Last week was a difficult one for Canton teachers and school administrators as they grappled with the best way to address the school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. However, in searching for a silver lining, School Superintendent Jeff Granatino said he was very impressed with the collaborative effort of parents, administrators, […]
Out of over 120 parochial PK-8 schools in the Archdiocese of Boston, the students of St. John the Evangelist School in Canton earned the highest overall scores on the Stanford 10 Achievement tests in 2012. The Stanford, or SAT-10 as it is known, is administered to students nationwide in both public and private schools to […]
One of the tasks that Veterans’ Agent Tony Andreotti performs each year is to decorate the veterans’ memorials near the Canton Corner Cemetery with wreaths at the holidays. The memorials honor those who served in the Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq. Several years ago, a Canton family called […]
The future of the new senior center remains in flux after renovation costs for the former Knights of Columbus building on Pleasant Street came in far above previous estimates. As presented by Building Renovations Committee Chairman Bob McCarthy, town meeting voters in May will have to decide if the town should spend a little over […]
In 1956, the Canton Garden Club began a tradition of decorating local homes for the holidays as a way to both celebrate the season and raise funds for its beautification and educational projects. These days, touring the beautifully decorated homes has become a tradition in itself for some of the visitors. This year’s holiday house […]
Police Chief Ken Berkowitz told the School Committee last week that the implementation of a new school safety protocol for violent intruders will be a collaborative effort between both parties and not a rushed one as he educates the public and the Canton school community about the ALICE program. The acronym stands for Alert, Lockdown, […]
Submitted by the Canton Water Department ~ Our water system recently violated a drinking water standard. Although this is not an emergency, as our customers, you have a right to know what happened, what you should do, and what we are doing to correct this situation. We routinely monitor for the presence of drinking water […]
Canton students of all ages – from elementary to high school to alumni – are pitching in to help the less fortunate. Below are just a few examples of recent charitable acts: * Griffin Lincoln, a fifth grader at the Kennedy School, held his second annual candy drive for the patients at Dana Farber Cancer […]
Americans received a bit of encouraging economic news last week when the U.S. Department of Commerce reported better than expected growth in the third quarter to go along with steady increases in housing prices and a modest decline in the number of jobless claims. It is a promising snapshot to be sure, yet it’s hardly […]
The town’s financial planners will need to be creative with capital budget funding options for the next fiscal year, which begins July 1, 2013. As of this week debt capital requests total $1.976 million — far exceeding the $241,000 available for capital funding. Department heads presented their requests to selectmen Tuesday night. Leading the list […]
