Update: The CHS varsity baseball team is headed back to the postseason after defeating Cohasset 5-3 on the road on Friday. The victory was Canton’s third in a row, bringing the team’s record to 10-10 overall. Seeding for the upcoming south sectional tournament was expected to be released on Tuesday, May 31. It’s a big week […]
Police announced that they have juvenile suspects in connection with a previous break-in at the Milton Hoosic Club but no suspects yet in a break-in that occurred early Saturday morning, May 21, at the Wampatuck Country Club in which a safe was taken. Police are also looking at a non-resident adult person of interest in […]
In a series of two votes on Tuesday night, the Board of Selectmen and the Planning Board appointed Robert Panico to fill the vacant seat on the Planning Board until the next town election in April 2017. Panico was one of eight candidates who applied for the post, which was last held by Tori McClain, […]
Canton joined the nearly 80 percent of Massachusetts communities that offer tuition-free full-day kindergarten after a clear majority of voters approved the measure at the final session of annual town meeting on Wednesday, May 11. A similar proposal, sponsored by resident Tony Braconi, was defeated a year earlier at the 2015 town meeting; however, this […]
CHS football coach Dave Bohane was pleased to announce that five Bulldog seniors have been recruited and accepted by college programs — the highest total during Bohane’s recent coaching tenure of six years. Advancing to the collegiate level are Woanyen Mahn, cornerback, Wesleyan University, where he will be joining former CHS alumnus Elias Camacho; Jake […]
Various attempts at reforming municipal government, including proposals by individual citizens and the Finance Committee, were either defeated or postponed indefinitely during the opening session of annual town meeting Monday night. Jim Sims, a FinCom member, sponsored an article proposing term limits for elected and appointed officials; the FinCom proposed to eliminate stipends for board […]
The quest for a third consecutive playoff appearance for the CHS baseball team was met with mixed results as the team went 2-3 over the past two weeks. Now at the midway point of the season, the Bulldogs entered this week in third place in the Davenport Division at 4-6 overall, but they have a […]
The Board of Selectmen have entered into negotiations with its top choice for town administrator, Charles Aspinwall of Sharon, following a unanimous vote on Friday, May 6. Selectmen went with Aspinwall, the current Millis town administrator, over two other finalists for the position: Harwich Town Administrator Christopher Clark and Middletown Assistant Town Administrator Ryan Ferrera. […]
Despite going winless through the first nine games, the CHS girls softball team has upped its level of play and appears to be knocking on the door of its first victory. Last week, the lady Bulldogs were involved in two well-played and competitive losses to Hockomock League opponents — 3-2 to Stoughton and 4-2 to […]
Canton police and detectives, working with Framingham police and ATF and DEA agents, executed a search warrant and seized a fair amount of crack cocaine, cash, and a loaded firearm at an Arboretum Way residence late Friday, April 29. Hollis Owens Jr., 42, of Canton, will be charged with several offenses, including trafficking a Class […]
