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 […]
For the first time in recent memory, the town of Canton will hold its annual election without a single contested race, after last Friday’s nomination deadline came and went without any new candidates stepping forward to challenge the incumbents. According to the town clerk’s office, the lack of challengers means that the April 5 town […]
On Thursday evening, February 3, Canton High School held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the Scott Herr Memorial Fitness Center and to thank the various donors who contributed to the project. Approximately 40 people, including members of the Herr family and several of Herr’s former CHS hockey teammates, turned out for the […]
With all of the tough decisions he’s had to make this winter due to the weather, new Superintendent of Schools Jeff Granatino has more than earned his keep in his first year in Canton. That was the consensus last Thursday among School Committee members as they thanked Granatino for making some “excellent calls” with respect […]
After playing seven of its last eight games in the friendly confines of Metropolis Rink, the CHS boys’ ice hockey team traveled to Brockton on Saturday to take on Davenport foe Oliver Ames and somehow — despite playing sub-par hockey for two thirds of the game — managed to skate away with a 4-2 victory. […]
When Canton High School completed its multi-million-dollar renovation project in the fall of 2005, many observers and visitors to the school wondered what would become of the massive yet sparsely furnished “Room 303,” which was tucked away on the second floor above the athletics department, directly across from the glitzy new library/media center. Now, more […]
