A planned four-room addition to the John F. Kennedy elementary school –– considered a no-brainer at the bargain price of $900,000 — is suddenly up for debate amid news that the project would trigger a new fire safety regulation and require the installation of a $300,000 sprinkler system. Speaking at last Thursday’s School Committee meeting, […]
After opening the season with a tough loss to rival Franklin, the CHS varsity volleyball team bounced back in a big way last week, winning consecutive matches against league opponents Oliver Ames and Stoughton while showing plenty of promise against a very talented Ursuline team on the road. Arguably the Bulldogs’ most impressive performance of […]
This Saturday, September 25, Cantonians both near and far will have a chance to reunite and reconnect when the town hosts its 11th annual Homecoming Parade and Block Party — a celebrated fall tradition featuring live music performances, carnival rides, outdoor dining, and much more, all in the heart of downtown Canton. This year’s festivities, […]
While rumors of a potential shakeup in the ownership of Westwood Station have been swirling for months now, a newly issued statement from the town of Westwood, currently available on its website, appears to have erased all doubts in the matter. According to the statement, which is two paragraphs in length, the project’s current owners […]
First photo (above): Guster singer/guitarist Adam Gardner performs on the main stage at the Life is good Festival at Blue Hills. (Kaitlyn Erickson photo) With beach balls flying, kids of all ages dancing and playing, and upbeat music blaring, the scene at last weekend’s Life is good Festival at Blue Hills was precisely what organizers […]
After spending most of the summer getting to know the voters in the other nine communities in the Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth district, state senate hopeful Bob Burr thought it would be fitting to spend the final week before the September 14 primary campaigning in the place where it all began: his hometown of Canton. […]
For the second consecutive year, the Dean S. Luce Elementary School has failed to meet state performance and improvement targets on the English Language Arts portion of the MCAS test – albeit by the slimmest of margins – and must now join the list of Massachusetts schools that have been “identified for improvement” under federal […]
In the spirit of spreading “good vibes” and raising as much money as possible for kids in need, Boston-based apparel company Life is good decided to go all-out with its annual music festival this year, partnering with Superfly Productions of Bonnaroo fame to transform it into an event that people would circle on their calendars […]
He’s been pegged as a “shooting star,” an energetic, results-driven leader who went from being a student teacher to being the head of a school district in a little less than two decades’ time. But after years of riding the fast track, Jeff Granatino, Canton’s new superintendent of schools, is now ready to settle into […]
A generation of Canton kids have come to know him as their soccer coach and as a proud father of three sons, but scan the newspaper archives for some of the region’s most high profile criminal cases, and chances are that William “Bill” Sullivan will have starred in at least a few of them. Coach […]
