A shakeup in the Canton Public Schools’ leadership ranks continued last week when a School Committee member and a high ranking central office administrator both announced, within a span of two days, their plans to step down — albeit for unrelated and seemingly unavoidable reasons. Already set to lose Superintendent John D’Auria and Assistant Superintendent […]
Editor’s note: The following is a continuation of a series of occasional spotlights on Canton’s town employees, conceived as a way to honor the important work of our many public servants, a number of whom rarely, if ever, get the recognition they deserve. This week we are proud to introduce our readers to Diane Tynan, […]
The sun refused to cooperate but the 196 seniors in the Canton High School Class of 2010 shined anyway in a moving commencement ceremony held in the CHS Morse Auditorium — an initially disappointing but ultimately memorable, and “rather unique,” end to their four-year high school careers. Thursday’s graduation was the first since 2006 to […]
Four years ago, before her youngest son went off to college, Canton resident Cheryl Conroy asked a group of moms — friends she’d made from her son’s hockey and lacrosse teams — to get together once a month for a social gathering. “My beginning intentions were a little selfish,” Conroy said. “I didn’t want to […]
The Board of Selectmen Tuesday night approved a replacement Reverse 911 system after the old system performed poorly during the recent state of emergency caused by an MWRA water main break in early May. The new system, which is expected to be on-line within two weeks, will give residents more options as to how they […]
As a researcher whose bread and butter is educational leadership, Dr. John D’Auria came to Canton in 2007 realizing he had the perfect laboratory to test one of his long-held hypotheses: that a superintendent can impact the culture and climate of a school system as much as a principal can impact a school or a […]
The recent media reports alluding to a possible conflict of interest involving state Senator Brian Joyce and his Canton-based law practice are way off base, according to top officials in Easton, who consider the legislator to be a veritable hero for his role in the preservation of the historic Ames Shovel Works site. Questions about […]
While opening the mail one night, Canton resident Amy Killeen was surprised to find that she was named one of this year’s 100 Unsung Heroines by the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women. Killeen’s Northeastern University colleague Sheila Magee Beare had discretely written a letter of recommendation to the commission back in March on […]
Town pays tribute to fallen soldiers on Memorial Day “Freedom is not free” was the underlying message of Monday’s Memorial Day Ceremony, a point made clear as the names of the 77 Canton residents who died in action from the Civil War to the present day were read aloud at the start of the program. […]
The Water Treatment Facility located off Pecunit Street was officially dedicated on Sunday afternoon to the late James P. Moran. Moran, who passed away June 18, 2006, served on many town boards, including the Housing Authority, Finance Committee, School Committee, Capital Planning Committee, and the Water/Sewer Rate Policy Commission.
