In an effort to promote a more unified basketball community, the Canton High boys and girls basketball coaches combined forces to form a summer youth basketball camp for all age levels. “Commit Compete Basketball” was operated by the CHS boys and girls coaching staffs with help from many current varsity players. Head boys coach Ryan […]
Selectmen are hoping that a combination of Town Counsel Paul DeRensis, the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission (MAPC), and Town Planner Tim Richard will be able to clear the foggy haze of access, use and liability issues at the town-owned Reservoir Pond. In a marathon, three-and-a-half-hour selectmen’s meeting on Tuesday night that dealt with traffic hearings […]
School Committee Chairman Bob Golledge and School Business Manager Barry Nectow both believe the current school budget will be able to absorb the roughly $15,000 in extra ice time costs that will be needed to operate the CHS ice hockey program this year in the wake of the roof collapse at the Metropolis Skating Rink […]
Quick thinking by an off-duty Canton police officer led to the arrest of a Roxbury man and a Worcester woman last Thursday at the Village Shoppes mall. Deputy Police Chief Helena Rafferty said Officer Ryan Sceviour notified the police station after he observed the male suspect peering into car windows and getting in and out […]
An independent auditor confirmed what bond rating agency Standard & Poor’s recently told the town’s finance director — that the town is in excellent financial shape and is following sound financial practices, which has led to a premium bond rating of AAA and much lower borrowing costs. Tony Roselli and Paul Gargano of Roselli, Clark […]
It was a big week for the town of Canton in the traffic and infrastructure departments as officials made further progress with residents on curbing the speeding problem in the Wentworth Road neighborhood while also announcing a major funding commitment for the Dedham Street corridor project. The latter development, which has been the subject of […]
The sun literally and figuratively set on the season of the Canton A’s baseball team as the squad fell to Bourne 5-3 in extra innings in the first round of the Cranberry League playoffs on July 21. Canton finished the season at 16-12 and third overall in the league. Pitcher Dave Roberto of Sharon was […]
Update: Last week the Citizen reported all of the names considered by selectmen for the committee. Selectmen did, however, limit the committee to one representative per precinct as well as two selectmen (Kevin Feeney and Mark Porter) and Town Planner Mark Richard, who will serve as a non-voting member. The official eight-member committee, besides Feeney […]
Canton Police and Fire personnel responded to three heroin overdoses last week (July 20-26), and all three people were revived with Narcan. The victims included a 21-year-old female, a 48-year-old male, and a 32-year-old male. In other news, Police Chief Ken Berkowitz announced that the Substance Abuse Coalition will sponsor open gym nights for Canton […]
Canton School Committee members were relieved to hear from interim Superintendent Jen Henderson that the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) is not forcing Canton to change its methods of teaching and that the school system will still have full control of its curriculum. Essentially, the state is mandating what students should master […]
