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 Fire Department continues to probe the origins of a house fire on Longmeadow Drive that broke out around 7 a.m. on Tuesday, July 9. The fire caused some minor damage to the siding of the house, but the homeowners were able to put it out themselves with a garden hose. Firefighters were on scene […]
The Massachusetts Board of State Examiners of Electricians recently announced enforcement actions against Donnie Antiveros and Antiveros Construction, Inc. of Etowah, North Carolina, for work performed on the Canton solar farm project at the former town-owned landfill site on Pine Street. An investigation by the board found that during January and February of 2012, Antiveros used […]
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 […]
Both the Board of Assessors and Board of Selectmen are prepared to extend a tax increment financing (TIF) agreement with Dunkin’ Brands for another five years in order to convince the popular restaurant franchisor to stay in Canton. The company, which owns both the Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins brands, has been headquartered at 130 Royall […]
Canton Police are investigating the theft of a substantial amount of jewelry taken from Kramer & Company Inc. in downtown Canton during the early morning hours of Thursday, July 4. Entrance was gained through the back door of the store. Police described the suspect as a white male wearing all dark clothes. Police were notified […]
Family and friends of the late Ed McDaid are pleased to announce the creation of the Ed McDaid Memorial Fund. McDaid, a lifelong Canton resident and owner of South Shore Staffing, died tragically in an auto accident May 1 in Rhode Island. To honor his memory, the Ed McDaid Memorial Fund Committee is looking to […]
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 […]
Life is good, the lifestyle brand committed to spreading the power of optimism and helping kids in need, is pleased to announce that Jack Johnson, Daryl Hall & John Oates, and Yo Gabba Gabba! will headline the 2013 Life is good Festival, to be held September 21-22 at Prowse Farm in Canton. More than 30,000 fundraisers are […]
