After this Friday, August 24, all detours on Pleasant Street will be lifted now that most of the Reservoir Pond dam repair work has been completed. Selectmen reported this week that the entire project may be completed by Labor Day or by the first day of school. Selectman Sal Salvatori, who has been the point […]
Selectmen need to make appointments to fill the following vacancies on town boards: Conservation Commission (2), Cable Advisory Committee (3), Comprehensive Water Resource Management Plan (2), Fair Housing Committee (3), Master Plan Monitoring Committee (5), Traffic Study Committee (2), and single vacancies on the Canton Veterans Council, Commission on Disabilities, MBTA Advisory Board, Water and […]
Four selectmen and three School Committee members met Tuesday night and selected former Finance Committee Chairman Dave Emhardt and environmental consultant Robert Golledge to fill the remaining terms of School Committee members Liz Salisbury and Jill Stevens, who recently resigned for personal and business reasons. Both positions will be up for election in the spring […]
The risk level for contracting Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) in the town of Canton remains at “high” and residents should continue to practice personal protection measures — including using insect repellant and staying indoors from dusk to dawn whenever possible — until further notice from the state, according to Board of Health Director John Ciccotelli. […]
Selectmen said they are amenable to many of the road safety suggestions that were presented to the board Tuesday night by the York Street Neighborhood Association. About 30 neighbors attended the meeting and applauded the presentation delivered by spokesperson Catherine Walsh of 307 York Street. The group also praised the work done so far by […]
A few days after Canton voters collectively said “no” to the Massachusetts Community Preservation Act in the April town election, Deb Sundin, a conservation commissioner and an ardent CPA supporter, wrote a letter to the Citizen in which she thanked her fellow supporters for their vote, urged the CPA’s opponents to reconsider, and admonished all […]
After several failed attempts at rezoning the former Plymouth Rubber site off Revere Street, the site’s owner, Canton Development Properties (a subsidiary of Napleton), has agreed to spend $40,000 for an independent study of the financial, traffic, and environmental impacts involved in the development of the 40-acre property, with a goal of completing the study […]
Whenever Veterans Agent Tony Andreotti meets or visits with a World War II veteran, a part of him still sees the strapping young soldier in uniform that he remembers from his childhood in Canton. Mostly, however, Andreotti sees the veteran as he is today — a retiree, a grandfather, perhaps even a great-grandfather — and […]
While concerns over the safety and value of a massive solar installation at the former Pine Street landfill continue to be raised publicly, town officials and the project’s developer, Southern Sky Renewable Energy, both maintain high hopes for the project as it nears completion in the coming weeks. The 5.6-megawatt solar farm, consisting of 19,800 […]
A routine test of the town’s drinking water supply during the month of June turned up unacceptable levels of coliform bacteria — a relatively minor violation caused by “startup issues” at the Neponset Street water treatment facility, according to Dennis Morton of the Canton Water Department. The department released a notice last week spelling out […]
