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 […]
The first session of Canton’s Annual Town Meeting concluded with a bang Monday night as the last article up for a vote — raising the tax on restaurant meals from 6.25 to 7 percent — ended in an unusual 133-133 tie. The article, which needed a simple majority to pass, ultimately failed by one vote. […]
The Friends of the Canton Public Library have planned an agenda for the spring with something to please everyone. Their programs will begin Thursday, May 5, with a presentation by Robert Martello, PhD, on his new book, Midnight Ride, Industrial Dawn: Paul Revere and the Growth of American Enterprise. Martello is an associate professor of […]
Surprised by a last-minute offer from the owners of the Plymouth Rubber property on Revere Street, the Planning Board, Board of Selectmen, and the Finance Committee united in opposition to a proposed rezoning of the former factory site — and the voters followed suit, defeating the developer-sponsored article by a fairly wide margin Monday night. […]
From stricter energy codes to higher taxes, a new police deputy to solar-powered schools, this year’s annual town meeting promises to be an interesting affair filled with lots of lively discussion and debate — and it all gets underway Monday, April 25, at 7:30 p.m. in the Canton High School Morse Auditorium. With a total of […]
