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Following a tough road loss to Mansfield to start the week, the CHS boys’ lacrosse team bounced back Thursday night against Sharon with a 15-12 comeback win at home to improve to 2-2 in the Hock and 3-2 overall. Originally scheduled for Wednesday but postponed due to rain, the game against the Eagles featured several […]
Apr 21 2011 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner
Saddled with a total budget deficit of $1.57 million and with just over $920,000 left to cut, the Canton School Committee plodded through its list of suggested reductions over three-plus hours last week, managing to trim another $573,000 but leaving the most painful decisions for tonight’s meeting, which starts at 7 in the CHS distance […]
Apr 14 2011 | Posted in
News,
Schools | By
Jay Turner
After starting the season with two big wins — including a dominant 17-0 performance against nonleague Dedham in the season opener — the CHS boys’ varsity lacrosse team fell back to earth a bit on Friday, falling at home to defending league champion Foxboro 14-3. According to head coach Bill Bendell, this year’s squad just […]
Apr 14 2011 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner
Faced with a structural deficit and fresh out of one-time revenue sources to help soften the blow, members of the Canton School Committee delivered a painful warning to the community last week in what they hoped were crystal-clear terms: Budget cuts are coming, and this time, they will be unavoidable. While cuts have been a […]
Mar 17 2011 | Posted in
News,
Schools | By
Jay Turner

There’s a longstanding belief in sports that it’s hard to beat the same opponent three times in one season, and the CHS boys’ hockey team seemed to prove as much over the weekend with its 2-1 overtime loss to Oliver Ames in the quarterfinal round of the Division 2 south sectional tournament. At the very […]
Mar 10 2011 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner
Thanks to the vision of five local businessmen who also happen to love sports, the town of Canton could soon have another multi-purpose recreational facility that would be available for use 12 months out of the year. The five partners, organized as 02 Realty Holding Company, LLC, recently received a green light from the Zoning […]
Mar 10 2011 | Posted in
News,
Schools | By
Jay Turner

Three years after Canton voters rejected its proposal to build a large, mixed-use development at the former Plymouth Rubber site on Revere Street, Canton Development Properties, a subsidiary of the Illinois-based Napleton Company, will head back to town meeting and try again — this time with a proposal that is far more general in scope, […]
Mar 3 2011 | Posted in
News,
Town Government | By
Jay Turner

In a town meeting matter entirely separate from the Plymouth Rubber rezoning proposal, the town of Canton will seek approval from town meeting voters to acquire the rights to Reservoir Pond, which the Napleton Company had inherited when it purchased the Plymouth Rubber site in 2006. Napleton, as part of a settlement agreement with Canton […]
Mar 3 2011 | Posted in
News,
Town Government | By
Jay Turner

After taking down Mansfield — the top-ranked team in all of Division 2 south — to capture the inaugural Hockomock Classic Cup, the CHS boys’ ice hockey team went out and took care of business last week in its final two regular season contests, defeating nonleague opponents North Quincy and Melrose on back-to-back days to snag the second seed […]
Mar 3 2011 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner

After breathing new life into a struggling Randolph High School in only three years’ time, Dr. William Conard, a man described by Canton Superintendent Jeff Granatino as an “educational visionary,” has accepted an offer to become the new principal of Galvin Middle School. Pending successful contract negotiations, Conard, a Canton native, will take over for […]
Feb 24 2011 | Posted in
News,
Schools | By
Jay Turner