Canton Fire Chief Charlie Doody, who also serves as the town’s emergency management director, said he has received a great public response to his request for emergency volunteers. A month ago, Doody issued a call for 50 volunteers to serve as part of the town’s Emergency Management Response Team, and as of December 19, he had […]
On Thursday, November 20, thanks to the generosity and support of the Galvin CAPT, students in grade 8 social studies classes spent the day reflecting on their
When local developers Paul Folkman and James Lamarr first went before the Canton zoning board in July with an idea for a condo conversion at the Connors Wayside Furniture site on Route 138, they portrayed themselves as a different breed of builder with a willingness to compromise and a genuine desire to please. Five months […]
Selectmen asked the School Committee for a traffic impact study if the committee decides to change the starting and ending times of all the public schools and St. John’s School and add six to eight buses to the system beginning next school year. Members of the School Committee met with selectmen Tuesday night to brief […]
The School Department has moved closer to making a decision on a later start time for Canton High School beginning next school year, coinciding with the proposed addition of six new buses as part of the next capital budget. Under the current proposal, CHS would open at 8 a.m. — 40 minutes later than the […]
On December 5, the town launched its newly redesigned website at town.canton.ma.org. The new homepage features four major categories: Government, Services, Residents, and Business. There is also a side panel with links for reporting a concern, online bill payments, notifications and alert signup. Other links include 2015 ATM, Accessibility, Annual Reports, Boards and Committees, Town […]
Gary Kaplan, the executive director of JFYNetWorks and a Canton resident, joined a select, invitation-only group of 500 college presidents, superintendents, nonprofit executives, and other education leaders from every corner of the country in Washington, D.C., for a White House summit on college opportunity December 4. Kaplan led a team including Middlesex Community College that is planning […]
As one of Canton’s longest-married couples at 68 years and counting, Nick and Mary Bartone have seen their share of life’s challenges and then some. Yet nothing could have possibly prepared them for the shock and devastation they experienced last Wednesday afternoon on the day before Thanksgiving, as a fire tore through their modest two-family […]
Blue Hills Regional Technical School is accepting applications for residential and commercial additions, alterations and repairs. The Construction Technology Department is also accepting decks and other larger projects that are wood-framed construction for the next school year. The deadline to submit an application is January 15, 2015. Applicants must be a resident or property owner […]
Selectmen on Tuesday agreed with the recommendation of the Board of Assessors and set new tax rates for the coming fiscal year (FY16). The approved tax rate for residential property effective July 1 is $12.82 per $1,000 valuation, and the new rate for commercial property is $26.36 per $1,000. The current rates are $12.87 and […]
