The Canton Public Schools’ budget shortfall in fiscal year 2011 has decreased slightly from its worst-case forecast of $1.5 million and could be reduced even further, Superintendent Dr. John D’Auria announced last week; however, D’Auria said officials still face some “ugly choices,” including whether to bring back bus fees and raise athletic fees in the […]
After blowing a two-goal lead against non-league Hanover and being forced to settle for a draw, the CHS boys’ varsity ice hockey team rebounded with a pair of solid wins last week to close out the regular season — 4-1 over North Quincy and 2-0 over North Attleboro. The victories gave the Bulldogs 15 for […]
With a volleyball, a net, and a group of enthusiastic participants, Canton Public Schools’ Wellness Coordinator Peter Boucher just might have stumbled upon, quite literally, the “best new activity idea in America.” The game, a form of “inverted volleyball” that Boucher has dubbed “nitroball,” is among a group of ten finalists currently vying for that […]
For the second time this season, the CHS boys’ varsity hockey team played well enough to beat its biggest rival, the Franklin Panthers, but somehow still ended up losing by a lopsided score – only this time it occurred on home ice with a possible league title on the line. While it wasn’t for lack […]
Saddled with a potential shortfall as high as $1.5 million in the coming fiscal year, School Superintendent Dr. John D’Auria informed School Committee members last week that he had no choice but to insert a “bunch of bad ideas” into his recommendations for the FY2011 operating budget — lowlighted by the elimination of more than […]
Already riding a three-game winning streak and still in contention for the Hockomock title, the CHS boys’ varsity hockey team stepped hard on the gas pedal last week with three more wins in six days, beating nonleague Pembroke, King Philip and Oliver Ames to improve to 12-2-1 overall (9-1-1 league). The Bulldogs are now 6-0 […]
For the past couple of months until his tragic death in an automobile accident in Indiana last weekend, Brendan Burke, the son of National Hockey League executive Brian Burke, became the public face of homosexuality in hockey — in part by default but also in many ways by his own choosing. Armed with the undying […]
While the goals were somewhat hard to come by, the CHS boys’ varsity hockey team still managed to collect two more well-deserved wins last week, beating North Attleboro 3-0 at home and Stoughton 2-0 on the road to improve to 7-1-1 with five leage games remaining. On Wednesday against the Red Rocketeers, the Bulldogs got […]
It will be a quiet election season for the town of Canton in 2010 as Friday’s deadline to submit nomination papers came and went with little fanfare, producing just a single contested race. The lone contest in the April 6 election will pit incumbent Housing Authority member Ron Grinnell against challenger Jason Dupre, while all […]
For more than eight uninterrupted hours at their son Scott’s wake, Joe and Linda Herr never once sat down, nor did they ever leave their place at the head of the receiving line alongside their oldest son Joey. Instead, with equal parts sadness and amazement, they stood there all afternoon and evening as hundreds upon […]
