State Fire Marshal Stephen D. Coan and Fire Chief Charles Doody announced the graduation of Firefighter/Paramedic Keith Flavin with the 205th class of the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy’s Recruit Firefighting Training Program on December 6. Flavin and his fellow recruits received classroom training in all basic firefighter skills. They practiced first under non-fire conditions and then during […]
A Canton man is facing an assortment of drug charges after he was arrested last week following a months-long investigation into the sale of illegal narcotics from his Bayberry Road home. On Thursday, December 12, at 9 p.m., Canton detectives and the Metropolitan Law Enforcement Council (MetroLEC) SWAT team executed a search warrant at 15 […]
Canton Police have issued an arrest warrant for a West Roxbury man who led police on a chase from Route 138 (Washington and Randolph streets) to Route 128 north, where he fled into the woods after crashing his vehicle. The incident occurred around 1 a.m. on Friday, December 13. The suspect, later identified as Lamont […]
Town Clerk Tracy Kenney has announced that nomination papers for the April 8, 2014 annual town election will be available in the town clerk’s office beginning at 9 a.m. on January 27. The last day to obtain nomination papers is February 14 at 5 p.m. Those seeking office in the election must obtain the signatures […]
Channel 7 meteorologist Chris Lambert was recently a guest on Canton Community Television’s Student Station. Canton High School sophomore Mia Tess recruited him for the interview, kicking off this year’s series of student interviews on a show called “The Dog Pound.” Lambert, who grew up in neighboring Westwood, discussed his role as weather forecaster and […]
A Portland, Oregon man is facing drug distribution charges after he was arrested this week in Canton with a large amount of marijuana. Acting on a tip that a delivery was going to be made via an unsuspecting transport company, plainclothes and uniform personnel from the Canton Police Department, joined by partners from the Drug […]
Superintendent of Schools Jeffrey Granatino received a glowing performance evaluation from the School Committee Thursday night, and he told the committee his success was due in part to the tremendous support and expertise of the staff. Granatino, whose contract expires on June 30, 2015, said he is very happy and proud to be Canton’s superintendent […]
This holiday season, Canton fourth grader Kelly MacDonald and her Kennedy School classmates are doing their part to bring a little joy to soldiers currently serving overseas. MacDonald, a student in Jessica Joslyn’s class, recently spearheaded a “Boodle Brigade” collection drive in honor of her brother Brendan, a first-year cadet at the U.S. Military Academy […]
A Dorchester man is facing drug possession charges after he was arrested in Canton over the Thanksgiving holiday. The incident occurred around 8 p.m. on Thursday, November 28, near Cynthia Road on the Canton-Randolph line. Two off-duty police officers noticed the suspect — who was later identified as Michael Scanlon, 45, of Dorchester — acting […]
Two men were transported to Norwood Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries and a third was injured but did not require medical transport following an altercation at the intersection of Neponset and Fuller streets on Friday, November 23, around 1 a.m. The incident reportedly stemmed from an earlier altercation at a beer pong tournament on Thursday evening […]
