Submitted by the Campaign to Re-elect Lisa Lopez Select Board Vice Chair Lisa Lopez formally announced her campaign for re-election to a second term on the Canton Select Board, to be determined by Canton voters on April 4, 2023. “Despite the town’s focus during the last three years on shepherding the community through COVID, the […]
By Mark Porter After reading several pieces on the unfortunate situation with Canton’s teachers, I thought it might be valuable to share my perspective on the situation as someone who is currently unplugged from the current goings-on in municipal government but also someone with 12 years of municipal finance experience. First and foremost, I have […]
By Kitana Le-Garcia In schools, students are the ones being governed. We have to abide by the school handbook, as well as decisions made by the school administration and teachers. Almost every decision made affects us. However, in situations that involve us, we are almost always the least informed. We see our teachers stand outside […]
Like a warm coat, memories hug us like those we have lost Beverly Beckham is a columnist for the Boston Globe and a longtime Canton resident. The column below was originally published in December and is being reprinted with permission from the Boston Globe. I told her I loved her coat, which was an almost-to-the-floor […]
The town of Canton is pleased to announce its new Electricity Choice program. The program will be a municipal electricity aggregation, which is a type of purchasing program that will allow the town to use its collective buying power to take a big step toward its sustainability goals while providing affordable renewable electricity to Canton […]
After more than a year of negotiations and 4 months working under an expired contract, The Canton Teachers Association (CTA) Negotiations Team met with the Canton School Committee’s Negotiations Team for their first mediation session on Tuesday, December 20th. Despite the bitter cold, the steps to the Rodman Building, the walkway to the parking lot, […]
(**Click here for a list of contract negotiation FAQs prepared by the leadership team**) The Canton School Committee wishes to provide an update to the community regarding the ongoing contract negotiations with the Canton Teachers Association (CTA). “We truly appreciate and value the work of our Canton Public Schools educators and are genuinely hopeful that […]
January 4, 2023 Q. What is being negotiated? A. The Canton School Committee, Superintendent Derek Folan and the Canton Public Schools leadership team have been negotiating new contracts with the Canton Teachers Association (Unit A and Unit E) since December 2021. The existing contracts, which ran through Aug. 31, 2022, remain in effect until new […]
The following is the latest installment in an occasional series by Rich Carrara spotlighting the sacrifice and heroism of Canton veterans who were killed in action. The man discussed below was the author’s brother. *** Ernest D. Carrara was born on January 7, 1924, in Canton, Massachusetts. He attended Canton High School and received his […]
Brought to you by Canton’s Sustainability Committee Holiday season is a time for family, friends, and making memories. It’s also a busy season for shopping, decorating and baking — which can lead to a lot of extra trash. Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, American households generate roughly 1,000 extra pounds of waste. That’s according […]
