With the first phase of the long-awaited Canton Interchange Project slated to begin as soon as next spring, the state Department of Transportation (MassDOT) has scheduled a public hearing for next Wednesday, August 27, at Canton Town Hall to address any questions and concerns that residents might have about the project. The hearing will commence […]
Students at Massasoit Community College’s Canton campus who need transportation this fall will be able to utilize a newly established bus service. Massasoit has contracted with Boston Coach to run free bus service to the Canton campus from six locations throughout Canton and the surrounding communities. The first bus run is at 7:15 a.m. and […]
Fire Chief Charlie Doody was nominated for the ice bucket challenge by his son, Mike Doody, and the chief gladly accepted. Those who are nominated have 24 hours to either have a bucket of ice water dumped on them or donate $100 to help support ALS research. Preparing the bucket overhead were Mike Milton, Sean […]
Selectmen were met with a firestorm of criticism from residents of Pleasant and Bolivar streets Tuesday night as residents claimed that they were not properly notified about the recently approved roundabout (rotary) project. A group of six residents, speaking during the public comment period of Tuesday’s selectmen’s meeting, said the project would not solve traffic […]
Blue Hills Regional Technical School in Canton will provide all of its students with Chromebook laptops, by grade, over a three-month period in the fall of 2014, Superintendent James P. Quaglia and Principal Jill M. Rossetti have announced. “By Thanksgiving
Last Saturday morning, Siobhaun Johnson was standing at the edge of the driveway of her Messinger Street home when a woman who was driving past slowed her car and rolled down the window. “I love your little campaign,” the stranger called to Johnson. The little campaign to which the woman referred is Johnson’s solution to […]
The Canton School Committee last week came out in full support of a plan to install interactive projectors in every classroom in the district from preschool through grade 8. The question now is how to finance the upgrades, which carry an estimated price tag of just under $500,000 for 134 classrooms. The committee did agree […]
Canton Police reported three instances of tires being stolen off of motor vehicles in the Birchcroft Road area (off Dedham Street) over the last two weeks. In each instance, the tires were removed and the vehicles were left on cinder blocks. The case has been referred to detectives and area police, who have reported similar […]
Thanks to a multi-million-dollar investment from the state Department of Conservation and Recreation, Canton’s beloved and historic Ponkapoag Golf Course is bracing for a comeback — although not everyone is thrilled with the DCR’s approach to the restoration project. Last week, Tom Palmer, a wetlands consultant and a resident of Milton, filed a suit in […]
On Wednesday, July 23, the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) officially marked the opening of the new Lt. Arthur E. Farnham and Sgt. Thomas M. Connolly Memorial Park — a six-acre passive recreation park located at the former Canton Airport site off Neponset Street. Named in honor of two local WWII heroes and […]
