Water sewer rates are likely going up beginning July 1, but not as much as anticipated. Under new rates accepted by selectmen Tuesday night, the average residential bill will increase nearly $6 per quarter. All irrigation customers will see a decrease as will small businesses with low consumption. Owners of apartment complexes, nursing homes, and […]
For this year at least, town meeting had a solution to the $1.37 million school deficit for the coming fiscal year, with 89 percent of that attributed to mandated special education costs. A vast majority of town meeting voters in the last session on Wednesday, April 28, authorized $440,000 in reserve funds to be put […]
Selectmen were pleased at the conclusion of Monday night’s opening session of the annual town meeting as a majority of voters endorsed the municipal version of the capital budget — against the recommendation of the Finance Committee — and kept intact the salaries of selectmen, the Board of Health, and assessors. As a result, the […]
Free cash was a popular phrase at town meeting Monday night as Canton voters tapped heavily into the reserve fund with three separate transfers, bringing the total free cash balance to $737,000 heading into ATM’s second night on Wednesday, when additional requests were also expected. During Monday’s first session, Canton voters authorized a total of […]
With few hot-button topics and even fewer proposed zoning changes appearing in the warrant this year, Canton’s annual town meeting, which gets underway Monday evening in the CHS Morse Auditorium, could end up being one of the shortest in recent memory. The lack of any discernable controversies even has some town officials predicting — or […]
Selectmen announced Tuesday night that they will vigorously appeal a recent state court ruling that upheld the application of New Jersey-based Roseland Property Company to develop a large parcel of land near the Canton-Randolph border and build more than 200 housing units under Chapter 40B, the state’s affordable housing law. In 2008, the state Supreme […]
By Kathy Anderson By a margin of 300 to 222 votes, Housing Authority incumbent Ronald Grinnell defeated challenger Jason Dupre in the town’s only contested race in this year’s town election on Tuesday. The two candidates were congenial and respectful toward each other, each congratulating the other on running a good campaign, but this year’s […]
~Selectman John Connolly headlines list of candidates running unopposed~ A quiet campaign season will reach its apex this Tuesday, April 6, when Canton residents head to the polls for the annual town election. Incumbent Ron Grinnell and challenger Jason Dupre are vying for a five-year term on the Housing Authority in what is the only […]
Incumbent selectman John Connolly may be running unopposed in April’s town election, but there’s still one other alternative to the seventh term selectman on the ballot, and Connolly said he still wants to finish ahead of it. “Of course you want to do well because it’s a reflection upon not only yourself, but the job […]
Selectmen will submit a balanced budget to the Finance Committee and elected to only spend $52,000 in new money for the five municipal departments that requested additional spending beyond their level-funded budgets. Although the five departments’ new requests totaled more than $175,000, selectmen followed the suggestion of their chairman, Sal Salvatori, and authorized $4,254 to […]
