The Board of Selectmen and Town Administrator Bill Friel, in consultation with the Department of Public Works, have identified some of the road priorities for the coming year after receiving news that the town will receive nearly $775,000 in Chapter 90 roadway money for the 2013 fiscal year. Friel said the funding amount is very […]
Brothers Nate and Jacob Sharpe, the world-renowned juggling duo hailing from Canton, are among the featured players in a new documentary about Circus Smirkus, New England’s acclaimed traveling youth circus. The award-winning Circus Dreams, directed and produced by filmmaker Signe Taylor, is set to premiere on WGBH on April 21 — World Circus Day — […]
Dream no more: Driving around town in a brand-new 2012 red Ford Mustang may become a reality for some lucky winner. In collaboration with Rodman Ford, Temple Beth Abraham is holding a raffle for an open-end two-year lease of a new Mustang. Purchasing a raffle ticket will not only give you a chance to be in the […]
A grassroots effort to make Canton the latest beneficiary of the state’s Community Preservation Act (CPA) came up short at the polls on Tuesday as voters said “no” to a proposed ballot question by a fairly wide margin.
Even though Canton police recently solved a major case of home and car breaks, a new rash was reported last week, particularly last Monday night and Tuesday and again from Thursday night to Friday morning. Six car breaks were reported on Tuesday, including two on Wheeler Circle and others in the areas of Diana Drive […]
Canton is in the hunt for a new high school principal after current principal Dr. Douglas Dias informed his staff and the School Committee late last week that he will be taking a similar position in Medway. Dias, who is a resident of nearby Milford, has served as principal at CHS for the past five […]
The Board of Selectmen has appointed Canton resident Janet Maguire as the town’s new recreation director. Maguire, the lone local candidate, was chosen over three other applicants, although selectmen agreed that all four were strong and worthy candidates. The vote to appoint Maguire was unanimous at 4-0, with Selectman Victor Del Vecchio absent from the […]
The Canton Police Detective Bureau announced this week the arrest of three Brockton men who are believed to be responsible for a rash of home and car breaks in Canton in December of 2011 and January of this year. Detective Mike Lank, who led the investigation, said the probe covered five home break-ins and 10 […]
In a 4-1 vote taken Tuesday night, the Board of Selectmen, acting as individual members, said they would not support the Community Preservation Act (CPA) ballot question before Canton residents on Tuesday, April 3. The act would permit the town to levy a 1 percent tax on residential and commercial property that would be set […]
Editor’s note: Click the links below to read the letters referenced in the article. Competing legal interpretations and legitimate safety concerns — not “money and union jobs” as alleged by selectmen — are at the heart of a recent dispute involving construction of a large-scale solar farm on the town-owned Pine Street landfill, according to […]
