When Canton resident Bruce Beckham gave up his marketing and consulting business 12 years ago to take over as executive director of a fledgling nonprofit aimed at preserving tourist sites, he didn’t expect to become a man of influence or an industry standard bearer. He certainly didn’t envision a time when he would be rubbing […]
Beginning this winter season, the Canton High gymnastics team will move its practices and home meets to a private gym facility, Metro South Gymnasium, located in a small industrial park on Revere Street. The move was approved by the School Committee Thursday night following a strong recommendation from CHS Athletic Director Danny Erickson. The new […]
Assistance from a FedEx driver and a Green Street neighbor both giving police a description of partial vehicle license plates helped Canton police make two separate arrests following a bank robbery and an attempted home break-in last week. With the vehicle information and a composite of the bank robbery suspect, a combination of Stoughton, Milton, […]
All things considered, Canton fared well in the recent superstorm known as Hurricane Sandy and incurred minimal damage compared to other Bay State communities and points south such as New York City and Atlantic City. As of early Tuesday morning, approximately 800 homes were without power in the area around Standish Drive, certain pockets of […]
A new school safety protocol being piloted in the Canton Public Schools and a handful of other school districts throughout Massachusetts will teach students and staff to be proactive — and possibly even use aggression — in the event that they are confronted by an armed intruder. The new protocol, which is being spearheaded by […]
After more than two years of planning and development, the Canton landfill solar facility — a project that has been both lauded as a “win-win” by town officials and skewered as a “ticking time bomb” by the local electrical workers’ union — is now officially up and running, according to project developer Southern Sky Renewable […]
Preliminary data from the latest round of MCAS testing revealed many positive findings for Canton; however, there is still room for improvement, according to School Superintendent Jeff Granatino. “In many areas we shined, and in many areas we were above the state standard,” Granatino said at last week’s School Committee meeting. “But we are now […]
Selectmen reluctantly re-instated the Washington Street detour beginning today, Thursday, October 25, for up to 10 days to complete sidewalk and final paving from Washington Street near Adrienne Drive to St. Gerard’s Church. The detour will force traffic traveling from Canton Center to turn up Randolph Street to Route 138 and traffic coming from Route […]
The last year of high school can be a stressful one for students. In addition to their studies, seniors need to fill out college applications and include a personal statement — the essay. Writing the essay can be the most challenging part of applying for university admission as teenagers concentrate on finding the right words […]
National and local experts on school safety issues — ranging from violent intruder defense strategies and protecting schools from explosives to the more subtle violence of bullying in cyberspace and in middle school — came together with more than 150 local educators and police at Norfolk County District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey’s 2012 School Security […]
