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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The first win back in January could have been dismissed as a fluke, but after the CHS boys’ ice hockey team thoroughly outplayed Mansfield High in Saturday’s Hockomock Classic before an electric crowd at Metropolis Rink, it is now official — Canton owns the Hornets this year. To put it further into perspective, Mansfield had already […]
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After finding its offense and then some in a recent two-game stretch against Foxboro and Attleboro, the CHS boys’ ice hockey team traveled to Marlboro last week for its annual showdown with Lincoln-Sudbury and came out surprisingly flat, falling 3-1 in frustrating fashion at the New England Sports Center. It was the fourth time in […]
If the anticipated transformation of the Pine Street landfill into New England’s largest solar farm strikes residents as a little too good to be true, then they might want to pinch themselves — because the project, officials say, is every bit the “win-win” that it appears to be. Even Victor Del Vecchio, the normally understated selectmen […]
After another cancellation last Wednesday — its third already this season — the CHS boys’ ice hockey team decided to take its frustrations out on Foxboro, pounding the Warriors into submission with a season-high 11 goals en route to an 11-0 victory at Metropolis on Saturday. It was the first double-digit goal scoring effort of the season […]
