It was one of the most successful weeks in recent years for the CHS varsity baseball team as the Bulldogs improved to 6-3 with an extra-inning win over Sharon and shutouts of league opponents Attleboro and Franklin. The week started off with a dramatic, 6-5 road win over Sharon that featured a three-run seventh inning, […]
Jen Henderson, the Canton Public Schools’ current director of curriculum and instruction, has been named interim superintendent effective July 1, the date that current School Superintendent Jeff Granatino leaves to run the Marshfield Public Schools. The appointment is subject to contract negotiations. School Committee Chairman Bob Golledge Jr. and Granatino acknowledged at the April 30 […]
The Board of Selectmen plan to spend nearly $500,000 for traffic-calming measures on Dedham Street and are also urging residents to contact the governor and state highway officials in an attempt to preserve funding for the Canton Interchange Project and related Dedham Street corridor improvements. Following a public hearing two weeks ago and after consultation […]
The CHS softball team is still winless after six games as the lady Bulldogs ran into pitching trouble last week, losing an April 20 doubleheader to Boston Latin 12-9 and 21-9 followed by a loss to rival Stoughton 8-1. Against Boston Latin, regular starter Sarah Reissfelder pitched the first game but could not continue due […]
It was a busy opening week for the Canton High baseball team as the Bulldogs played four games in five days — all at the Kennedy School’s Ruane Field — winning two and losing two. The team fell to North Attleboro 4-3 in extra innings but rebounded the next day with a 10-9 extra-innings victory […]
The girls team earned a close meet win (70-66) and several members of both squads turned in personal bests as the Canton High outdoor track teams opened the season last Tuesday at home against Milford. Head coach Anna Amico cited the performances of Julia Guerini and Margaret Polsgrove, who stepped up and ran the two-mile […]
Two weeks after voting to eliminate the proposed start time changes for the middle and high schools due to budget concerns, the Canton School Committee has found a way to revive the idea, thanks to a compromise plan put forward by new committee Chairman Bob Golledge Jr. Golledge, who had previously voted not to fund […]
Two local men are facing multiple felony charges after allegedly burglarizing the Turnpike Café on Route 138 last Wednesday, April 8. One of the suspects was arrested leaving the scene and another was arrested later that morning, apparently escaping from a swamp. Shortly before 5 a.m., Canton police responded to an alarm at the restaurant, […]
In two separate incidents over the Easter weekend, local and State Police assisted in the arrest of two individuals “whose alleged actions upon our roadways put everyone’s safety in jeopardy.” On Saturday, April 4, around 2 a.m., a Canton police officer was monitoring traffic on Route 138 when he observed a vehicle approaching him at […]
The Canton School Committee, in a lengthy and difficult discussion last week, decided to shelve its earlier decision to alter the start times at the middle and high schools in order to show the Finance Committee a good faith effort toward closing its nearly $1 million budget gap. The surprising reversal, which comes just seven […]
