By Kathy Anderson The 33rd annual Lions Club Pancake Country Breakfast, to be held Sunday, March 28, at Canton High School, will feature a poignant display by Woburn artist Gina Johnson and her traveling portrait exhibit “Faces of Remembrance,” a tribute to U.S. soldiers who have died since 9/11 in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars […]
Incumbent selectman John Connolly may be running unopposed in April’s town election, but there’s still one other alternative to the seventh term selectman on the ballot, and Connolly said he still wants to finish ahead of it. “Of course you want to do well because it’s a reflection upon not only yourself, but the job […]
Town officials remained on high alert this week for continued flooding after another batch of heavy rain hit the region on Tuesday, dumping more than two inches of precipitation on already rain-soaked areas of the state. Meanwhile, the lesson learned by Canton emergency agencies last week is that once the rains had stopped, the roadway […]
The Canton Veterans’ Department Funeral Honor Guard was organized in 2002 and over the next eight years performed a total of 338 funerals. That total includes funerals for four honor guard members. Never to be forgotten: George Berteletti, Kevin Kelly, […]
Need to do some early spring cleaning? Looking for bargain-priced sports equipment? The Canton High School Booster Club will be holding its first “Sport Swap” this Saturday, March 20, at the CHS cafeteria from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Booster Club will be collecting “gently worn sports equipment,” like skates, cleats, balls, skis, hockey […]
School superintendents in Norwood, Douglas, and Marshfield, and an assistant superintendent in Brookline have been named as finalists to replace outgoing Canton Superintendent Dr. John D’Auria following a comprehensive search and screening process that drew 19 total applicants. Cindy Thomas, chair of the 12-member Superintendent Screening Committee, made the announcement Thursday night at the School […]
One building at the Waterfall Hills residential complex off Bolivar Street was evacuated on Monday after a dam burst within the complex. The management agency of Waterfall Hills was able to relocate the 25 residents at vacant units and hotels. Bolivar Street was closed for much of Monday and reopened Tuesday morning, but residents at […]
~ Will host Magic and More March 20 ~ By Kathy Anderson They’re brilliant yet unassuming. Indomitable, yet humble. They have won more championship competitions than any other team at Canton High School. They are the CHS math team, and they are on their way to the Massachusetts State Finals meet April 9 at Shrewsbury […]
Selectmen will submit a balanced budget to the Finance Committee and elected to only spend $52,000 in new money for the five municipal departments that requested additional spending beyond their level-funded budgets. Although the five departments’ new requests totaled more than $175,000, selectmen followed the suggestion of their chairman, Sal Salvatori, and authorized $4,254 to […]
Following four-plus years of legal wrangling and failed negotiations, the longstanding dispute between the town of Canton and Westwood Station developer Cabot, Cabot & Forbes appears to finally be over after both sides reached an agreement in principle late last week that would satisfy virtually all of the town’s demands. Selectman Victor Del Vecchio, speaking […]
