Canton High School science department chair Richard Staiti is retiring from not just one job, but two. In addition to his teaching position, Staiti has been the athletic trainer at the school for many years. He is a certified emergency medical technician (EMT), and many faculty members greet him as “Doc” when he walks down […]
It wasn’t on the lush, green turf of Memorial Field as many had hoped for, but it was every bit as special and heartfelt, as the 213 members of the Canton High School class of 2012 bid farewell — but not goodbye — to their school, community, and each other in a moving commencement ceremony […]
Sunday morning offered ideal running conditions with perfect weather and clear blue skies as nearly 1,400 participants of all ages turned out at the Village Shoppes to run, walk, or jog the first-ever Halfway 5K Road
The current owner of Reservoir Pond, the Illinois-based Napleton Company, has reached an agreement with town officials and the state Office of Dam Safety on technical repairs for the Pleasant Street dam, and repairs are expected to get underway by early July. The project will take four to six weeks, and there may be times […]
Life is good, a Boston-based lifestyle brand committed to spreading the power of optimism and helping kids in need through its products and its nonprofit Playmakers initiative, has announced the lineup for the 2012 Life is good Festival, to be held September 22-23 at Prowse Farm in Canton. Headliners Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds, Sara Bareilles, Michael […]
An unidentified man passed away at Norwood Hospital after going into cardiac arrest at Friday’s graduation exercises at Canton High School. Fire Chief Charlie Doody said the man left the CHS gymnasium not feeling well and was found outside the gym by spectators, who started CPR. Others called 911 and an ambulance crew on scene […]
Firefighters were able to contain damage to an oven fire at Harbar Corp., a large commercial food service manufacturer on Turnpike Street, on Monday, June 4, around 6:30 p.m. Fire Lt. Thomas Driscoll and his crew from Engine 2 were first on the scene and reported a fire in the ductwork from one of the […]
Quick investigative work and an alert spotting of the suspect’s vehicle led Canton police to arrest a Hyde Park man after he allegedly broke into a Sunnybrook Lane residence on Saturday morning, June 2, around 10 a.m. Robert Cherry, 52, was arrested and charged with breaking and entering in the daytime and larceny from a […]
Opponents of the use of electric shocks as a behavioral deterrent staged a protest outside the Judge Rotenberg Center on Turnpike Street on Saturday, June 2. The protest, which grew out of an online petition created by a former JRC teacher, had begun earlier in the day outside the State House in Boston. Participants included […]
Our alumni change emails, jobs, and locations, often making it hard to keep up with them. We have contracted with Harris Connect to update contact information for our alumni so that they can keep up to date on news, activities, and events. Harris will also help produce a beautiful hardcover publication, Canton High School Alumni […]
