Saddled with a total budget deficit of $1.57 million and with just over $920,000 left to cut, the Canton School Committee plodded through its list of suggested reductions over three-plus hours last week, managing to trim another $573,000 but leaving the most painful decisions for tonight’s meeting, which starts at 7 in the CHS distance […]
Town Clerk Tracy Kenney will be meeting with library director Mark Lague to see if the library staff will be able to take over issuing passports now that the U.S. Department of State has ruled that town clerks’ offices can no longer handle the function. Town Administrator Bill Friel explained to selectmen Tuesday night that […]
For the tenth year, the Dean S. Luce School will sponsor its annual Fun Run on May 1. The event includes two fun runs and a 5K race, which all start from the Luce School at 45 Independence Street. The day’s events kick off at 10 a.m. with a half-mile fun run on a course […]
The Trustees of Reservations announced last week the opening of their newest Community Supported Agriculture Program (CSA) in Massachusetts at the Bradley Estate in Canton. Growing in popularity around the nation with demand significantly outpacing supply, CSAs offer community members the opportunity to buy fresh, local, seasonal food directly from a farmer by purchasing a […]
Parents of elementary school children who live less than two miles from their school can expect a $180 bus fee for the next school year as School Committee members began dealing with a $1.39 million budget deficit for the upcoming fiscal year. The new fee, which amounts to $1 per school day, will be charged […]
• School Superintendent Jeff Granatino announced that Kimberly Sefrino will be the new Kennedy School principal, effective July 1. Sefrino will replace Jan Chamberlain, who is serving as interim principal this year after previous JFK Principal Jennifer Henderson was named the district’s director of curriculum and instruction. Sefrino has been a teacher and principal in […]
As a way to honor their fellow police officers and firefighters who were killed in the line of duty on September 11, 2001, the Canton Fire and Police departments will host a gala at the Blue Hill Country Club on May 14. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Canton Area Helpline. “This is […]
Mad Agnes returns to the Open Book Coffeehouse by popular demand on Saturday, April 16, at 7:30 p.m. The Open Book Coffeehouse is located at the Canton Public Library, 786 Washington Street, and is made possible by the Friends of the Library. Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for students. Mad Agnes is not […]
The Canton High School drama club delivered two impressive performances of Harvey (1944), the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Mary Chase, on Friday and Saturday, March 25 and 26. Later adapted into a popular film starring Jimmy Stewart, Harvey tells the story of Elwood P. Dowd and his imaginary best friend: a six-foot, three-and-a-half-inch tall rabbit. […]
After town clerk Tracey Kenney learned the seven races in the upcoming April 5 town election would be uncontested, she spoke with the election commission at the secretary of state’s office to see if the town could forgo this year’s municipal election. Skipping the election would save the town $8,000 to $10,000 in costs associated […]
