Although 200 members of the class of 2012 at Blue Hills Regional Technical School in Canton were the stars of last Tuesday’s graduation exercises, it was a member of the class who graduated almost 30 years ago who nearly stole the show. Randolph native Scott D. Tingle ’83, a commander in the U.S. Navy, returned […]
A police officer who noticed a man being dropped off at the closed Dunkin Donuts on Neponset Street near I-95 around 1 a.m. on Sunday, June 17, found a man hiding behind the bushes. Officers Steve Saraf and Donald Stapleton investigated and found a man with a pair of gloves and a tire iron in […]
As summer begins, local reform congregation Temple Beth David in Canton welcomes its new spiritual leader, Rabbi Emma Gottlieb, as she assumes her role of full-time rabbi and educator. Everyone from the south shore area is invited to join the temple congregation at her first evening Shabbat service on Friday, July 6, at 6:30 p.m. […]
Monday’s School Committee meeting provided two major news items: the Canton Teachers Association formally accepted a three-year contract offer from the School Committee, and the Canton Alliance for Public Education (CAPE), which provides grants to support innovative teaching practices and programs, announced it would dissolve at this time next year unless the group can find […]
The School Committee and Board of Selectmen will make a joint selection to fill the unexpired term of School Committee member Liz Salisbury, who informed the committee on June 12 that she will resign from her position. Salisbury’s family is relocating to the Pittsburgh area because her husband, Dean, has found a new position there. […]
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 […]
