Only 334 (2.3 percent) of the town’s registered voters turned out at the polls in Canton’s 2016 town election held on Tuesday, April 5. The ballot featured 10 candidates for 10 available seats, marking the fourth time in the last six years that Canton did not have any contested races. Reelected to office were incumbents John […]
Canton’s revamped yard waste and household bulk center opens tomorrow, April 1, and will remain open year round with winter hours to be determined, according to DPW Superintendent Mike Trotta. Located at the former Pine Street landfill, the facility will not only accept yard waste, but residents will now be allowed to bring bulk furniture […]
The long-awaited report from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) concerning the use of the 255-acre Reservoir Pond arrived at the selectmen’s meeting Tuesday night, and although preliminary in nature, it provided a roadmap for selectmen to draw on in the near future. The MAPC report was due to be posted on the town’s website […]
The changing character of the Ponkapoag Civic Association, noise disturbances at the Pleasant Street roundabout, and a citizen proposal for a town-wide traffic study were all on the docket at an action-packed Blue Ribbon Traffic Committee meeting held last Tuesday evening at Canton Town Hall. In a nearly two-hour session that was dedicated almost entirely […]
As the Canton Walk, Bike & Hike Advisory Committee talked about creating a town hiking map during the group’s first meeting last week, member Jan Shub shared an interesting experience with the group. She related that she had gone on a wonderful hike with the town’s conservation agent and that the two had walked through […]
Selectmen seized upon the positive news of greater town growth and revenue, and based on a recommendation of the town’s Revenue Committee submitted a municipal budget that is nearly 6 percent above last year’s figure. The budget vote, which was taken at the end of Tuesday night’s selectmen’s meeting, followed some additional positive news from […]
Talking portraits, state-of-the-art exhibits, a “destination” restaurant and taproom, a true village green — it’s all part of the bold vision for the future Paul Revere Heritage Site and cultural center off Neponset Street, and it is rapidly moving into the realm of possibility, armed with the backing of the influential Revere Heritage Commission and […]
This coming Sunday, February 28, will mark the one-year anniversary of the collapse of Canton’s Metropolis Skating Rink, and while the rink still sits in ruins and frustration continues to mount over the lack of progress with the rebuilding effort, new information from town officials suggests that there could finally be some real cause for […]
Last week, selectmen voted to send a proposed truck exclusion on Dedham and Chapman streets to the state Department of Transportation for review. If MassDOT approves the measures, selectmen will hold a public hearing and decide when it will be implemented. Selectman Bob Burr said it is not contingent on when MassDOT finishes the new […]
Selectmen voted unanimously Tuesday night to forward a report to the state Department of Transportation seeking a truck exclusion on Dedham and Chapman streets once the new I-95 off ramp on Dedham Street is built. The exclusion requires the approval of MassDOT followed by a public hearing by selectmen. Exemptions can be granted to trucks […]
