Canton Police are still searching for a man who is believed to be responsible for a rash of armed robberies at several Dunkin Donuts locations in Canton and surrounding communities. The most recent robbery occurred last Wednesday evening, July 24, at 600 Neponset Street — the same location that was robbed a month earlier, according […]
The State Ethics Commission has launched a formal investigation into the business dealings of former Canton Conservation Agent Robert Murphy that focuses on his relationship to an engineering firm that provided paid services to several Canton projects while he was still employed by the town, according to a copy of a summons obtained by the […]
After a record-long confirmation battle that included an assortment of stall tactics and 1,000-plus questions from concerned Republican leaders, former Canton health agent Gina McCarthy was confirmed by the U.S. Senate last week as the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency. Nominated by President Barack Obama on March 4, McCarthy, the EPA’s air chief […]
Canton High School senior Chris Sullivan captured his third consecutive gold medal in wrestling, winning the 138-pound class with a 4-0 record. Sullivan’s teammate and classmate, Quinn Merrigan, also shined at the games, winning silver in the 145-pound class. Both wrestlers are coming off dominant individual seasons with the Bulldogs, highlighted by Merrigan’s first-place finish […]
Nearly a year after launching its third major rezoning effort only to watch it be soundly rejected by Canton town officials, the owner of the Plymouth Rubber site on Revere Street, Napleton subsidiary Canton Holdings LLC, is abandoning its dream of building a housing development and will instead proceed under the current industrial zoning. Exactly […]
An explosive mix of competing interests collided at a zoning board meeting late last month as neighbors angrily protested a local developer’s proposal to raze and rebuild an existing two-family home on Chapman Street. The June 27 hearing, which continues next Thursday evening at Town Hall, attracted dozens of residents from the Culloden Drive subdivision, […]
The Canton Interchange Project, a major reconfiguration of the Interstate-95/Interstate-93 interchange, along with the addition of travel lanes on I-95 and associated roadway improvements on Dedham Street, could be completed years ahead of schedule pending the approval of the Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) at a hearing later this month. The multi-phase, $238 million […]
A new flight path from Logan International Airport that travels over Milton, Canton and Randolph has been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration, according to a statement released by the FAA last month. The revised departure route from Runway 33 Left, which travels along the eastern edge of Canton, went into effect June 5 following […]
It took nearly six decades, but Edward Karas is now officially a Canton High School graduate. Clad in a green cap and gown and accompanied by proud family members, the 78-year-old Korean War veteran was awarded his honorary diploma from Canton school officials last Friday following a brief yet moving commencement held just for him […]
Tomorrow, July 4, is Independence Day, and with it comes the return of two popular town traditions: the July 4th celebration and fireworks display and the 46th annual road race and fun run. The biggest change compared to previous July 4th celebrations is the venue, as Recreation officials opted to move it from the Galvin […]
