Dancing, games, camaraderie and fun! This was the theme at the first ever Hansen School Mother/Son ShamRock dance, which took place at the Hansen on Friday evening, March 15. Geared toward all K-5 students in Canton, the event doubled as a fundraiser for the Hansen community and attracted a sold-out crowd. “We even had to turn […]
Police are following up on leads and hope to solve the attempted murder of a man who was shot in the neck at a Chapman Street residence in the early morning hours of Friday, March 15. Police have not disclosed the identity or age of the victim, who was released from Boston Medical Center late […]
Finance Director Jim Murgia presented possible financing solutions for two major projects at Tuesday night’s selectmen’s meeting, suggesting that the town could use free cash to pay for renovations to the former Knights of Columbus building and a long-term bond authorization to cover window replacements and door reconstruction at the Galvin Middle and Hansen Elementary […]
CHS Principal Derek Folan, in an attempt to raise the bar for all students, has unveiled a revamped program of studies for the next school year that includes more Advanced Placement courses, a new introductory Mandarin course, and the elimination of prerequisites. Folan is also continuing an earlier practice of phasing out college preparatory 2 […]
A pair of zoning proposals that would have paved the way for the redevelopment of the former Plymouth Rubber property on Revere Street were officially put on hold last week after the developers determined that the project was not quite ready for the “prime time” stage of the upcoming May town meeting. In a scheduled […]
Canton is one of 22 Massachusetts communities that have achieved a AAA bond rating, the highest possible rating awarded by Standard & Poor’s. As a result of the bond rating, Canton’s interest rate is now 2.4 percent, down from 2.8 percent last year, and will save approximately $200,000 in interest when the town borrows $6 […]
On the morning of March 4, Steven Anderson opened an email from a friend that immediately took him back to his days as an engineer for the Canton DPW in the early 1980s. In it was a link to a news story about Gina McCarthy, the former Canton health agent who, as Anderson would soon […]
The School Committee will present a major capital spending problem to town leaders this week following the discovery of asbestos and PCBs in the windows at the Galvin Middle and Hansen Elementary schools. The contaminants are only considered dangerous when the windows are disturbed during repairs or renovation, according to committee member Bob Golledge, the […]
Twelve firefighters and a fire unit from Stoughton responded to a small oven fire at Sika Sarnafil, a roofing manufacturer located at 100 Dan Road, on February 26 around 10:30 a.m. Fire Lt. Brian Marshall said the oven overheated and damage was confined to the materials in the oven. The building was evacuated for an […]
After years of contending with both “friendly” and “unfriendly” affordable housing projects in an effort to meet the state’s 10 percent threshold as required under Chapter 40B, the town of Canton has finally earned the right to be selective in the types of developments it approves — and officials intend to keep it that way, […]
