Pleasant Street is about to undergo many changes, with a major paving project in the works and a new parking ban around Reservoir Pond taking effect this week. If DPW Superintendent Mike Trotta has his way, the entirety of Pleasant Street will be repaved from Washington Street to the Stoughton town line by the end […]
The new automated trash and recycling program will now start on Monday, July 7, instead of Tuesday, July 1, and the town is making arrangements to pick up old trash barrels and recycling bins. The collection schedule will be the same as the current existing curbside service. For the first two weeks of the new […]
The 2014 Memorial Day ceremony at the Canton Corner Cemetery was a combination of remembrance for the sacrifices of America’s servicemen and women and hope that veterans across the country will receive the services they need when they return home from a tour of duty. The Department of Veterans Affairs has been criticized in recent […]
Editor’s note: The start of the new automated collection system has been moved from July 1 to July 7. On or around Tuesday, July 1, Canton residents will start to receive new trash and recycling carts as part of the town’s new automated curbside collection program. The new service, according to selectmen, will help to […]
It’s almost summer, which means that it’s time once again for the Board of Health, along with other Canton town departments and community groups to hold their sixth annual Summer Fun and Safety Fair on Friday, May 30, from
In a surprise result just before midnight on Monday, May 12, voters at Canton’s annual town meeting narrowly approved a citizen’s petition to move the municipal election from April to November so that it coincides with state and federal elections in even-numbered years. The grassroots proposal, spearheaded by Chapman Street resident Bruce Rohr in an […]
Canton homeowners can expect to pay an average of $68 more per year, or $17 more quarterly, as a result of new water and sewer rates approved by selectmen for the next fiscal year beginning July 1. While water rates are actually decreasing, the sewer rate is rising sharply. Doug Gardner, president of Pioneer Consulting […]
After a period of relative inactivity following their latest unsuccessful rezoning attempt, representatives for Canton Holdings LLC, owners of the former Plymouth Rubber factory site on Revere Street, resurfaced at a Planning Board hearing last week with a proposal to subdivide the 40-acre property into five industrial lots. Exactly what that could mean for the […]
The Board of Selectmen, in an initial vote Tuesday night, came out against a pair of citizens’ petitions proposing curb improvements to Chapman Street and a change in the town election season from April to November. Both petitions have been submitted onto the 2014 warrant and will be discussed at the annual town meeting on […]
Ten incumbents and two newcomers sailed into office uncontested, and the Canton business community secured a new tax exemption in an otherwise lackluster town election held on Tuesday, April 8. Only 428, or approximately 3 percent, of the town’s more than 14,000 registered voters turned out at the polls this year; however, it was still […]
