The Hockomock League will have a distinctly new look this year when sports get underway next month, with a new school, Attleboro, coming into the fold, along with the debut of two five-team divisions based on enrollment figures. The new format will impact most varsity sports at Canton High School; however, the football schedule will […]
After 43 years of service to the town, Buddy Fallon, the superintendent of buildings and grounds, retired July 23. The Canton that Fallon experienced when he first began working for the tree department in June 1967 was different from the town that residents know today. Open space was abundant in the sparsely populated town of […]
The area in front of the Dean S. Luce School that abuts Pleasant Street will be a construction zone when school reopens to students on September 7, but new Superintendent of Schools Jeff Granatino is confident that the project — which involves building a circular driveway to accommodate bus traffic — will not become a […]
In a surprise move that town attorney Mark Bobrowski believes has everything to do with the upcoming ballot initiative to repeal 40B, the Roseland Property Company — the New Jersey developer that recently won the right to build a major housing project off Randolph Street following a lengthy legal battle — has decided to appeal […]
Anticipating a potential congressional squabble over the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ proposal to expand the number of ailments (and therefore disability claims) associated with Agent Orange, a chemical defoliant used by American forces during the Vietnam War, Tony Andreotti, the town’s veterans’ agent, made it clear where he stands on the issue. “The first […]
The Canton Community Theatre will present “High School Reunion: Can’t Stop the Music” this weekend as its ninth annual summer spectacular in Canton High School’s Morse Auditorium. Unlike past summer musicals performed by the community theatre, “High School Reunion” was written entirely by the production staff with assistance from the cast. The show centers on […]
After seven years of mostly unsuccessful legal challenges and appeals, the town of Canton has reluctantly conceded defeat in the case of the Roseland Property Company and its bid to build a 220-unit affordable housing development on 81 acres near the Randolph town line. It was only a few months ago that Selectman Victor Del […]
After 42 years with the Canton Fire Department, firefighter/EMT Herb “Butch” King, otherwise known as the father of Canton’s Emergency Medical Services program, is getting ready to retire from his post. But King’s commitment to teaching CPR will continue, and he is currently coordinating with Fire Chief Charlie Doody to offer a monthly CPR course […]
Growing up in Canton, the Very Reverend Bryan K. Parrish attended weekly Mass at St. John the Evangelist Church and did not go into St. Gerard Majella Church until he was a seminarian. But he is making up for lost time by saying weekly Mass as a visiting priest at St. Gerard’s this summer. Father […]
The mile-a-minute weed, a “fast growing prickly vine” with green triangular leaves, also known as “devil’s tail,” has been spotted in Milton, Littleton, western Massachusetts and on Cape Cod, but the largest outbreak in the state is right here in Canton, according to a report on WBZ-TV. While the name itself is a hyperbole — […]
