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, […]
Is it a pond or a river? That is the big question currently facing the Canton Conservation Commission with regard to a portion of the Canton River abutting a proposed five-unit condominium project on Plymouth Street — a project that could very well be forced to alter its plans for a second time in less […]
Selectman John Connolly refuted two letters to the editor published recently in the Canton Citizen criticizing the board for not properly informing residents at last year’s town meeting about the condition of the Knights of Columbus building on Pleasant Street, the site of a proposed new senior center. Connolly said at Tuesday night’s selectmen’s meeting […]
For the second time in the past three years, the town of Canton will hold a contest-free election after the February 11 nomination deadline came and went with only a single candidate submitting papers
The Canton Police Department’s entire midnight shift, along with the Canton and Norfolk County canine units, worked together to track down a man suspected of robbing the CVS Pharmacy at the Villages Shoppes on Friday, February 15. Police arrested John Paul Gretchen, 42, of Hyde Park, and charged him with unarmed robbery, larceny over $250, […]
On Friday, February 15, the Canton Police Department received reliable information that there may be a large marijuana delivery via an unsuspecting transport company coming into Canton. Plainclothes and uniform personnel from the Canton Police Department, including detectives Glen Piro and Paul Gallagher and officers Sean Goode and Glen Nix, joined by partners from the […]
