Charles Owens cannot help but brim with confidence and optimism as he ponders the future of alternative energy in Canton. To Owens, one of four members of Canton’s crack energy committee, conveniently dubbed the “Green Team,” the impending amendments to the town’s already cutting-edge energy policy are simply an act of common sense. “Why are […]
Faced with a structural deficit and fresh out of one-time revenue sources to help soften the blow, members of the Canton School Committee delivered a painful warning to the community last week in what they hoped were crystal-clear terms: Budget cuts are coming, and this time, they will be unavoidable. While cuts have been a […]
On Wednesday, March 2, the third grade from the Dean S. Luce School took a field trip to the Norwood Town Hall, which houses a rare instrument called a carillon. A carillon is a series of bells that are housed in the tower of a large building. There are only 146 carillons in the United […]
Selectmen are reserved and at first glance reluctant to support the second of two Green Team-supported town meeting articles that would establish new construction codes to meet energy efficiency standards for newly constructed homes, extensively rehabilitated homes, and new commercial construction. Selectmen did favor the Green Team’s zoning article that proposes an expansion of the […]
With enthusiasm, innovation, and seed money from the Canton Alliance for Public Education, Canton High School students are saying “Yes” to the revival of the local chapter of SADD (Students against Destructive Decisions). The mission of SADD is to provide students with the best prevention tools possible to deal with the issues of underage drinking, […]
Thanks to the vision of five local businessmen who also happen to love sports, the town of Canton could soon have another multi-purpose recreational facility that would be available for use 12 months out of the year. The five partners, organized as 02 Realty Holding Company, LLC, recently received a green light from the Zoning […]
Selectmen appeared wary of supporting a town meeting article sponsored by the Conservation Commission that seeks approval of the Mass. Community Preservation Act both at town meeting and in an upcoming town-wide election. Article 39 of the April town meeting would place an additional tax on residential and commercial real estate that would be used […]
Police Chief Ken Berkowitz picked up some key supporters last week with a 5-0 vote by selectmen and a 6-1 vote by the Finance Committee backing his town meeting article to remove the vacant position of deputy police chief from civil service. Pending town meeting approval, Chief Berkowitz plans to reestablish the position later this […]
Three years after Canton voters rejected its proposal to build a large, mixed-use development at the former Plymouth Rubber site on Revere Street, Canton Development Properties, a subsidiary of the Illinois-based Napleton Company, will head back to town meeting and try again — this time with a proposal that is far more general in scope, […]
In a town meeting matter entirely separate from the Plymouth Rubber rezoning proposal, the town of Canton will seek approval from town meeting voters to acquire the rights to Reservoir Pond, which the Napleton Company had inherited when it purchased the Plymouth Rubber site in 2006. Napleton, as part of a settlement agreement with Canton […]
