School Committee Chairman Bob Golledge is bullish on what the Canton School Department can accomplish this coming school year. Golledge is grateful to the community for approving funds for the Hansen School classroom addition along with a near 5 percent increase in the FY2016 operating budget. He believes this will be another productive year for […]
Don’t miss Brookwood Community Farm’s third annual farm-to-table dinner, honoring Brookwood’s co-founder Judy Lieberman and celebrating 10 years of growing! All proceeds from this dinner go directly to support the farm’s food justice programs. The dinner will take place on Sunday, September 20, from 4-7 p.m. at the Bradley Estate, 2468 Washington Street in Canton. […]
Two of the town’s biggest pending development proposals made the rounds through the planning and zoning boards last month, but only one of them — a private ice rink facility — managed to sail through unscathed with the necessary approvals in hand. Canton Ice House LLC, proposed by three Canton builders on an industrial parcel […]
The Blue Ribbon Traffic Committee has identified its first two focus areas and they are Randolph and Washington streets and the recently redesigned intersection at Randolph Street and Route 138 (Turnpike Street). The latter intersection has generated complaints about the lack of through traffic lanes and the difficulty that trucks have had making turns. The […]
The Canton Public Library is pleased to announce its 2015 Fall Author Series. One of the best ways to take advantage of the library’s wide-ranging programming is to attend an author event. There will be nights of thrilling espionage, emotional fiction, sports legends, and more. The following is a sample of who will be visiting […]
Selectmen are hoping that a combination of Town Counsel Paul DeRensis, the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission (MAPC), and Town Planner Tim Richard will be able to clear the foggy haze of access, use and liability issues at the town-owned Reservoir Pond. In a marathon, three-and-a-half-hour selectmen’s meeting on Tuesday night that dealt with traffic hearings […]
School Committee Chairman Bob Golledge and School Business Manager Barry Nectow both believe the current school budget will be able to absorb the roughly $15,000 in extra ice time costs that will be needed to operate the CHS ice hockey program this year in the wake of the roof collapse at the Metropolis Skating Rink […]
The Canton Police and Fire departments reported one non-fatal overdose of heroin in Canton last week. The incident occurred on Saturday, August 22. The victim, a 27-year-old male, was administered the opiate reversal drug Narcan. The newly renamed Canton Alliance Against Substance Abuse (CAASA), made up of various public safety, health and community officials, will […]
A couple of under-the-radar zoning amendments approved at the recent May town meeting could soon lead to substantive improvements along the Route 138 corridor, although the wait apparently continues for a certain vacant parcel on Dedham Street. While not quite as attention grabbing as the Plymouth Rubber redevelopment plan and the related open space purchase […]
The Canton Historical Society recently completed three photograph albums of every Canton High School graduate since the very first class in 1869. The albums were completed by Historical Society members Susan O’Neill and Marie Duffy. The three albums were presented to Jim Halley, president of the Canton High School Alumni Association, Mark Lague, director of […]
