Gamble on an excellent evening at Las Vegas Night, hosted by the Canton Alliance for Public Education on Friday, March 19, from 7 p.m. to midnight at Lombardo’s in Randolph. “Relax, enjoy yourself and have a fun night out for a good cause,” said co-chair Courtney Stubelis. Fifty dollars per person includes dinner, DJ, and […]
~ Meanwhile, proposed Brown/Billone Tennis Center delayed ~ The tennis court beside the playground at Canton High School has a crack splitting the service box, going from one end of the court to the other. This crack forms a perpendicular angle with another crack that runs up and down the sideline of the same court. […]
Three Canton women are combining their efforts to create a fun-filled month of theater. Julie Beckham, managing director of Riverside Theatre Works in Hyde Park, and Ellen Orkin and Melissa Mayer, co-founders of Canton-based e&m promotions (www.eandmpromotions.com), are collaborating to make March’s Cabaret Month at Riverside Theatre Works come in like a lion! Beckham, former […]
Selectmen are not anticipating layoffs or any other major program cuts in the municipal budget for the upcoming fiscal year, yet they are also not expecting much in the way of additional funds either. That was the message delivered Tuesday night to five of the town’s department heads, who appeared before the board bearing nearly […]
The Canton Public Schools’ budget shortfall in fiscal year 2011 has decreased slightly from its worst-case forecast of $1.5 million and could be reduced even further, Superintendent Dr. John D’Auria announced last week; however, D’Auria said officials still face some “ugly choices,” including whether to bring back bus fees and raise athletic fees in the […]
With a volleyball, a net, and a group of enthusiastic participants, Canton Public Schools’ Wellness Coordinator Peter Boucher just might have stumbled upon, quite literally, the “best new activity idea in America.” The game, a form of “inverted volleyball” that Boucher has dubbed “nitroball,” is among a group of ten finalists currently vying for that […]
By Kathy Anderson It all took place in just a few horrifying minutes, but a two-alarm electrical fire that nearly destroyed a Canton home on Tuesday, February 16, did not destroy its occupants’ spirit of survival and gratitude. At approximately 10:11 a.m. that snowy day, the Canton Fire Department responded to a call from a […]
The Bank of Canton will celebrate its 175th anniversary on March 4, a remarkable accomplishment for a financial institution that has grown in size since 1835 but remains committed to its small-town roots. Canton, a postcard history book by local author George Comeau, includes a postcard picture of the Massapoag House. Bent’s Tavern in the […]
Meet Scott Brown (and no, not that one). This Scott Brown is a patrolman with the Canton Police Department, not the newest member of the U.S. Senate. He is from Canton, not Wrentham, and he drives a police car, not a truck. Scott Brown has become a household name across the entire country, with the […]
Saddled with a potential shortfall as high as $1.5 million in the coming fiscal year, School Superintendent Dr. John D’Auria informed School Committee members last week that he had no choice but to insert a “bunch of bad ideas” into his recommendations for the FY2011 operating budget — lowlighted by the elimination of more than […]
