Stories written by Jay TurnerJay joined the
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Update: The CHS boys lacrosse team split their two games this week — a 16-1 win over Stoughton and a 10-3 loss to Natick — and are now 3-2 heading into Monday’s away game versus Pembroke. *** The Canton High boys lacrosse team is off to a winning start in 2018 with a 2-1 record through the first […]
Apr 20 2018 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner

The 122nd running of the Boston Marathon gets underway at 10 a.m. this coming Monday in Hopkinton, and among those set to depart from Main Street on the famed 26.2-mile course are 18 registered runners from Canton. This year’s local contingent, according to the official entry list posted by the Boston Athletic Association, consists of […]
Apr 14 2018 | Posted in
Beyond CHS,
Sports | By
Jay Turner

The incumbents carried the day in Tuesday’s annual town election with the two sitting selectmen on the ballot, Kevin Feeney and Mark Porter, both returning to their posts after successfully fending off a challenge from newcomer Kathy McCormack in this year’s lone contested race. Despite coming up short in her first ever bid for elected […]
Canton was well represented at this year’s NCAA Division III men’s ice hockey national championship weekend in Lake Placid, New York, with two of the final four teams featuring homegrown talent. Nick O’Connor, a junior forward on the Colby College Mules, saw action in the semifinal game against St. Norbert’s College, and Colin Clapton, a […]
Apr 6 2018 | Posted in
Beyond CHS,
Sports | By
Jay Turner

A diverse group of abutters, nearby neighbors, concerned citizens, and town officials came out in full force at last Thursday’s Zoning Board of Appeals meeting to deliver a loud and clear message of opposition to a proposed substance abuse detoxification center at the site of the Bay State School of Technology located at 225 Turnpike […]
Mar 29 2018 | Posted in
News,
Town Government | By
Jay Turner
Canton’s annual town election is fast approaching, and for the third time in the last four years, the focus will be on the Board of Selectmen, where incumbents Kevin Feeney and Mark Porter will look to fend off a challenge from newcomer Kathy McCormack in the lone contested race on the ballot. To better assist […]

It was finally starting to feel like the year. After a string of close calls and heartbreaking finishes over the past several postseasons, the perennially successful Canton High boys ice hockey team looked primed to make its first trip back to the Garden since its 2010 championship season while seemingly possessing the goods and the […]
Mar 17 2018 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner

After a series of delays and extensions, the application process for a proposed hotel project on Turnpike Street has advanced into the final stages with the town’s Zoning Board of Appeals slated to revisit the matter — and potentially vote on a site plan — at its next meeting on Thursday, March 22. The proposal, […]
Mar 16 2018 | Posted in
Business | By
Jay Turner
One year removed from their Cinderella run to the brink of a state championship as a double-digit seed, the Canton High girls varsity ice hockey team is headed back to the TD Boston Garden — this time in the role of a highly ranked contender with some serious unfinished business to attend to. Seeded No. […]
Mar 16 2018 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner

The safety and physical well-being of students and staff continues to be a high priority for the Canton Public Schools but the individual schools and the district as a whole can always do better and improvements can and will be made. That has been the unified message coming from Canton school leadership and public safety […]
Mar 9 2018 | Posted in
News,
Police & Fire | By
Jay Turner