Canton police plan to bring three Connecticut residents to court and charge them with felony counts of larceny over $250 (false pretenses) after officials found a town of Canton vendor account had been compromised. Detective John Ruane was credited with cracking the case, and he is in the process of summoning the three individuals to […]
The residential tax rate for the upcoming year will remain stable and the commercial tax rate will drop two cents. However, property tax bills will still increase because assessments continue to rise. In a report to selectmen Tuesday night, Bill Galvin, chairman of the Board of Assessors, stated that the average single family assessment in […]
On Saturday, November 12, while many in Canton and around the country were trying to move on from an emotionally charged and tumultuous campaign season, 16 of the town’s election workers and Canton’s four voter registrars found themselves back at town hall, reliving election night one hand-counted ballot at a time. Canton’s precinct five, it […]
A Canton man and two other men from Stoughton will be summoned to court to face charges of breaking and entering into a vehicle following a two-car accident on Pleasant Street on Sunday, November 6, around 11:45 a.m. The driver of one of the vehicles, Albert G. Smith IV, 18, of Stoughton, faces additional charges […]
The Trustees of Reservations is hosting its second annual “Concert of Thanks” on Sunday, November 20, from 2-4 p.m. in celebration of the Thanksgiving season at the Trustees’ Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate at 2468 Washington Street in Canton. This year’s concert will feature a classical trio and includes the talented and award-winning pianist Baekyu Kim […]
There was a widespread feeling of shock and disappointment across Canton last Thursday as residents awoke to the news that Reebok, one of the town’s biggest and most high-profile corporate neighbors, would be departing its Royall Street headquarters for the greener — and apparently younger and trendier — pastures of Boston. Even the town’s top […]
Canton High School English teacher Kate Kelly has taught a professional development course that deals with race, gender and sexuality to teachers over the last few years, based on the curriculum for the American Identities class that she teaches to CHS students. Both classes are designed to allow for personal reflection on biases that people […]
Selectman John Connolly voiced his displeasure with Columbia Gas construction supervisor Justin Brown on Tuesday night over the utility company’s repeated practice of working past agreed-upon deadlines at various gas projects around town this past construction season. Columbia Gas requested longer days in November to complete the York Street gas main project (two days’ worth […]
The Canton School Committee last week formally approved a contract for Dore & Whittier Architects of Newburyport to conduct a facilities assessment for each school building and propose a master plan for future building uses. Preliminary reports will be issued in March of 2017 with the final plan expected to be finished by June 30. […]
Guests in both traditional Indian and Western attire flocked to Sharon Middle School last month to witness the magnificent Bharathanatyam Arangetram (solo dance debut) of 14-year-old CHS student Anvitha Addanki, daughter of Chandana and Vijay Addanki.
