An unidentified woman suffered serious injuries on Saturday, September 7, when she was pinned by a backing car near the Hallmark store at the Village Shoppes in Cobb’s Corner. Fire Lt. Donnie Lester said the operator apparently struck the woman while backing up and also hit two parked vehicles. Lester said the woman was transported […]
For the second consecutive summer and the second time in team history, the American Legion team has captured the Canton Women’s Softball League title after knocking off Angelo’s Pizza in the best-of-three final series. This year, the Legion team swept the series, winning the first game 19-10 and then clinching the title with an 11-10 […]
The Canton community packed the stands at Memorial Field Friday night for a special charity scrimmage event hosted by the CHS football program in honor of former Bulldog great Billy Cravens, who was recently diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The inaugural “green and white” game raised nearly $12,500 for the Cravens family through ticket […]
Canton police posted the above surveillance image on the department’s Facebook page showing a male suspect who used stolen credit cards to purchase merchandise at a retail store. The cards were reported stolen from two cars in the Ponkapoag neighborhood during Labor Day weekend. Deputy Police Chief Helena Findlen said a third car was broken […]
Following up on his goal to add more school resource officers, Police Chief Ken Berkowitz has named Police Sergeant Chuck Rae and Officer Ted Lehan to be the SROs assigned to the Galvin Middle School. In addition, an officer will serve as SRO at the Blue Hills Regional Technical School two days a week. Berkowitz […]
Selectmen have begun negotiations with Allied Waste-Republic Services to be the town’s sole provider of rubbish and recycling services. The new system, if approved, would save the town an estimated $130,000 per year, mostly in transportation costs. Collection would be automated — the driver would not exit the vehicle — and each resident would receive […]
Turnpike Café, which finished fifth in the regular season with a record of 5-8, went 3-0 on championship Sunday to win the Canton Men’s Over 30 Softball League title. Turnpike Café beat Loughran Electric and Emma’s Pub — the top two teams in the regular season — to take the championship. Turnpike co-manager Ryan Shaughnessy […]
School Superintendent Jeff Granatino has opened a search for a new Kennedy School principal to replace Kimberly Sefrino, who has accepted another principal position in the Lakeville school system. Granatino announced the departure at last week’s School Committee meeting. He said Sefrino’s decision to leave was based on her wishes to be closer to her […]
On Tuesday, August 13, the American Legion Post 24 honored its regular and junior baseball teams at an end-of-season banquet and awards ceremony held at the Canton Town Club. Both squads made the playoffs while playing exciting baseball and giving their fans a lot to cheer about throughout the season. The senior team, under head […]
The Canton High School athletic year officially got underway this week with the first football practice on Monday, August 19, with most other fall teams beginning practice today, Thursday, August 22. The 2013-14 year begins with many changes, including three new head coaching hires; a switch for most teams from Division 3 to Division 2, […]
