A flurry of new pre-trial motions in the murder case against Karen Read, including a bid by her legal team to subpoena two key witnesses as part of an evidentiary hearing request for their cell phone records, culminated last Wednesday with another highly charged showdown between prosecutors and defense attorneys in Norfolk Superior Court. Read, […]
Norfolk County prosecutors and attorneys for Karen Read, the woman charged with the murder of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, were due back in court yesterday to discuss new motions filed by the defense in advance of a previously scheduled pre-trial evidentiary hearing on May 25 (today) concerning access to the cell phone […]
Town officials on Tuesday announced a new temporary use for St. Gerard’s as the Fire Department prepares to relocate staff and equipment to the former church rectory while the Ponkapoag Fire Station undergoes needed repairs and asbestos removal operations. The work will commence in late May and will take approximately two months to complete. In […]
During a 15-minute public comment period held at the end of Tuesday’s meeting, a woman who identified herself as a new Canton resident expressed serious concerns about the leadership of the town in light of recent media reports related to the January 2022 death of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe. The woman said she had […]
New questions are being raised and assumptions are being reconsidered concerning the January 2022 death of John O’Keefe, a Boston police officer and Canton resident who was found dead in the snow outside a home on Fairview Road. O’Keefe’s girlfriend, Karen Read of Mansfield, was arrested days after his body was discovered and was subsequently […]
A team of law enforcement investigators are working to determine the cause of a fatal pedestrian accident on University Ave. in Westwood last week that claimed the life of a Canton woman. The accident was reported to Westwood police at 9:50 a.m. on Thursday, March 16. Two nurses stopped to render first aid to the […]
No one was hurt but damage was substantial following an oil truck fire at Lamparelli Oil Co. on Turnpike Street on Sunday evening, March 5. Fire Lt. John Hutchinson said firefighters received a 911 call from a Lamparelli employee at approximately 10:30 p.m., and responding crews found two truck cabs fully engulfed with the fire […]
A 28-year-old Canton man was struck and killed by a motorist while walking on I-95 in Needham on Friday, February 24, around 1:20 a.m. The accident occurred just north of Exit 33. Mass. State Police are analyzing debris that potentially came from the vehicle, which was gone when first responders arrived. The victim has been […]
New Canton Fire Chief Wendell Robery is advancing a new Community Paramedicine Program — first proposed by former Fire Chief and current Town Administrator Charles Doody — as part of the Fire Department’s proposed operational budget for the next fiscal year (FY24). The program, which would be run in coordination with the Department of Elder […]
It was a busy Saturday afternoon for Canton firefighters last weekend as crews responded to mutual aid calls for two fires in Stoughton, most notably a residential fire on Central Street near Cobb’s Corner in which several oxygen tanks exploded in the home. There were no reported injuries, but the Central Street home was deemed […]
