For the first time in seven years, the Canton High School golf team has captured the league title, beating out nine other teams in last week’s Hockomock League Championship tournament at Granite Links in Quincy. Sophomore Sam Riemer also advanced to the state golf championships after finishing 12th overall among 120 golfers in the Division […]
The School Committee announced on October 20 that after a long impasse, it has reached an agreement with the Canton Teachers Association on a one-year contract. The contract covers the current school year and will expire on August 31, 2012. The contract calls for no salary increases or cost of living adjustments (COLA), and in […]
Residents from the Canton community have helped rescue a dog named Adel from war-torn Afghanistan, and he is now safely in Rhode Island. Local contributions quickly exceeded the $3,000 request made by Canton police officer Glen Piro — the total hit $3,218 this week. Piro, who is currently serving in Afghanistan, sought the financial assistance […]
Update: The Bulldog golfers won the Hockomock League championship tournament, held Wednesday afternoon at Granite Links in Quincy. Mike Reardon, Mike Lamir and Sam Riemer shot a combined score of 242, beating out the other nine Hockomock teams. See next week’s Citizen for complete coverage of this remarkable accomplishment. Winners of five of its last […]
In a battle of 2-4 teams, the Franklin Panthers out-dueled the Canton Bulldogs 35-21 in Franklin last Friday night. Canton has now lost five straight games to league opponents after a promising 2-0 start. The Bulldogs have a bye this week and will resume play on Friday, November 4, at Oliver Ames (5-2). Statistically, Canton […]
State health officials have alerted 200 Massachusetts communities — including Canton — of a public advisory not to eat fish caught by local fishermen because of elevated organic mercury levels. In Canton, the four principal locations impacted by the advisory are Reservoir Pond, the Neponset River, which stretches from Walpole to Boston, the Ponkapoag River, […]
The Canton High golf team entered the week needing one more victory in two remaining matches to advance to the south sectional tournament, which begins next Monday, October 24, at the South Shore Country Club. With one win last week, the team improved to 6-5 with remaining matches against Stoughton and Franklin. The team played […]
Sharon became the first team to effectively contain Canton’s running back duo of Dexter Green and Elias Camacho as the Eagles won in a rout 28-13 at Sharon High Saturday afternoon. The Bulldogs fell to 2-4 on the season and have now lost four in a row after jumping out to a 2-0 start. Canton […]
Both Canton High School cross country teams ended their regular season with a victory over rival Stoughton at home as the girls improved to 3-1 with a 26-31 win while the boys rebounded with a 20-41 win to finish 2-2. For the boys’ team, senior Kevin O’Donnell was Canton’s best runner, finishing second overall with […]
For the first time in many years, the Canton High School graduation ceremony will take place on a different day of the week at a new location. The Canton School Committee, in consultation with Dr. Doug Dias, voted last Thursday to change the date of this year’s ceremony from Thursday, June 7, to Friday, June […]
