Selectmen reluctantly re-instated the Washington Street detour beginning today, Thursday, October 25, for up to 10 days to complete sidewalk and final paving from Washington Street near Adrienne Drive to St. Gerard’s Church. The detour will force traffic traveling from Canton Center to turn up Randolph Street to Route 138 and traffic coming from Route […]
The last year of high school can be a stressful one for students. In addition to their studies, seniors need to fill out college applications and include a personal statement — the essay. Writing the essay can be the most challenging part of applying for university admission as teenagers concentrate on finding the right words […]
National and local experts on school safety issues — ranging from violent intruder defense strategies and protecting schools from explosives to the more subtle violence of bullying in cyberspace and in middle school — came together with more than 150 local educators and police at Norfolk County District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey’s 2012 School Security […]
Blue Hills Regional Technical School, located at 800 Randolph Street in Canton, will have its annual open house on Tuesday, November 13, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. for all interested members of the public, especially prospective students and their families. Attendees will have an opportunity to meet faculty, administrators and students; see the state-of-the-art equipment […]
The library will host a free financial literacy seminar on Wednesday, October 24, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Community Room. Presented by Robert LoRe of Early Investors Inc., the seminar will show you how to pay down student loans or other debts while saving for the future. The recession of the last few […]
On Thursday, October 4, the Canton High School community took part in something that yielded an arguably unparalleled display of school spirit. But it was not a pep rally or an athletic event or anything else where there’s an anticipated or predictable bonding experience. It was a “lip dub,” a music video shoot that involved […]
To keep up with the times, school libraries must go beyond print material and provide resources to navigate through a digital world. With that in mind, Canton High School librarian Joanne Teliszewski and Galvin Middle School librarian Nancy Stockwell-Alpert
Selectmen have approved a $1.95 million mitigation package from Avalon Bay Communities of Boston as part of an agreement allowing the developer to build 196 apartments on 43 acres of land near the Canton-Randolph border on Randolph Street. Selectmen said this is the best agreement they could forge with the developer after a court decision […]
With nearly 62 years of police work between them, Officer Robert Sykes and Sergeant Mark Ronayne have retired from the Canton Police Department: Sykes on Labor Day and Ronayne on October 14. Police Chief Ken Berkowitz and Deputy Chief Helena Findlen each had praise and warm wishes for both. Berkowitz and Findlen were trained by […]
Since being diagnosed with breast cancer in August, Tara Shuman has written extensively on her blog about the many “amazing” people in her life and their numerous acts of kindness and support. And soon she will have another example to write about as three of her longtime friends, along with other “Team Tara” supporters, get […]
