This week is an important one for Canton High School football as CHS Athletic Director Danny Erickson will meet with head football coach Dave Bohane to talk about how the ongoing mosquito threat will impact the timing of evening practices and Friday night games. State health officials recently raised the town’s risk level for Eastern […]
Parents of Canton schoolchildren who plan to send in snacks and treats for classroom parties will be limited in their choices as a result of new state-mandated nutrition standards that are set to take effect this year. All schools are in the process of implementing the new standards, and the state departments of education and […]
A 17-year-old Canton man was arrested Monday night in connection with a domestic stabbing incident on Andrea Drive on Friday, July 27. This is the second stabbing incident reported to police in successive weeks, but police said they are not related in any way. Jevon C. Taylor of 10 Andrea Drive faces charges of assault […]
The Canton A’s have completed their summer baseball season after getting swept last week by first-place Braintree in the opening round of the Cranberry League playoffs. The A’s lost the first two games of the best-of-three series (3-0 and 1-0) and finished in sixth place out of nine teams with a 10-14-1 record. Although Canton […]
Selectmen said they are amenable to many of the road safety suggestions that were presented to the board Tuesday night by the York Street Neighborhood Association. About 30 neighbors attended the meeting and applauded the presentation delivered by spokesperson Catherine Walsh of 307 York Street. The group also praised the work done so far by […]
A bases-loaded single by Steve Delanian in the eighth inning against Plymouth last weekend lifted the Canton A’s to a 2-1 victory and propelled the team into the Cranberry League playoffs. Earlier in the day, Tyler Hitchcock had pitched the A’s to a 4-0 win in the first game of a home doubleheader, and the […]
The Canton American Legion Post 24 baseball team ended its season on a high note last week, beating rival Norwood 3-2 and Westwood 8-4 to finish 10-12 overall, good for sixth place in the District 6 West Division. Although Canton did not make the playoffs, it did beat the league’s top two teams — Norwood […]
When the Board of Selectmen and the School Committee jointly meet on Tuesday, July 24, they will be reviewing applicants for two vacant School Committee seats. Within weeks of the resignation of committee member Liz Salisbury, whose family has relocated to Pittsburgh, committee member Jill Stevens notified the committee of her plans to resign for […]
Suspicious activity at a towing company led to the arrest of a Canton man on Saturday, July 14, following an investigation by Canton police. The man reportedly raised suspicion when he approached a vehicle at Pat’s Towing on Turnpike Street with tools in his hand. The man then fled in his own vehicle after being […]
With a recent stretch of five consecutive victories, the Canton A’s have vaulted into position for the sixth and final playoff spot in the nine-team Cranberry League. A key doubleheader with Plymouth, which sits just a half-game back, will be held this Sunday at CHS and will likely decide who will earn the last playoff […]
