutouts, the Bulldogs have looked unstoppable at times this season, although head coach Paul […]
It was another easy win for the CHS field hockey team last week as the Bulldogs overcame a slow start to take care of Stoughton 3-0 at Memorial Field. Senior captain Cady Kelly led the way, scoring two goals in the win to give her five over the past two weeks. Fellow senior Hailey Gaughan […]
