“Team Hansen” is what it has been called since Peter Boucher stepped in as interim principal of the Lt. Peter M. Hansen School in September of 2011. The phrase “dream team” doesn’t begin to cover it. In the last year and a half, not only has Boucher created a team atmosphere among students, faculty and […]
All are invited to join the Friends of the Blue Hills for a spring festival of stewardship and fun. The annual Green Up Day will be held on Sunday, June 2, from 1 to 3:30 p.m. at the Ponkapoag AMC Cabins. Volunteers will enjoy music, face painting, crafts and a scavenger hunt while helping with an essential […]
A 24-year-old Stoughton man was arraigned from his hospital bed at Boston Medical Center on Monday on charges stemming from a one-car crash on Bolivar Street late Friday night that killed his passenger and friend, Evan Bard, 20, of Agawam. Sean Jackman, a resident of Howland Street in Stoughton, was charged with motor vehicle homicide, […]
Town meeting voters at Monday’s opening session overwhelmingly approved a transfer of $1.36 million from Canton’s free cash reserves to quicken the renovation of the previously purchased Knights of Columbus building on Pleasant Street into a fully operational senior center, perhaps as soon as next spring. The transfer augments last year’s town meeting appropriation along […]
The first session of the 2013 annual town meeting adjourned a little after 10:30 p.m. on Monday, May 13, with most of the 41-article warrant completed. Only the main budget article for FY14, plus three zoning articles concerning a proposed Senior Housing Overlay District (SHOD) on Route 138 and a few other articles remained. Selectmen […]
The New England Association of Schools and Colleges has renewed Canton High School’s 10-year accreditation, although much of the work has only just begun, according to CHS Principal Derek Folan. Folan informed the School Committee on May 9 that NEASC has delivered its 79-page document and in the next 10 days will send a list […]
Next Thursday, May 23, walkers and runners of all ability levels are invited to the George King Track at Canton High School for the “Last Mile,” a charity event dedicated to all of those affected by the tragic events in Boston on Marathon Monday. Billed as a “no-frills” affair, the event will feature six one-mile […]
Eight students from Canton have advanced in the Future Problem Solving (FPS) Program to the international competition, which takes place June 6-9 at Indiana University in Bloomington. The cost to attend this prestigious event is a little more than $1,000 per person. To raise money, the Canton FPS program is holding various fundraisers around Canton. […]
Canton’s recent investment in town wells and water treatment plants is beginning to pay off. For the first time in recent memory there will not be an increase in water rates for next year, although sewer rates will increase 5.4 percent, resulting in an average ratepayer’s bill rising $8.14 per quarter based on a usage […]
The Canton Fire Department responded to a transformer fire on Washington Street near Wildewood Drive on Sunday night, May 5, around 10 p.m. The primary electrical wire was on the ground. Engine 6 secured the scene until the power company repaired the line. (Tim O’Connor photo) Dry weather causes brush fires The recent stretch of […]
