The Gridley Preschool program, offered through the Recreation Department, has been cancelled due to a lack of interest and participation. The program was facing a $10,000 deficit due to low enrollment totals and low tuition rates, which were expected to go up considerably next year. Selectmen had recently given Recreation Director Janet Maguire a 10-day […]
For the second consecutive week, Canton firefighters assisted in the arrival of a new baby. This week, a newborn was delivered in an ambulance on route to Norwood Hospital on Friday, June 21, at 2:35 a.m. The ambulance answered a call for a woman in labor on Vaughn Street. Assisting in the birth were firefighter-paramedics […]
According to Fire Lt. Brian Marshall, the efforts of JFK School Nurse Susan Rogers saved the life of a male student who was choking on a water bottle cap that had become lodged in his throat. The incident was reported to the Fire Department on Friday, June 14, at 12:30 p.m. Rogers successfully performed the […]
One driver was transported to Norwood Hospital following a two-car accident on Tuesday, June 4, around 3:30 p.m. at the intersection of Dunbar and Washington streets. The Fire Department also responded to a motor vehicle accident on Monday, June 3, around 9:30 a.m. at the intersection of routes 24 and 139, and one party was […]
Fire Chief Charlie Doody said the training session on pre-hospital instruction given to all members of the Fire Department worked to perfection last week as police, EMTs and paramedics — and even the 911 caller — worked together to revive a cardiac arrest victim who had collapsed on the 17th hole of the Ponkapoag Golf […]
A 90-year-old Chapman Street resident was watching television on Sunday night, May 26, around 8:30 p.m. when he was confronted by an alleged intruder who had broken into his home along with two accomplices, according to Deputy Police Chief Helena Findlen. The man told police that the intruder had approached him from behind and ordered […]
A 24-year-old Stoughton man was arraigned from his hospital bed at Boston Medical Center on Monday on charges stemming from a one-car crash on Bolivar Street late Friday night that killed his passenger and friend, Evan Bard, 20, of Agawam. Sean Jackman, a resident of Howland Street in Stoughton, was charged with motor vehicle homicide, […]
The Canton Fire Department responded to a transformer fire on Washington Street near Wildewood Drive on Sunday night, May 5, around 10 p.m. The primary electrical wire was on the ground. Engine 6 secured the scene until the power company repaired the line. (Tim O’Connor photo) Dry weather causes brush fires The recent stretch of […]
Editor’s note: Police Chief Ken Berkowitz submitted the following summary of the Canton Police Department’s involvement in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing, including the subsequent manhunt for the second suspect on Friday, April 19, in Watertown. The town of Canton is part of a law enforcement continuum called the Metropolitan Law Enforcement Council. […]
A Middleboro man was arrested last week on burglary charges after police responded to a call from a York Street resident and found the suspect inside the home. The resident, about to enter her driveway, saw the man on her porch and went to a neighbor’s house to call police. Police responded and arrested James […]
