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 […]
Down by three in the final period against a good Mansfield team and in real danger of falling out of contention for the Hockomock title, the CHS boys’ varsity hockey team could have easily thrown in the towel and accepted its second defeat in as many games. Instead, the Bulldogs stormed back to life, scoring […]
SJC rules against town, but state agrees to fund most infrastructure requests While there is no way to sugarcoat last week’s defeat in the state’s highest court, officials in Canton remain very optimistic that the town will end up on the winning side of its dispute with Westwood Station after all — perhaps even sharing […]
While the recent pledge by Governor Deval Patrick to maintain local aid at current levels in 2011 was welcome news to be sure, school officials in Canton still have a million reasons to be worried about their FY2011 operating budget, beginning — and seemingly ending — with a million-dollar shortfall tied to out-of-district special education […]
After a brutal 0-7 stretch that included five straight away games to open the season, the CHS girls’ varsity basketball team finally found its groove last week with two impressive road victories: 64-56 over non-league Bedford and 76-61 over Hockomock opponent King Philip. Head coach Kaitlin Mills could not have been happier with her team’s […]
It seems hard to fathom considering the Bulldogs’ hot start, but after falling to undefeated Franklin 4-1 last week in what head coach Brian Shuman described as a “winnable game,” the CHS boys’ varsity hockey team suddenly finds itself in fourth place and in must-win mode heading into the halfway mark of the season. While […]
