Editor’s note: The following letter was originally addressed to the Board of Selectmen and is being reprinted at the request of the author. Dear Editor: This is to voice my extreme disappointment and frustration with the decision to employ a flat-rate fee for parking on the public way of Greenlodge Street near the 128 commuter […]
Did you know … In honor of Arbor Day, the Canton Garden Club plants a tree somewhere in the town each year. This year the Garden Club had Absolute Landscapers plant a new kousa dogwood tree in front of the Canton Police Station. Also, the flowers and herbs sold at their annual plant sale, which […]
Temple Beth Abraham would like to publicly thank the local businesses and community members for their support of our Mother’s Day Weekend Wine Tasting. Guests enjoyed a sampling of wines from around the world hand-picked by local connoisseurs from Canton Village Wine & Spirits and locally owned liquor distributor MS Walker. A wonderful evening was had by […]
Did you know … Chapman Street resident Bruce Rohr and his neighbor, Selectman Vic Del Vecchio, were able to convince 43 voters at Canton’s annual town meeting to pass a bylaw allowing the town to hold its annual town elections on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Canton would become the first […]
Dear Editor: I wanted to take a moment to recognize the commitment that the town officials of Canton have to the well being of the town. As many of you know, town meeting can be a very contentious time as boards work hard to present their views of our best course of action as a […]
Dear Editor: I’d like to thank the people who stood in support of moving Canton’s local elections from April to November. Frankly, things looked grim going in to town meeting. The Finance Committee had previously voted unanimously to indefinitely postpone the article; the town clerk was strongly against the article, as were four of the […]
Every Sunday night I check my calendar for the week ahead. Any important appointments? Anything coming up that I had forgotten about? That’s why I check before the week starts — I learned my lesson when I turned the page too late one Monday and found that I had missed an early morning appointment. Mom […]
Did you know … Homeowners in Canton have seen their property tax bill rise almost 10 percent over the past three years. The 2014 average single-family tax bill in Canton is $5,805, while the 2014 average single-family home value is $451,042. In comparison, Stoughton’s average tax bill is $4,321 while the average home value is […]
April 8 marked another election season without a contest. Four-hundred-twenty-eight voters participated. Bruce Rohr, a former member of the Conservation Commission and a core member of those who worked for the passage of the Community Preservation Act (CPA), is one of the few citizens who is worried enough about the lack of voter participation to […]
A 75-year-old woman was recently found in a nine-by-six-foot basement room in Stoughton under deplorable conditions. The firefighters who responded to this heartrending scene on a bitter cold February day reported that the heat was turned off and the woman was confined to a hospital bed — starved, dehydrated and her body covered with open […]
