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 […]
Following a disappointing road loss to North Attleboro marred by too many Canton penalties, the CHS boys’ lacrosse team bounced back Friday at home with a big win over King Philip, improving to 6-3 overall while maintaining its hold on second place in the Hockomock’s Davenport Division. It was just the second time in program […]
With victories in five of its first seven games, including two more last week, the CHS boys’ lacrosse team is now off to its best start in years, and head coach Bill Bendell and the rest of the coaching staff couldn’t be happier about it. “We’re thrilled to be 5-2,” admitted the sixth-year coach, who […]
Following budget deliberations last week, the School Committee heard a presentation from Johnson Controls on the status of a “performance contracting” plan that would allow the schools to replace the entire heating system in the Rodman building — a $2.2 million project — and pay relatively little upfront. The project, deemed critical by school business […]
From stricter energy codes to higher taxes, a new police deputy to solar-powered schools, this year’s annual town meeting promises to be an interesting affair filled with lots of lively discussion and debate — and it all gets underway Monday, April 25, at 7:30 p.m. in the Canton High School Morse Auditorium. With a total of […]
Already drained from the previous two weeks of budget deliberations, the five members of the Canton School Committee donned a brave face and slogged through their final round of cuts last week, eliminating the equivalent of three full-time teachers to help close a projected $1.5 million deficit in the 2012 operating budget. Saving the toughest […]
