Update: In the team’s first-ever tournament home game, the CHS boys’ lacrosse team defeated 18th seeded Lynnfield in the preliminary round of the Division 3 east sectionals on Tuesday afternoon. The Bulldogs will next face No. 2 Weston on Saturday, June 4, at 3 p.m. at Weston High School. See next week’s Citizen for complete […]
A proposed housing subdivision off Village Gate Road that would have netted the town more than 30 acres of conservation land ended in defeat last week after a deadlocked Planning Board rejected the developer’s application for a special permit. The so-called “flex plan,” submitted by Canton builder Pat Considine under the town’s flexible development bylaw, […]
After two close calls the week before, the CHS boys’ lacrosse team traveled to Sharon last Thursday and came away with one of its most convincing wins to date — a 12-5 victory that was every bit as lopsided as the score suggests. The win was the Bulldogs’ tenth of the season and guaranteed them […]
Freshman tennis sensation Erika Nannery continued her outstanding debut season for the Canton High girls’ tennis team with an impressive performance at last weekend’s MIAA South Girls Individual Tennis Tournament, held at Old Rochester High School in Mattapoisett. After dispatching Nauset’s Tori Paolino 6-4, 6-0 in the singles quarterfinals, Nannery advanced to the semifinal round, […]
When veteran Galvin Middle School wellness teacher Kristine Fritts first got wind of this weekend’s 5K fitness walk being held in her honor, she was very flattered, a little embarrassed, and “completely floored” by the kindness and generosity of her colleagues throughout the school district. As she told K-12 wellness coordinator Peter Boucher in a […]
With the funding firmly in place after last month’s annual town meeting, Canton school officials are now ready to move forward with several major capital projects over the next few months. One such project — a four-room, permanent addition to the John F. Kennedy Elementary School — will get underway in late June with an […]
The end result was a couple of hard-fought wins, but the CHS boys’ lacrosse team sure made it interesting last week in home games against North Attleboro and Milton, nearly coughing up a lead in both games before holding on to win by a single goal. The Bulldogs, who also got crushed last week by […]
Fresh off a big win over King Philip in what has been an impressive regular season, the CHS boys’ varsity lacrosse team went out and laid an egg against Franklin last week, falling to the Kelly-Rex Division leaders 11-4 Wednesday at home. Fortunately, the Bulldogs bounced right back two days later with a 7-3 win […]
In her adopted hometown of Canton, she is the fiery lady with the sweet Southern accent best known for taking to the streets in her Pilgrim outfit to protest the war in Iraq. She’s outspoken, some would call her brash, and she can be downright harsh with her criticism in the face of real or […]
On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, just hours after the second of the World Trade Center’s twin towers disappeared from the New York skyline, Canton Veterans Agent Tony Andreotti grabbed an American flag and headed to the corner of Sherman and Washington streets. There he stood over the next few days, waving that flag as if […]
