Update: Due to the pending blizzard, the Canton Community Theatre has postponed “Just Desserts” to next weekend. The shows will be Friday and Saturday, February 15 and 16, at 7:30 p.m. with an additional 3 p.m. matinee on Sunday, February 17. All tickets purchased for this weekend will be honored at any of next weekend’s shows. *** The […]
After a tumultuous past few months that ended with the termination of longtime Conservation Agent Bob Murphy, the Canton Conservation Commission has begun to move forward with new business under the guidance of interim agent
Imagine open and natural spaces within a school setting. Think big. Worktables and benches, chalkboards and stages. Flowers and artwork, music and sculpture. Dream bigger. Zen gardens and chess boards, glider swings and butterfly bushes. Let your imagination soar. Solar-powered waterfalls, apple trees, vegetable gardens, and a performance amphitheater. School adjustment counselor and clinical social […]
Canton Police made an arrest in connection with a hit-and-run accident that injured a pedestrian at the intersection of Washington and Royall streets on Monday evening, January 14. Melissa Boney, 25, of Brockton, has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident with personal injury, texting while operating a motor vehicle, negligent operation, and […]
Selectmen Chairman Bob Burr outlined the latest development plan for the Plymouth Rubber site on Tuesday night, noting that some kind of a zoning article has been filed for the annual town meeting in May. Burr said the latest plans call for 350 residential units, including 204 multi-family units, 64 townhouses, and 80 units that […]
Senator Brian A. Joyce has announced that the 70th Citizens’ Legislative Seminar (CLS) will be held this spring on Tuesday, March 12, and Wednesday, March 13, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the State House. “This program gives residents of the commonwealth a great opportunity to participate in the legislative process and get a unique perspective of […]
Author Susan Kushner Resnick will speak about her acclaimed book You Saved Me, Too: What a Holocaust Survivor Taught Me about Living, Dying, Loving, Fighting, and Swearing in Yiddish on Thursday, February 7, beginning at 8 p.m. at Temple Beth Abraham in Canton. The snow date will be Sunday, February 10, at 7 p.m. A Sharon […]
Starting in February, Canton High School will be offering a new “grab and go” breakfast program with the goal of helping students perform better academically. Breakfast will be offered prior to the start of school between 6:45 and 7:10 a.m. The cost will be $1.50, or 30 cents for students who qualify for the reduced […]
Canton Writes, the town-wide short story and poetry contest, kicks off this week. As in the past three years, there will be five categories for authors to enter: elementary school, middle school, high school, young adult (19-30), and adult. A writer may submit an entry in either or both short story and poetry categories. No […]
Selectmen Chairman Bob Burr said last week that the board is fully behind the Canton Police Department’s efforts to improve school safety and it is open to hearing more about Police Chief Ken Berkowitz’s proposal to expand the school resource officer program beginning in the next budget year. Burr said he needs to look more […]
