Three and a half months after Canton voters said yes to adoption of the Massachusetts Community Preservation Act, the newly formed Community Preservation Committee — the local agency tasked with reviewing CPA proposals and recommending projects to town meeting — is beginning to take shape following the completion of appointments last month. The nine-member CPC […]
Senator Brian A. Joyce has announced that the FAA will extend its comment period 30 days to allow the public to weigh in on the revised departure route from Boston Logan International Airport that could affect residents of Milton, Canton and Randolph. (Click here to view a departure map) The comment period was originally scheduled to end […]
After a successful tour in France, Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance — featuring Canton native Aisling Nally in the lead role of Saoirse — kicked off its 60-city 2013 North American tour at the K-Rock Centre in Kingston, Ontario, on January 29. The tour includes dates at three of the following local New England venues: […]
The long-running saga involving repairs to the Reservoir Pond Dam is now over and the town is now officially the owner of the property. Selectman Sal Salvatori, who has been the point person on the matter and who negotiated an agreement between the town and the Napleton Company, announced Tuesday night that the state Office […]
The Canton Public Schools’ graduation rate has risen significantly since 2008 and is now one of the highest in the region, reported School Superintendent Jeff Granatino last week. In his update to the School Committee on Thursday, February 7, Granatino noted that the rate has increased from 85.9 percent to 96.8 percent over the past […]
Twenty-eight and a half inches of snow fell within a 21-hour period in Canton between Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, prompting DPW Director Mike Trotta to note it was the worst blizzard and snow removal period he could remember in his 30-plus-year career. Although he didn’t pull his plow drivers off the road, Trotta said […]
For the first time in a long time, many of the requests from municipal department heads for more budget money will likely be approved and there will not be any talk of cutbacks or layoffs in the coming budget year, which begins July 1. Town Administrator Bill Friel and Finance Director Jim Murgia both agreed […]
On February 28, around the time that Canton residents will be reading the details of the Plymouth Rubber rezoning proposal, residents of neighboring Westwood will be asked to vote at a special town meeting on the future of Westwood Station, now renamed University Station. Located on a 140-acre parcel along University Avenue on the Westwood-Canton […]
An identified Canton man was taken to a hospital for a non-life-threatening eye injury following a stabbing incident on Thursday morning, January 31, at an apartment complex on Walnut Street. Deputy Police Chief Helena Findlen
After last summer’s First Parish Players’ debut summer musical, Urinetown, wowed packed audiences, the theatre ensemble is already preparing for its second annual performance, Spring Awakening, this August. First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, located at
