With brilliant pitching, timely hitting, and aggressive baserunning, the Canton High varsity baseball team cruised to its first win of the 2026 season, beating the Attleboro Bombardiers at home on Friday 9-1. CHS junior Dean Madden struck out nine over fine innings and walked just one batter despite chilly conditions. The talented junior changed speeds, […]
On Thursday, March 19, at approximately 6:50 p.m., Canton firefighters responded to a 911 call for a vehicle collision in front of a commercial property at 100 Washington Street, between Marathon Physical Therapy and Wild Duck Wine & Spirits. Fire Lt. John Hutchinson said the vehicle had stuck a support column but stopped short of […]
After more than 30 years of dedicated service to the town of Canton, Town Administrator and former Fire Chief Charles E. Doody will retire on April 10. Transition plans will be announced at the Select Board meeting on March 31. Board Chair JR McCourt said after April 10, Assistant Town Administrator Jen Kemalian will serve […]
The near 24-hour snowstorm that hit the region earlier this week dumped over 25 inches of snow; closed Town Hall and the Canton schools for two days; and caused several downed trees and branches, including one tree that fell on a house on Messinger Street. According to DPW Operations Director Bill Walsh, the town utilized […]
In front of a packed audience in the Salah Meeting Room at Town Hall, with many of his family members and fellow police officers in attendance, Michael K. Daniels was officially sworn in as Canton’s newest police chief at the start of Tuesday’s Select Board meeting. After taking the oath administered by Town Clerk Tracey […]
Canton’s Chloe Dubuisson and Joshua Saint-Vil both captured gold and more than a dozen others also found their way onto the podium as part of a banner day for both Bulldog squads at the 2026 Hockomock League Indoor Track Championships. When the dust settled, the CHS girls team came away with a fourth-place finish out […]
Newly hired Police Chief Michael K. Daniels is expected to sign his three-year contract with the town of Canton at the Select Board’s next meeting on Tuesday evening, February 17. Daniels will be sworn in at the meeting
Forty-nine DPW snow removal trucks and 16 private contractors worked around the clock to combat the more than 25 inches of snow that fell over the area between Sunday morning and Tuesday morning. Town crews started working around 11 a.m. on Sunday to treat the roads and worked for a total of approximately 50 hours. […]
The Canton Affordable Housing Trust and Canton Select Board are expected to make a decision soon on whether to retain ownership of the former Gridley School building on Washington Street or sell it to a nonprofit developer to convert it into affordable housing units. At an informational sessional held via Zoom last Wednesday, January 14, […]
It was a productive week for the CHS boys basketball team, as the Bulldogs beat Taunton 62-59 and Stoughton 61-49 before falling to Milton Sunday 47-46 in the last minute of play. Canton is 5-6 and currently in third place in the Davenport Division as of Sunday. A week ago, the Bulldog faced the Wildcats […]
