In testimony submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, state Senator Brian A. Joyce has requested that the agency ban the use of all graduated electronic decelerators (GEDs), or skin shock devices, which are currently being used to administer electric shocks to disabled children at the Canton-based Judge Rotenberg Center. The FDA had notified the center […]
Area police and fire departments will be playing hockey to benefit Canton Police Officer Ralph Centeno, who is undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer. The fifth annual charity hockey benefit will be held Saturday, March 9, at 8 p.m. at the Metropolis Ice Rink. Stoughton fire/police will play Randolph fire/PD at 8 p.m., followed by Canton […]
Many of the School Committee members and approximately 20 parents who attended a recent presentation by the Police Department on enhanced safety protocols came away impressed, but they would like the department to drop the use of the ALICE acronym, which stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate. Committee member Robert Golledge said the […]
The School Committee last week submitted a preliminary operating budget for the next fiscal year that is $500,000 more than the figure they received from Finance Director Jim Murgia. The committee submitted the budget to the Finance Committee knowing it had to meet a mid-January deadline but also knowing that the town’s Revenue Committee has […]
Like many successful entrepreneurs, Laurie Davis has always been a risk taker at heart. She took a risk while at Canton High School in going out for the school musicals, and she later took a bigger risk when she left college early to get a jumpstart on her career — a decision that led to […]
Blue Hills Regional Technical School is accepting applications for house construction or large addition projects for the next school year. Residents or land owners within the nine district towns are eligible to submit applications no later than February 15, 2013. Applicants must be a resident or land owner for a minimum of five years in […]
The Canton Fire Department, in conjunction with the State Fire Marshall’s office, have issued a special warning about the improper disposal of ashes coming from a fireplace or wood stove. Within the last few weeks, fires that were caused by the improper disposal of ashes were reported in Canton, Milton, Carver, and Plymouth. State Fire […]
Despite a string of construction delays over the past two years, the former Canton Airport site on Neponset Street is still well on its way to becoming a public park, with a new opening
Canton resident Jamie Kotkowski Pratt was overweight growing up. She describes herself as someone who was always the heaviest student in her classes at school and recalls avoiding the seesaw at playgrounds because she was afraid of being told that she was too heavy to be another child’s partner. Her motivation to lose weight and […]
The Mass Audubon Visual Arts Center, located at 963 Washington Street in Canton, has been renamed the Museum of American Bird Art at Mass Audubon, Director Amy Montague announced last month. “The new name reflects more accurately our continuing commitment to collect, exhibit and interpret the highest quality artworks inspired by birds,” Montague wrote in the […]
