A proposed housing subdivision off Village Gate Road that would have netted the town more than 30 acres of conservation land ended in defeat last week after a deadlocked Planning Board rejected the developer’s application for a special permit. The so-called “flex plan,” submitted by Canton builder Pat Considine under the town’s flexible development bylaw, […]
Editor’s note: The following statement was released on Wednesday by Senator Brian A. Joyce in response to the recent criminal indictment against Matthew Israel, founder of the controversial Judge Rotenberg Center on Turnpike Street — believed to be the only special needs school in the country that uses electric shocks as a form of “aversive […]
After the success of its inaugural program last year, the Irish Cultural Centre, located on New Boston Drive in Canton, will again offer its Children’s Celtic Camp this summer. “We have a lot of children’s programs and activities here,” said Louise O’Shea, director of membership and programming at the ICC. “Our Christmas and St. Patrick’s […]
Several smaller Canton roadways will get some form of paving this year as the town has received additional Chapter 90 roadway money for a total disbursement of $782,000. In the past few years, the town has spent its Chapter 90 funds on larger streets, but this year 13 smaller roads will be selected based on […]
With the funding firmly in place after last month’s annual town meeting, Canton school officials are now ready to move forward with several major capital projects over the next few months. One such project — a four-room, permanent addition to the John F. Kennedy Elementary School — will get underway in late June with an […]
Firefighter/paramedic Leo Reardon and firefighter/EMT Christopher Whitley were recently named EMTs of the Quarter. Reardon received the highest rating for skills as a paramedic and Whitley the highest rating for skills as an EMT by Girard and Associates, the company responsible for quality assurance for Canton’s EMS program. Paramedics and EMTs are scored based upon […]
Eileen Chaput of the Luce School CAPT informed selectmen Tuesday night that private fundraising for a new playground is almost complete and a community build could commence this summer. Once completed, it will be transferred to the town and made available to the entire community. The CAPT has raised nearly $32,000 since September 2010, and […]
On Saturday, May 21, the Board of Health, along with other town departments and community groups, will host the third annual Summer Fun and Safety Fair at Pequitside Farm from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Everyone who enjoys having a good time is invited, and it is hoped that those families with children will take […]
Editor’s Note: At the second session of Canton’s Annual Town Meeting on April 27, Canton resident Allen Karon made a motion to reconsider Article 34, the local option meals tax that had been defeated two nights earlier by a rare 133-133 tie vote. Karon’s motion, although ultimately unsuccessful, was controversial nonetheless, for it extended town […]
On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, just hours after the second of the World Trade Center’s twin towers disappeared from the New York skyline, Canton Veterans Agent Tony Andreotti grabbed an American flag and headed to the corner of Sherman and Washington streets. There he stood over the next few days, waving that flag as if […]
