The American Legion team are the 2012 champions of the Canton Men’s Over 30 Softball League. The team finished with an overall record of 8-4 and entered the playoffs as the second seed. The team won the championship thanks to several exciting comebacks in the late innings. In the first round, the team came back […]
In a turbulent season shortened by the recent mosquito threat, the American Legion team defeated Angelo’s Place to win the Canton Women’s Softball League championship — the first in recent history for the Legion team. American Legion player/manager Erin Costello said the team has been to the championship series many times before but won in […]
After having success with a single coach to oversee both the boys’ and girls’ indoor track teams last winter, Canton High School Athletic Director Danny Erickson has opted to continue the model in the fall with the appointment of Christa Marr as the head coach of both CHS cross country teams. Marr had three main […]
Canton Police continue to investigate an attempted robbery at a residence on Pinewood Road that took place early Sunday morning, August 26, at 3:15 a.m. No one was injured, but a three-inch knife was shown to two victims. The victims told police they went outside to smoke a cigarette when a man described as 5’10” […]
Columbia Gas (formerly Bay State Gas) is nearing completion of the Washington Street to Cobb’s Corner gas line project, but that is only the beginning of many new gas line projects scheduled throughout the fall. Already the second project has begun on Legion Street with a completion date set for September 4. The third project, […]
After this Friday, August 24, all detours on Pleasant Street will be lifted now that most of the Reservoir Pond dam repair work has been completed. Selectmen reported this week that the entire project may be completed by Labor Day or by the first day of school. Selectman Sal Salvatori, who has been the point […]
The 2012-2013 athletic year for Canton High School will be full of new twists, beginning with a change in early season practice times due to the recent mosquito threat, as well as new online registration, a new 13-month physical exam requirement, and a new requirement that athletes and their parents read the school’s concussion policy. […]
Selectmen need to make appointments to fill the following vacancies on town boards: Conservation Commission (2), Cable Advisory Committee (3), Comprehensive Water Resource Management Plan (2), Fair Housing Committee (3), Master Plan Monitoring Committee (5), Traffic Study Committee (2), and single vacancies on the Canton Veterans Council, Commission on Disabilities, MBTA Advisory Board, Water and […]
Four selectmen and three School Committee members met Tuesday night and selected former Finance Committee Chairman Dave Emhardt and environmental consultant Robert Golledge to fill the remaining terms of School Committee members Liz Salisbury and Jill Stevens, who recently resigned for personal and business reasons. Both positions will be up for election in the spring […]
Firefighters and the State Police Bomb Squad defused an old hand grenade found inside a house at 360 Chapman Street on Thursday, August 2, at 11:45 a.m. Fire Lt. Brian Marshall said the grenade, which dates back to World War II, was found while workers were cleaning out the home, which was recently sold. Marshall […]
