In a narrow 3-2 vote on Tuesday night, the Canton Board of Selectmen agreed to try out new summer hours at Town Hall beginning Tuesday, July 16, and ending on September 3. Essentially, most Town Hall offices will open at 8 a.m. on weekdays and Town Hall will close at 1 p.m. on Fridays. The […]
The public is invited to share their thoughts on the future of the Route 138 corridor at an open forum on Wednesday, July 10, from 7-9 p.m. at Bank of Canton headquarters, located at 490 Turnpike Street. The town has begun the process of developing a strategic plan and vision for the Route 138 corridor, […]
Young readers who visit the Canton library this summer will find aliens in the Junior Room, friendly creatures whose pictures are somewhere in the lower level space. Children who take part in A Universe of Stories, the summer reading program at the library, need to find at least six of the 10 aliens to complete […]
Recycling services in Canton will not stop in the immediate future, but Republic Services, the town operator of trash and recycling collection, informed selectmen earlier this week that the company is operating Canton’s recycling services at a substantial loss. The operating loss, estimated at $179,000 annually, is due to new requirements and restrictions put in […]
Armed with a convincing mandate from annual town meeting and the recent special town election, the Canton Playground and Recreation Commission is working with the Building Renovations Committee, a project manager, and a design firm to ready final design plans for the Bolivar Street Aquatic Center renovations. The goal is to submit the plans to […]
Additional signage and increased traffic enforcement from the Police Department are expected in the vicinity of Messinger, Dunbar, Walnut, Bailey, and Belcher streets after several residents complained to the Traffic Study Committee about excessive speeding and street parking in the area. Residents said they are concerned about child safety, especially with the Messinger Street Playground […]
An overwhelming majority of residents who made it to the polls on Tuesday voted to “keep Canton swimming” and finance the cost of a new town pool facility, paving the way for construction to begin at the conclusion of the upcoming summer season. While turnout was modest, nearly 80 percent of the 1,907 ballots cast […]
An energetic base of nearly 370 voters at Monday’s opening session of annual town meeting approved major renovations to the Bolivar Pool facility, endorsed a ban on thin-film, single-use plastic bags at retail establishments, and okayed a Special Tax Agreement (STA) for Spear Street Capital, the new owners of the former Reebok headquarters off Royall […]
Canton’s annual town meeting gets underway this coming Monday, May 13, and it’s shaping up to be another action-packed affair with $113 million in appropriations on the table and proposals ranging from a new town pool to the elimination of single-use plastic bags at retail. With a total of 46 articles on the warrant, this […]
Canton residents wanting to learn more about the proposed town pool renovation project and upcoming debt-exclusion override vote were given two opportunities to do so at recent public information sessions hosted by the Parks & Recreation Department and Board of Selectmen. The sessions were held on April 25 and 29 at the Canton Public Library […]
