Several Canton High School track participants continued to excel and several others improved their performances despite losing to Oliver Ames last week, 93-43 for the boys and 107-29 for the girls. Rachel Campagna ran an outstanding time in the 100 (13.2 seconds) and improved her personal-best long jump distance by over six inches. Matt Waldman […]
The School Committee voted last week to charge a late fee of $50 to parents who register their children for bus transportation after mid June. The purpose of the fee, according to school business manager Ken Leon, is to speed up parents’ decision making and allow the school department more time to plan bus routes […]
Canton selectmen like many of the benefits of a proposed senior housing facility on Turnpike Street at the site of the AA Will Sand and Gravel pit. However, they are requesting more information from the developer — including a formula for how they arrived at a $300,000 cash contribution to the town in lieu of […]
A Middleboro man was arrested last week on burglary charges after police responded to a call from a York Street resident and found the suspect inside the home. The resident, about to enter her driveway, saw the man on her porch and went to a neighbor’s house to call police. Police responded and arrested James […]
After an 0-6 start to the spring season, Jimmy Fitzgerald and the rest of the Bulldog baseball team will look to turn things around with games this week against division foes Sharon, Foxboro and Stoughton.
The CHS boys’ and girls’ outdoor track teams fell to Sharon last week and are still looking for their first wins. However, a number of team members improved their times and distances while several others qualified for the Division 3 state meet. For the boys’ team, Mandel Guerrier-Roberson qualified for states in both the 100 […]
The Canton School Committee received some positive financial news last week when it learned that the Mass. School Building Authority (MSBA) had approved a 45 percent reimbursement of a major window replacement project at the Hansen Elementary School and Galvin Middle School. The town will finance the entire project through a bond, and the state […]
Deputy Police Chief Helena Findlen said police are close to identifying a suspect who may have started two small fires at a Sherman Street residence on April 2 and 5. The fires did not need involvement from the Fire Department but apparently were set, according to Findlen. The first fire was in a trash barrel […]
With a senior-laden lineup and three experienced senior pitchers, new CHS head baseball coach JP Scott is hoping to improve upon last year’s record of 7-13 and get his team back to the playoffs and past the first round. The team lost twice last week, falling to North Attleboro 9-1 in the season opener and […]
The developer of the 40-acre Plymouth Rubber property on Revere Street is willing to spend up to $7 million on environmental cleanup and infrastructure improvements at the former industrial site in exchange for the right to build 348 homes — a project that will impact nearly all town departments, according to the findings of a […]
