Parents of elementary school children who live less than two miles from their school can expect a $180 bus fee for the next school year as School Committee members began dealing with a $1.39 million budget deficit for the upcoming fiscal year. The new fee, which amounts to $1 per school day, will be charged […]
• School Superintendent Jeff Granatino announced that Kimberly Sefrino will be the new Kennedy School principal, effective July 1. Sefrino will replace Jan Chamberlain, who is serving as interim principal this year after previous JFK Principal Jennifer Henderson was named the district’s director of curriculum and instruction. Sefrino has been a teacher and principal in […]
Make no mistake about it: Dave Bohane is ecstatic to be returning as Canton High School’s varsity football coach. Although there were many coaching positions available in the region earlier this year, Bohane believes the best position available was at CHS. “I put my name into one job and it was Canton,” he said. “I […]
It was a simple relaxation tip that has propelled Canton High School senior Jon Vaughn to become one of New England’s best indoor track hurdlers. Ben Mattson, who serves as the girls’ head coach and who coaches both the boys and girls hurdlers, told Vaughn to forget having all eyes on him in the middle […]
CHS high jumper Matt Sidney finished off his spectacular indoor track season at the national high school championship meet in a tie for 16th place with a six-foot, three-and-a-half-inch jump. This was the second consecutive year Sidney competed in the nationals. Last year he tied for 14th at six feet, two and a quarter inches. […]
Selectmen are reserved and at first glance reluctant to support the second of two Green Team-supported town meeting articles that would establish new construction codes to meet energy efficiency standards for newly constructed homes, extensively rehabilitated homes, and new commercial construction. Selectmen did favor the Green Team’s zoning article that proposes an expansion of the […]
Team photo by CFD Lt. John Hutchinson; all other photos by Tanya Willow, Canton Community TV An estimated $3,000 was raised from a benefit hockey game held recently between the Mass. Firefighters and the Boston Police Team at Metropolis Rink in Canton. Four Canton firefighters participated in the charity game – John Buckley, Brian Marshall, […]
CHS high jumper Matt Sidney will be competing in the National High School Track Championships this weekend in New York after finishing in a tie for sixth place out of 13 finalists at the New England High School Track Championships on Friday, March 4, in Boston. According to coach Chris Elgar, Sidney was battling a […]
Selectmen appeared wary of supporting a town meeting article sponsored by the Conservation Commission that seeks approval of the Mass. Community Preservation Act both at town meeting and in an upcoming town-wide election. Article 39 of the April town meeting would place an additional tax on residential and commercial real estate that would be used […]
Police Chief Ken Berkowitz picked up some key supporters last week with a 5-0 vote by selectmen and a 6-1 vote by the Finance Committee backing his town meeting article to remove the vacant position of deputy police chief from civil service. Pending town meeting approval, Chief Berkowitz plans to reestablish the position later this […]
