After knocking off Archbishop Williams in the opening round of the south sectional tournament, the Canton High girls’ lacrosse team traveled to No. 1 Hopkinton last Tuesday in hopes of pulling off an upset. But a victory was just not in the cards as the Bulldogs were eliminated from postseason contention by a final score […]
The Canton Public Schools are Boston Strong. That was the clear message sent by students, staff, and community supporters on Thursday, May 23, in the wake of an unprecedented fundraising campaign initiated by four Canton High School juniors in honor of the Boston Marathon bombing victims. On this day, all six of the district’s schools […]
Update: The CHS boys’ lacrosse team dominated No. 29 Mystic Valley 15-3 in opening round action on Tuesday, May 28. The Bulldogs (16-1) will next battle No. 20 Watertown on Friday at Memorial Field. Coming off a close loss to rival Foxboro that ended its season-long unbeaten streak, the Hockomock champion CHS boys’ lacrosse team […]
Update: The CHS girls’ lacrosse team gave it their all but came up short against No. 1 Hopkinton, falling 16-8 in second round action on Wednesday, May 29. The Bulldogs finish the season at 10-8-2 *** After storming into the postseason with three wins and a tie over its final four games, the CHS girls’ […]
Sometimes life’s most worthwhile endeavors are the ones that are born out of necessity or circumstance. Just ask Kurt Purnell of Canton, a software account executive who stumbled upon one of his greatest passions, Alzheimer’s awareness and research, after watching his late father struggle with the disease throughout the early to mid 2000s. For Purnell, […]
Down to their final four games and needing at least two wins and a tie to clinch a postseason berth, the Canton High girls’ lacrosse team went out and took care of business last week at home, cruising past Sharon and Oliver Ames and battling first-place Foxboro to a 9-9 draw to punch their ticket […]
After winning 13 straight games and shattering countless program records along the way, the CHS boys’ varsity lacrosse team finally met its match against division rival Foxboro, falling 5-4 on the road last Wednesday despite a valiant second-half comeback effort. The heartbreaking loss came with just two games to go in an otherwise perfect season, […]
It isn’t often that a leader gets to walk away from his post immediately after achieving his number-one organizational priority, but that was indeed the case for Canton’s John Friel, who recently got to celebrate the end of his two-year run as chairman of the Council on Aging with the promise of a new senior […]
After six consecutive weeks with at least one win and one loss, the CHS girls’ lacrosse team now finds itself right around .500 and in need of a strong finish if it wants to make it back to the postseason. Last week, the girls continued a season-long trend with a convincing victory over Milford and […]
Marilyn Rodman, a longtime Canton School Committee member, dedicated philanthropist, and a passionate supporter of the performing arts, passed away on Monday, May 13, following a lengthy illness. A well-known and beloved figure in the Canton community, Rodman served the Canton Public Schools in an official capacity for 22 years and also worked tirelessly behind […]
