Town Clerk Tracy Kenney has announced that nomination papers for the April 6, 2021 annual town election will be available in the Town Clerk’s office beginning on Monday, January 4, at 8 a.m. The deadline to obtain nomination papers is Friday, February 12, at 1 p.m. Due to the increasing number of positive cases of […]
Northern Spy, a new wood-fired fine dining destination at the Revere Heritage Site in Canton, is now open for business. The new restaurant will serve its surrounding south shore community with classic New England cuisine made with locally sourced ingredients. Operations begin with a focused family-friendly menu for take-out and delivery only. Northern Spy is […]
Gina McCarthy, former administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under President Obama and a proud Canton native, is returning to the federal government in a full-time, senior role as President-elect Joe Biden’s national climate advisor. Hailed by the president-elect as “one of the nation’s most trusted and accomplished voices on climate issues,” McCarthy — […]
The first two days of appointment-only business at Town Hall went well and were largely uneventful, but on Tuesday afternoon, Town Administrator Charlie Aspinwall learned of the governor’s new occupancy orders, which apply to office spaces and could potentially impact staffing at Memorial Hall. Aspinwall said the new, more restrictive order, which goes into effect […]
With the redesign of the Randolph-Washington Street intersection now complete and the Pleasant-Sherman-Angela Street intersection now in the design phase with construction funds authorized, the town’s Traffic Committee began mapping out plans Monday night for its next project — a new sidewalk on portions of Randolph Street leading to Blue Hills Regional Technical School and […]
Fire Chief Charles Doody said town officials are beginning to map out a plan for distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine, although it may be a few months away. “We ran the drive-through flu clinics as a prelude to a potential mass vaccination for COVID,” he said. “Once the vaccine is made available to the general […]
The Canton Select Board on Monday night voiced support for Town Administrator Charlie Aspinwall’s recommendation to limit public access to town offices by appointment only while encouraging phone calls and emails to conduct town business. The intent of the move is to protect town employees from exposure to COVID-19. As of Wednesday, December 9, Canton […]
The town of Canton will have additional Community Preservation Act monies to work with in the coming fiscal year thanks to a record-high match from the statewide CPA trust fund. Canton’s Community Preservation Committee, which is responsible for administering the program locally and recommending projects for funding, relayed the good news in a press release […]
The Select Board gave the go-ahead to Town Administrator Charlie Aspinwall to begin preparing bids for a new trash contract and join with other communities on a shared recycling contract that could possibly lead to cost savings for the town. Aspinwall told the board at its meeting on November 24 that its current contract with […]
In separate incidents last week, Canton police arrested two individuals and charged them with various assault offenses. The first call came in around 2 p.m. on Monday, November 23, and involved a fight between two men in the woods near the I-95/Dedham Street construction site. Deputy Police Chief Helena Rafferty said the suspect, identified as Harold […]
