Selectmen are prepared to commit portions of the town’s $1.35 million University Station mitigation fund to fix intersections not covered by the Dedham Street/I-95 Interchange Improvement Project that is slated to begin next spring. The state-funded Dedham Street project, which was recently fast-tracked after being absorbed into the larger interchange project, consists of a series […]
The Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad was called in to detonate blasting caps and ammunition found in the basement of a Royall Lane residence on Tuesday, August 26, at 1:30 p.m. The items were located in two wooden boxes and contained a significant number of blasting caps used for excavation work. Canton Fire Lt. Greg […]
A consultant hired to review the Canton school district’s climate on civil rights and minority inclusion had more positive than negative news for the School Committee Monday night. The consultant, Richard Cole, is a nationally known civil rights attorney and former civil rights division chief in the state attorney general’s office. Last year Cole held […]
Selectmen will wait until a meeting is held between a third party engineer and a resident who disputes the traffic study conducted by a firm for the DPW on the proposed Pleasant Street roundabout plan before deciding the ultimate fate of the project. Matt Osborne of 953 Pleasant Street has reviewed the traffic study conducted […]
An unidentified truck driver was transported to a nearby hospital for injuries sustained in a collision with a utility pole on Tuesday, August 19, around 8:30 a.m. near 1138 Pleasant Street. Fire Lt. Greg Woodbury said the collision knocked the utility pole down and electricity was cut to the Pleasant Street neighborhood for a few […]
An enthusiastic CHS Principal Derek Folan has a message for all returning students and staff members: Be excited and get ready to be challenged. Encouraged by a positive accreditation report from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), Folan is eager to start a new school year and has set the bar extremely […]
Fire Chief Charlie Doody was nominated for the ice bucket challenge by his son, Mike Doody, and the chief gladly accepted. Those who are nominated have 24 hours to either have a bucket of ice water dumped on them or donate $100 to help support ALS research. Preparing the bucket overhead were Mike Milton, Sean […]
Selectmen were met with a firestorm of criticism from residents of Pleasant and Bolivar streets Tuesday night as residents claimed that they were not properly notified about the recently approved roundabout (rotary) project. A group of six residents, speaking during the public comment period of Tuesday’s selectmen’s meeting, said the project would not solve traffic […]
The Canton School Committee last week came out in full support of a plan to install interactive projectors in every classroom in the district from preschool through grade 8. The question now is how to finance the upgrades, which carry an estimated price tag of just under $500,000 for 134 classrooms. The committee did agree […]
Canton Police reported three instances of tires being stolen off of motor vehicles in the Birchcroft Road area (off Dedham Street) over the last two weeks. In each instance, the tires were removed and the vehicles were left on cinder blocks. The case has been referred to detectives and area police, who have reported similar […]
