On Wednesday, June 15, the Galvin Middle School hosted its 2016 Cultural Heritage Night, a fun-filled evening of music, dance and food celebrating the cultures in the school and local community. Organized by GMS Dean of Students Annya Haughton, the inaugural event featured performances by the Stajez Cultural Arts Center of Randolph, Rumba y Timbal […]
Canton residents are being asked to make a big, collective sacrifice this summer when it comes to outdoor water usage per order of the state Department of Environmental Protection. While a general prohibition on all nonessential daytime use has been in effect in the town since May 1, the Canton Water Division recently announced further […]
Saint John the Evangelist School in Canton is pleased to announce that Dr. Chris Flieger will serve as its new principal beginning next month. Flieger has served in leadership positions in Catholic education, most recently as associate superintendent of schools for the Archdiocese of Boston. Flieger earned undergraduate and master’s degrees at Truman State University […]
Canton resident Madison Bergstrom, 8, has been named a Jimmy Fund Clinic Patient Partner for Stop & Shop’s Help Cure Childhood Cancer campaign that supports pediatric cancer research and treatment at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The daughter of Shauna McLaughlin
He inspired an entire community back in January with his unforgettable “one shift” against the rival Stoughton Black Knights, and now Canton’s Matty Marcone will get the star treatment yet again as the subject of a new documentary film celebrating his “life and spirit.” One Shift: The Story of Matty Marcone will premiere on Monday, […]
Jamie Meier, EMS coordinator for the Canton Fire Department, reported that EMTs successfully administered Narcan to two overdose victims last week. One victim was a male non-resident in his 30s and the other was a Canton woman in her 20s. Firefighters free worker trapped in elevator Firefighters were called to the Brightview senior living […]
More than two years after raising the tobacco purchase age from 18 to 21, the Canton Health Department put the town’s retailers to the test and an alarming number of them failed to make the grade. In its first coordinated sting operation since the new regulations took effect, Canton’s tobacco control program visited 22 establishments […]
On Thursday, May 26, thanks to the generous funding of the Canton Alliance for Public Education, the eighth grade students at the Galvin Middle School, along with the Canton Honor Guard; the fifth grade students and teachers from the Hansen, JFK, and Luce schools; family, friends, and the Canton community celebrated Memorial Day with speeches, […]
The Canton School Committee plan to reach out to other school boards and the Massachusetts Association of School Committees before deciding whether they should take a public stance on the state ballot question proposing the legalization of recreational marijuana in the commonwealth. The ballot question, which will likely go before voters in November, has been […]
The Canton Fire Department reported an overdose fatality last week — a male in his 30s. It was the town’s second drug-related fatality since the start of 2016. In other substance abuse news, the Canton Alliance Against Substance Abuse continues its series on the newly signed STEP Act — an act relative to Substance Use […]
