Barring any unforeseen problems, the town of Canton is set to become the new owner of the St. Gerard Majella Church property at 1860 Washington Street as of April 15. At Tuesday night’s meeting, Select Board members authorized spending $3,234,860 to complete the purchase of the five-acre property, which includes the former church building as […]
Canton’s senior population is increasing and there is a definite need for affordable housing options in the town as well as housing for smaller households. These were some of the key takeaways from last week’s virtual public forum hosted by the Board of Trustees for the town’s Municipal Affordable Housing Trust. Having recently begun the […]
Representatives for the Revere & Son Heritage Trust presented their first essential services budget to the Canton Select Board Tuesday night as they outlined their operational plans for the burgeoning Revere Heritage Site in the coming fiscal year. The proposed budget is around $71,000 but does not include costs to further design and develop the […]
The chair of the Select Board reported earlier this week that negotiations are progressing between the Boston Archdiocese and the town on the sale of the former St. Gerard Majella Church property, and a deal could possibly be completed soon. “We could be a few weeks away,” noted Mike Loughran. Loughran said Town Counsel Paul […]
The 2022 spring town election season in Canton promises to be a lackluster affair after Tuesday’s nomination deadline came and went without producing any challengers. A total of 11 people submitted the necessary paperwork to the Town Clerk’s office for the 11 offices up for grabs in the April 5 town election. As a result, […]
Effective at midnight on Monday, February 14, the hotly debated townwide policy on indoor mask wearing will shift from an enforceable requirement to a “strongly” worded advisory following a unanimous vote by the town’s Board of Health earlier this week. Citing a rapid decline in COVID-19 cases, vaccination rates exceeding 80 percent, and increased access […]
The town of Canton’s newly established Affordable Housing Trust recently marked an important early milestone as officials gave the green light for the purchase of an affordable unit at 47 Turtle Brook Road. Emerging from executive session last Tuesday night, the Canton Select Board voted to authorize the use of a loan (approximately $240,000) from […]
Kevin McCormick, president of the Canton Downtown Business Association, implored the Select Board at its meeting Tuesday night to make what he said are needed repairs to the sidewalks in the downtown area. He also asked the board to reaffirm a vote by a previous Select Board and reinstitute a $10,000 annual appropriation for maintenance […]
COVID infection rates soared to unprecedented levels in Canton during the first two weeks of 2022 in what could well end up being the peak of the winter surge. Still, the official numbers only tell part of the story of Omicron’s impact locally, according to town health officials. “Unfortunately, the large numbers that we’ve seen […]
The Canton Select Board and the town’s newly established Housing Trust Committee are considering whether the trust should pursue its first real estate opportunity by purchasing an affordable housing unit in the Turtle Brook condominium complex located off Route 138. The current owner of the unit has defaulted on payments and the property may go […]
