Canton is one of 15 communities in the Bay State to be awarded a maximum $200,000 Green Communities grant from the state Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. Town Planner Laura Smead, who applied for the grant, made the announcement at Tuesday’s Select Board meeting. Smead said the funds will pay for LED light conversions […]
Roughly 30 people logged in live to last week’s COVID-19 Task Force webinar held on Thursday, September 3. A panel of local leaders, including Fire Chief Charles Doody, CPS physician Dr. Daniel Muse, Board of Health members, and School Committee Chair Kristin Mirliani, responded to residents’ questions that were submitted in advance. Doody said the […]
As of Tuesday, August 18, the town of Canton had reported a cumulative total of 380 COVID-19 cases (326 confirmed and 54 probable), an increase of 11 in the past seven days. Fire Chief and Emergency Services Director Charles Doody said the actual number of cases is likely considerably higher when factoring in unknown and […]
The Canton Select Board voted on Tuesday night to approve new water and sewer rates that will take effect in October. The rates reflect a 7 percent increase for water and a 4 percent increase for sewer services and will cost the average homeowner an additional $40 per year. Randy Scollins, the town’s director of […]
Delayed all last spring and summer with equipment and design issues and again in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions, the Randolph-Washington Street intersection project is now back on track and slated for completion by early to mid August. Approved for funding at the May 2019 town meeting, the redesign calls for the installation of a […]
Note: The full version of this story appears in the June 25 print edition of the Citizen. Canton’s first modern-day outdoor town meeting — an event that had appeared to be rife with logistical challenges and hurdles as recently as a few weeks ago — went off without a hitch on Monday as 187 voters […]
It’s back to the ballots to determine another Select Board winner as local registrars brace for their second formal recount in as many town election cycles. While no official announcement has been made by the Town Clerk’s office, Tom Theodore announced this week in a letter to voters that he will in fact be seeking […]
The current state restrictions on large gatherings due to COVID-19 means that there will be no town-sponsored events this year in celebration of the July 4th holiday. This includes both the annual July 4th road race and the July 4th celebration and gala fireworks display. The road race, a Canton summer tradition started by Joe […]
Chris Connolly topped the ticket for the second time in three years and Lisa Lopez eked out a narrow victory over incumbent Tom Theodore in another thrilling, down-to-the-wire finish for a Board of Selectmen race in Canton. Last year it was Lopez
Update: At its June 23 meeting, the board opted against the idea of closing a portion of Washington Street for outdoor dining. Instead board members voted to allow Town Administrator Charlie Aspinwall and Select Board Vice Chair Mike Loughran to work out an agreement with the owners of CF McCarthy’s for additional sidewalk dining that […]
