Selectmen voted 4-1 on Tuesday night to approve a new trash and recycling contract that will increase recycling and add very little fees, but will require residents to use a designated cart for trash and recyclable materials. The new contract and service begins July 1 and selectmen plan to institute a major public information program […]
After managing to win over all five selectmen and most of the voters at last year’s annual town meeting, the developer of a proposed 160-unit senior assisted living facility on Turnpike Street has run into a few roadblocks during the permitting process, fueled by ongoing concerns over the height of the structure and the absence […]
Town Administrator Bill Friel has proposed to selectmen a new decal-sticker system for the Greenlodge Street parking area — similar to the Pine Street Yard Waste program — that would save motorists money while also significantly lowering costs for the town. Currently, voucher booklets are issued with 10 tickets costing $20 for residents and $30 […]
For the second year in a row and the third time in the last four years, Canton voters will not have a single choice in the annual town election after Tuesday’s nomination deadline came and went with only 12 candidates submitting papers for 12 open seats. As with the past several elections, most of the […]
Canton-based Dunkin’ Brands, parent company of Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin Robbins, has made good on its commitment to aid the town in return for a reworked tax agreement. Earlier this week, the company presented a $25,000 check to selectmen for the new Council on Aging building on Pleasant Street. Renovations to the former Knights of […]
The town’s Community Preservation Committee (CCPC) took a big step earlier this week toward realizing the first fruits of the Community Preservation Act in Canton, voting on Monday to recommend more than $350,000 worth of funding for six “shovel ready” projects. “Now the fun begins,” declared committee chairman Lisa Lopez, who is looking forward to […]
A wide-open School Committee race and the potential for at least a three-way battle for two selectmen’s seats are a few of the intriguing possibilities that could emerge during the 2014 town election season in Canton, which officially got underway on Monday, January 27, with the release of nomination forms by the town clerk’s office. […]
Update: The January 20 meeting of the Community Preservation Committee was postponed. The committee will consider spending proposals at its next meeting on Monday, February 3. After a busy year of acclimation, training, and information gathering following the adoption of the Community Preservation Act in November 2012, the nine-member Canton Community Preservation Committee is hoping […]
A pair of separate yet strangely intertwined senior housing proposals experienced a reversal of fortunes at last month’s Zoning Board of Appeals meeting, where the smaller of the two projects, proposed on a commercial parking lot site on Revere Street by the owners of the Plymouth Rubber property, received its long-awaited special permits, while the […]
The town of Canton is about to get a whole lot tougher on tobacco. Beginning next Wednesday, January 1, Canton will join neighboring Sharon, Needham, and a handful of other Massachusetts communities in raising the minimum purchase age for tobacco products from 18 to 21, per order of the Canton Board of Health. The new […]
