The School Committee last week submitted a preliminary operating budget for the next fiscal year that is $500,000 more than the figure they received from Finance Director Jim Murgia. The committee submitted the budget to the Finance Committee knowing it had to meet a mid-January deadline but also knowing that the town’s Revenue Committee has […]
Like many successful entrepreneurs, Laurie Davis has always been a risk taker at heart. She took a risk while at Canton High School in going out for the school musicals, and she later took a bigger risk when she left college early to get a jumpstart on her career — a decision that led to […]
Blue Hills Regional Technical School is accepting applications for house construction or large addition projects for the next school year. Residents or land owners within the nine district towns are eligible to submit applications no later than February 15, 2013. Applicants must be a resident or land owner for a minimum of five years in […]
The Canton Fire Department, in conjunction with the State Fire Marshall’s office, have issued a special warning about the improper disposal of ashes coming from a fireplace or wood stove. Within the last few weeks, fires that were caused by the improper disposal of ashes were reported in Canton, Milton, Carver, and Plymouth. State Fire […]
Despite a string of construction delays over the past two years, the former Canton Airport site on Neponset Street is still well on its way to becoming a public park, with a new opening
Canton resident Jamie Kotkowski Pratt was overweight growing up. She describes herself as someone who was always the heaviest student in her classes at school and recalls avoiding the seesaw at playgrounds because she was afraid of being told that she was too heavy to be another child’s partner. Her motivation to lose weight and […]
The Mass Audubon Visual Arts Center, located at 963 Washington Street in Canton, has been renamed the Museum of American Bird Art at Mass Audubon, Director Amy Montague announced last month. “The new name reflects more accurately our continuing commitment to collect, exhibit and interpret the highest quality artworks inspired by birds,” Montague wrote in the […]
Canton firefighters extinguished a car fire, a commercial rooftop fire, and provided mutual aid to house fires in Stoughton and Milton last week. Firefighters were called to extinguish a fully involved car fire on Randolph Street around 5 a.m. on Saturday, December 29. The vehicle’s owner told firefighters he had heard an explosion, went outside […]
On December 7, Boston College High School presented its prestigious St. Ignatius Medal to Dr. William H. Sullivan, MD, of Canton, at an assembly of more than 1,600 students, faculty and staff. Dr. Sullivan is a BC High graduate from the class of 1950. The St. Ignatius Award is the highest honor bestowed on a […]
The CHS Alumni Association was proud to present a copy of the 2012 edition of its alumni directory to CHS Principal Derek Folan, Canton Historical Society President Wally Gibbs, and Canton Public Library Director Mark Lague. Canton High School alumni are scattered across the country, and even around the world. But no matter where their […]
