This holiday season, Canton fourth grader Kelly MacDonald and her Kennedy School classmates are doing their part to bring a little joy to soldiers currently serving overseas. MacDonald, a student in Jessica Joslyn’s class, recently spearheaded a “Boodle Brigade” collection drive in honor of her brother Brendan, a first-year cadet at the U.S. Military Academy […]
A Dorchester man is facing drug possession charges after he was arrested in Canton over the Thanksgiving holiday. The incident occurred around 8 p.m. on Thursday, November 28, near Cynthia Road on the Canton-Randolph line. Two off-duty police officers noticed the suspect — who was later identified as Michael Scanlon, 45, of Dorchester — acting […]
Two men were transported to Norwood Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries and a third was injured but did not require medical transport following an altercation at the intersection of Neponset and Fuller streets on Friday, November 23, around 1 a.m. The incident reportedly stemmed from an earlier altercation at a beer pong tournament on Thursday evening […]
Canton police detectives, working in conjunction with a special task force of local law enforcement officials and State Police, arrested a Dedham man last week and charged him with armed robbery (handgun) in connection with a pair of robberies at the Dunkin Donuts on Neponset Street in June and July. Isaiah Murphy, 23, was arrested […]
A state decision to change the way land is valued in all communities has resulted in a property value drop and a 57-cent increase in the residential tax rate, with a larger increase for commercial properties. Selectmen affirmed the recommendation of assessors Friday afternoon and set the tax rate at $12.87 per $1,000 valuation for […]
Click here to watch the zoning board hearings courtesy of Canton Community Television. The “11th hour” surprises kept coming last week in the curious case of a proposed assisted living facility on Revere Street — a project that will likely need the blessing of the courts if it is ever going to be built as […]
Canton Police Chief Ken Berkowitz accepted an award on behalf of the Police Department from outgoing Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis at the recent 100 Club Awards Dinner for first responders of the Boston Marathon bombings
The Shelter Group and Brightview Senior Living have formally started the permitting process to build a senior living community at 125 Turnpike Street, with a cash contribution to the town of $630,084 taking the place of affordable housing units. Attorney Richard Staiti, representing the Shelter Group, informed selectmen Tuesday night that the state Department of […]
School Business Manager Ken Leon is planning to resign from his position at the end of the school year, setting up an immediate search for his successor. The announcement of Leon’s departure toward the end of the November 14 School Committee meeting stunned board members, who have long been impressed with his business acumen and […]
Rocky’s Ace Hardware and the Canton Firefighters Local 1580 are working together to provide free carbon monoxide detectors to Canton homeowners. The detectors retail for $25 each, and firefighters will even install the units free of charge upon completion of a home inspection, which is also free. During the inspection, a firefighter will look at […]
