The Water/Sewer Rate Committee is recommending an increase in water and sewer rates effective July 1. For the average Canton ratepayer, it will mean an annual increase of $18.12 for water and $46.76 for sewer. Canton sends quarterly bills to its ratepayers. Selectmen took the recommendation under advisement and will likely take action at its […]
Despite threatening skies and muggy weather, hundreds turned out for the annual Memorial Day ceremony at the flagpole at Canton Corner Cemetery. Canton Veterans’ Agent Tony Andreotti welcomed the crowd with a reminder of recent world events. “We have had nine 9/11s since 9/11 and we can finally say that Osama bin Laden is dead,” […]
The Massachusetts Senate unanimously adopted a budget amendment banning the use of aversives last Thursday, May 26. The amendment, filed by state Senator Brian A. Joyce, directs the Department of Developmental Services to adopt new regulations to ban the use of Level III Aversive Interventions, such as electric shock on disabled children. Senator Joyce, an […]
A proposed housing subdivision off Village Gate Road that would have netted the town more than 30 acres of conservation land ended in defeat last week after a deadlocked Planning Board rejected the developer’s application for a special permit. The so-called “flex plan,” submitted by Canton builder Pat Considine under the town’s flexible development bylaw, […]
Editor’s note: The following statement was released on Wednesday by Senator Brian A. Joyce in response to the recent criminal indictment against Matthew Israel, founder of the controversial Judge Rotenberg Center on Turnpike Street — believed to be the only special needs school in the country that uses electric shocks as a form of “aversive […]
After the success of its inaugural program last year, the Irish Cultural Centre, located on New Boston Drive in Canton, will again offer its Children’s Celtic Camp this summer. “We have a lot of children’s programs and activities here,” said Louise O’Shea, director of membership and programming at the ICC. “Our Christmas and St. Patrick’s […]
Several smaller Canton roadways will get some form of paving this year as the town has received additional Chapter 90 roadway money for a total disbursement of $782,000. In the past few years, the town has spent its Chapter 90 funds on larger streets, but this year 13 smaller roads will be selected based on […]
With the funding firmly in place after last month’s annual town meeting, Canton school officials are now ready to move forward with several major capital projects over the next few months. One such project — a four-room, permanent addition to the John F. Kennedy Elementary School — will get underway in late June with an […]
Firefighter/paramedic Leo Reardon and firefighter/EMT Christopher Whitley were recently named EMTs of the Quarter. Reardon received the highest rating for skills as a paramedic and Whitley the highest rating for skills as an EMT by Girard and Associates, the company responsible for quality assurance for Canton’s EMS program. Paramedics and EMTs are scored based upon […]
Eileen Chaput of the Luce School CAPT informed selectmen Tuesday night that private fundraising for a new playground is almost complete and a community build could commence this summer. Once completed, it will be transferred to the town and made available to the entire community. The CAPT has raised nearly $32,000 since September 2010, and […]
