Nearly two weeks after delivering a final state spending plan to the desk of Governor Charlie Baker, the Massachusetts legislature voted last week to override all but one of the governor’s budget vetoes for FY 2019 — preserving millions in local earmarks, including $100,000 for the preservation of Canton’s historic David Tilden House. The funding […]
DPW Superintendent Mike Trotta will be meeting this week with officials from the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to map out a strategy to fill the town’s water-sewer supervisor position, which has been vacant for all but a few months since last spring. Trotta is serving as the acting water-sewer supervisor until the position […]
Local motorists can expect to endure travel disruptions and detours for a lengthy period this fall as the town embarks on a major construction project to repair the Reservoir Pond dam on Pleasant Street. Details about the project were announced at the Board of Selectmen meeting on Tuesday night, and selectmen are urging town departments […]
A $5 million legislative bond bill earmarked for rebuilding the Metropolis Skating Rink on Route 138 only needs the signature of Governor Charlie Baker. However, state Senator Walter Timilty Jr., who worked on the bill with Canton state Rep. Bill Galvin, does not know when or if the governor will authorize the funds for the […]
Canton Playground & Recreation Commission Chairman John McCourt presented an urgent plea to selectmen Tuesday night to begin a planning process to totally renovate the Canton Town Pool on Bolivar Street beginning in September 2019. The town recently received a long-awaited consultant’s report outlining the deficiencies and the costs needed to bring the pool up […]
After nearly three years of planning meetings and collaboration with a consulting firm to flesh out a workable vision for a destination historical/cultural complex on the site of America’s first copper mill, the members of the town-appointed Paul Revere Heritage Commission are pressing forward with a renewed sense of urgency and a focus on tangible […]
In a 3-2 vote on Tuesday night, the Canton Board of Selectmen approved a three-day license for the Canton Ice House to serve beer and wine in a confined room during a youth hockey tournament July 12-14. The Ice House had originally applied for several two- and three-day licenses from July 12 to September 2 […]
Selectmen received some encouraging news regarding the financing needed to reconstruct the Metropolis Skating Rink as representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) visited Canton last week to inform Town Administrator Charlie Aspinwall that the town may be eligible for federal funds covering 75 percent of structural repair costs for damages incurred during the […]
Update: At its meeting on June 26, the Board of Selectmen voted unanimously to approve a lease of the David Tilden House (Little Red House) at Pequitside Farm to the Canton Historical Society. Selectmen will decide on June 12 whether to authorize the Canton Historical Society to lease and lead a major preservation project for the […]
By the slimmest of margins at last Wednesday’s final session of annual town meeting, Canton voters approved an all-out ban on the retail sale of marijuana, outlawing recreational marijuana establishments in all zoning districts within the town. With a two-thirds approval needed in order to amend the zoning bylaw, the article just squeaked by with […]
