Both CHS swim teams gave it their all at the recent Hockomock League championship meet in Milford, and it showed in their performances as several Bulldog swimmers delivered personal-best times. In the team competition, the girls had the better showing, placing seventh out of 12 schools on Saturday. The boys, meanwhile, swam a day earlier […]
The town’s Community Preservation Committee (CCPC) took a big step earlier this week toward realizing the first fruits of the Community Preservation Act in Canton, voting on Monday to recommend more than $350,000 worth of funding for six “shovel ready” projects. “Now the fun begins,” declared committee chairman Lisa Lopez, who is looking forward to […]
More than halfway through the season, the Canton High girls’ varsity basketball team continues to chase that elusive first victory, although the improvement has been steady and the team has been fun to watch, according to head coach Jim Choquette. Last week, the Bulldogs played three straight home games and came up just short in […]
To a generation of Canton residents, the story of Matthew G. Christian is a deeply familiar one — tragic in its ending yet inspirational and life-affirming in ways that many will never forget. Born without full limbs but with a big heart and a fighter’s spirit, “Matty” somehow managed to be as ordinary as he […]
A wide-open School Committee race and the potential for at least a three-way battle for two selectmen’s seats are a few of the intriguing possibilities that could emerge during the 2014 town election season in Canton, which officially got underway on Monday, January 27, with the release of nomination forms by the town clerk’s office. […]
For two years running, Stephen and Kristen Furbush cooked up the best chili in Canton, but their impact — on family, friends, and neighbors — went far beyond their culinary skills. The young couple, whose tragic deaths just two months apart made national headlines last week and sparked a massive outpouring of support for their […]
Back-to-back tournament victories for its top two wrestlers and a rare team win against Mansfield highlighted another outstanding week for the Canton High wrestling team, which appears to be rounding into form as the regular season draws to a close. In a week in which program founder and former coach Tom Bartosek was announced as […]
Although they only had one team win to show for it, the CHS swim teams turned in another solid week, highlighted by several personal bests and the continued emergence of sophomore Tiffany Ha. Canton’s lone victory came on the girls’ side against Oliver Ames last Tuesday, as the Bulldogs overcome a three-point deficit halfway through […]
After struggling to find any offensive rhythm through the first seven games of the season, the Canton High boys’ ice hockey team broke out in a big way last week, combining for a dozen goals in back-to-back wins over Milford and Oliver Ames. The Bulldogs had been stuck on one victory for the past two […]
Update: The drought may be over for both CHS ice hockey teams as the boys lit up Milford 8-0 on Wednesday while the girls demolished Dover-Sherborn 10-0. A surprising lack of scoring punch has swept across the CHS ice hockey landscape, afflicting both varsity teams — the boys and girls — over the first few weeks of […]
