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 […]
Following four-plus years of legal wrangling and failed negotiations, the longstanding dispute between the town of Canton and Westwood Station developer Cabot, Cabot & Forbes appears to finally be over after both sides reached an agreement in principle late last week that would satisfy virtually all of the town’s demands. Selectman Victor Del Vecchio, speaking […]
Selectmen are not anticipating layoffs or any other major program cuts in the municipal budget for the upcoming fiscal year, yet they are also not expecting much in the way of additional funds either. That was the message delivered Tuesday night to five of the town’s department heads, who appeared before the board bearing nearly […]
It will be a quiet election season for the town of Canton in 2010 as Friday’s deadline to submit nomination papers came and went with little fanfare, producing just a single contested race. The lone contest in the April 6 election will pit incumbent Housing Authority member Ron Grinnell against challenger Jason Dupre, while all […]
