Training session scheduled for Monday, June 24 ~ On Friday, May 31, the Canton Medical Reserve Corps participated in the Summer Fun and Safety Fair, which was sponsored by the town of Canton. Families were given the opportunity to ride ponies, participate in hayrides, and enjoy complimentary food and beverages. Representatives from the Medical Reserve […]
A new twist in the Plymouth Rubber redevelopment saga has surfaced as selectmen are now reviewing a proposal by Canton Holdings LLC to apply for a state Chapter 40R application. If accepted by selectmen and residents, the state would give the town a one-time payment of $972,000. In return, Canton Holdings, a subsidiary of Napleton, […]
Although it has a new name and has been considerably downsized compared to the original proposal in 2007, the recently approved University Station project (formerly Westwood Station) on the Westwood/Canton border is still expected to impact traffic on neighboring roadways, according to Canton Selectmen Victor Del Vecchio and Bob Burr. Both officials said Tuesday night […]
Though it took nearly three hours of debate and many questions, Canton voters eventually gave the green light to a 225-unit senior housing development on Route 138 at the second and final session of annual town meeting last Wednesday, May 15. The end result was the formation of a new Senior Housing Overlay District (SHOD) […]
It isn’t often that a leader gets to walk away from his post immediately after achieving his number-one organizational priority, but that was indeed the case for Canton’s John Friel, who recently got to celebrate the end of his two-year run as chairman of the Council on Aging with the promise of a new senior […]
Town meeting voters at Monday’s opening session overwhelmingly approved a transfer of $1.36 million from Canton’s free cash reserves to quicken the renovation of the previously purchased Knights of Columbus building on Pleasant Street into a fully operational senior center, perhaps as soon as next spring. The transfer augments last year’s town meeting appropriation along […]
The first session of the 2013 annual town meeting adjourned a little after 10:30 p.m. on Monday, May 13, with most of the 41-article warrant completed. Only the main budget article for FY14, plus three zoning articles concerning a proposed Senior Housing Overlay District (SHOD) on Route 138 and a few other articles remained. Selectmen […]
Canton’s recent investment in town wells and water treatment plants is beginning to pay off. For the first time in recent memory there will not be an increase in water rates for next year, although sewer rates will increase 5.4 percent, resulting in an average ratepayer’s bill rising $8.14 per quarter based on a usage […]
What has historic homes, sprawling corporate headquarters, a mishmash of zoning districts, and vacancies all over? The answer, from a local perspective at least, is the Route 138 corridor in Canton — a busy stretch of roadway that has long been the target of commercial growth and revitalization, albeit with only mixed success to date. […]
Canton selectmen like many of the benefits of a proposed senior housing facility on Turnpike Street at the site of the AA Will Sand and Gravel pit. However, they are requesting more information from the developer — including a formula for how they arrived at a $300,000 cash contribution to the town in lieu of […]
