This Thanksgiving Day, Canton High School senior Anthony Bires has a lot to be happy and thankful for. He will be calling signals at quarterback — his dream position — for his hometown team on the biggest stage of the season. But beyond football, life has been a challenge for Anthony and his family. Two […]
An office of the Shaw Group, a well respected global engineering firm, will move 800 employees to the One Beacon Building at 150 Royall Street in Canton. Most of the employees will move from the Stoughton and Cambridge offices in 2012. The nearly 190,000-square-foot space will be leased after One Beacon downsized its operations. One […]
Police Chief Ken Berkowitz will be sending letters of commendation to selectmen for all the police officers involved in apprehending two suspects who allegedly broke into the Dunkin’ Donuts on Neponset Street early Sunday morning, November 13. Police suspect that the two men are behind a rash of recent break-ins at dozens of Dunkin Donuts […]
After Thanksgiving, School Superintendent Jeff Granatino plans to bring together a 14-member advisory committee made up of staff, parents, and students to discuss whether school start times should be changed next year. The move is being considered to improve academic performance by allowing students more time for sleep. Granatino said if the time is changed […]
It all started so well last Friday as the CHS Bulldogs stunned King Philip with a four-play, 69-yard touchdown drive on the opening series of the game. But it quickly dissolved as the Warriors scored the next 37 points, including 31 in the first half to pull away with a 37-13 victory. The game was […]
Both Canton High cross country teams finished in the middle of the pack in the Eastern Mass. Division 5 Cross Country Championships, held Saturday, November 12, at Franklin Park in Boston. The boys finished 13th out of 30 teams and the girls finished 14th out of 27 teams. According to boys’ head coach Chris Elgar, […]
The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday voted to accept the recommendations of the assessors to raise both the residential and commercial tax rates for the next fiscal year. The new residential tax rate will be $11.91 per thousand valuation — up 36 cents from the current rate of $11.55 — and the new commercial tax […]
The School Committee last week heard a proposal by CHS Athletic Director Danny Erickson to consolidate the coaching staffs of the boys’ and girls’ winter and spring track teams to include one head coach responsible for both teams with three assistant coaches. The current coaching configuration consists of a head coach and two assistants per […]
Paced by the running of quarterback Anthony Bires and Dexter Green, the CHS football Bulldogs used a ball-control offense to come away with a 27-21 win over Oliver Ames Friday night. It was the Bulldogs’ first win over a league opponent other than Sharon in the past several seasons — and it came on the […]
Last weekend’s surprise snowstorm left thousands in town without power — as many as 3,000 by Sunday morning. That number was reduced to 1,000 by Monday afternoon, 241 by Tuesday, and 80 as of yesterday morning. However, most of the remaining homes without power are concentrated in the Lake Road area (around Glen Echo Lake), […]
