Heavy drilling equipment will be out on Standish Drive over the next two weeks as the next section of a water main installation is connected along Elm Street. The work is part of a summer-long project to connect the MWRA outlet on Dedham Street to the entire length of Elm Street. Previously, this section of […]
Selectmen reluctantly approved the water and sewer rate increases recommended last month by the Water/Sewer Rate Committee, noting that the increases were caused in part by a spike in the Mass. Water Resources Authority’s (MWRA) assessment to the town. The new rates will take effect July 1, resulting in an average annual increase of $18.12 […]
Selectmen approved a new re-precincting plan as suggested by the Secretary of State’s Election Division and presented by Town Clerk Tracy Kenney in an unusual Wednesday afternoon selectmen’s meeting on June 8. Although it is not official, selectmen approved the plans and sent it to the secretary of state and the Local Election Districts Review […]
Submitted by the Canton Water Department ~ Despite previous compliant test results, one recent test of our water system disclosed a violation of a drinking water standard. While this is not an emergency, as our customers, you have a right to know what happened, what you should do, and what we are doing to correct […]
The Water/Sewer Rate Committee is recommending an increase in water and sewer rates effective July 1. For the average Canton ratepayer, it will mean an annual increase of $18.12 for water and $46.76 for sewer. Canton sends quarterly bills to its ratepayers. Selectmen took the recommendation under advisement and will likely take action at its […]
A proposed housing subdivision off Village Gate Road that would have netted the town more than 30 acres of conservation land ended in defeat last week after a deadlocked Planning Board rejected the developer’s application for a special permit. The so-called “flex plan,” submitted by Canton builder Pat Considine under the town’s flexible development bylaw, […]
Several smaller Canton roadways will get some form of paving this year as the town has received additional Chapter 90 roadway money for a total disbursement of $782,000. In the past few years, the town has spent its Chapter 90 funds on larger streets, but this year 13 smaller roads will be selected based on […]
Editor’s Note: At the second session of Canton’s Annual Town Meeting on April 27, Canton resident Allen Karon made a motion to reconsider Article 34, the local option meals tax that had been defeated two nights earlier by a rare 133-133 tie vote. Karon’s motion, although ultimately unsuccessful, was controversial nonetheless, for it extended town […]
Article 35, the Reservoir Pond article that everyone had been waiting for, finally came up for a vote late in the second session of Canton’s annual town meeting, held last Wednesday, April 27. Every resident who attended the session voted affirmatively for the article, which authorizes the town to acquire both the pond and dam […]
Despite reservations from FinCom members, town meeting voters at last Wednesday’s second session authorized a $1.5 million loan to finance a new, more efficient heating system for the Rodman Educational Center. This latest proposal came as a bit of a surprise considering that the School Committee’s stated plan — and the one that had appeared […]
