The Board of Selectmen approved a motion earlier this week allowing the board to engage in a process to review changes to the health insurance plans for town employees and retirees. Selectmen Chairman John Connolly stressed to a dozen union representatives who attended Tuesday’s public meeting that there is no guarantee that changes will be […]
Canton police said an 18-year-old woman was able to secure herself in a locked bedroom and call 911 to alert police to a burglary in progress at a home on Green Street last Friday, January 20, just before 11 p.m. Hearing suspects downstairs, the woman cried out that she was immediately calling police, and the […]
Town Administrator Bill Friel told selectmen Tuesday night that the state highway work on Greenlodge Street has grown to be more extensive than first thought. The state Highway Department is in the process of adding a lane on Route 128 between Route 24 and Wellesley. Friel said one of the contractors hired by the state, […]
On Sunday, January 29, hundreds of diners will descend on Salem and Hanover streets in Boston’s famous North End for the seventh annual CityFeast, a unique food-and-wine fundraiser that benefits diabetes research and care through the Joslin Diabetes Center’s High Hopes Fund. The popular event is the brainchild of Carla Agrippino-Gomes, a Canton resident since […]
Canton Writes, the town-wide short story and poetry contest, kicks off Saturday, January 28. As in the past two years, there will be five categories for authors to enter: elementary school, middle school, high school, young adult (19-30) and adult. A writer may submit an entry in both the short story and poetry categories, not […]
The Fire Department has received notification that it will receive a $60,000 federal FEMA grant to replace an outdated portable and mobile radio system. The grant was written by Deputy Chief Scott Johnson. Fire Lt. Brian Marshall said the new equipment should arrive within a month. Fire Chief Charlie Doody had submitted a capital budget […]
Canton Green Team Chairman Kevin Sullivan is pleased to announce the creation of a series of short courses, entitled Electric Sunshine Lights Canton, that will chart the development of two local solar projects — a rooftop solar installation on the Hemenway building on Washington Street and a large, ground-based solar park under construction at the […]
Selectmen approved a three-part motion Tuesday night, authorizing the immediate merger of the Animal Control Department with the Police Department; merging both department budgets; and allowing Animal Control Officer Nadya Branca to become a special police officer and carry a weapon. Branca has previous officer training and was an MSPCA officer before accepting the ACO […]
School Superintendent Jeff Granatino informed the School Committee last week that just to maintain current staffing levels and all school programs for the next school year, the FY13 school budget would need an additional amount of $934,861. The actual budget limit will be set in mid to late January by the town’s revenue committee, which […]
Town Clerk Tracy Kenney has announced that nomination papers for the April 3, 2012 annual town election will be available in the Town Clerk’s office beginning January 23 at 9 a.m. The last day to obtain nomination papers is February 10 at 5 p.m. Those seeking office in the election must obtain the signatures of […]
