Starting Monday, December 12, the Canton Community Preservation Committee (CCPC) will begin accepting short-form pre-applications for future funding consideration. As the town-appointed body tasked with vetting project proposals for Community Preservation Act (CPA) funding, the CCPC had previously voted to pause the acceptance of full applications during the upcoming budget cycle. While this pause remains […]
Continuing a trend seen over the past few years, town officials voted this week to lower the property tax rates for Fiscal Year 2023, but taxpayers can still expect to see bigger bills due to rising property values. The new rates were approved by the Select Board Tuesday night on the recommendation of the Board […]
Submitted by Jan Haughey In a revival of a popular pre-COVID holiday tradition, Canton residents of various faiths came together on Sunday evening, November 20, to express their gratitude for one another and affirm the power of community at an Interfaith Thanksgiving Service held at the Congregational Church of Canton. Making its return after a […]
Congratulations to Canton’s Team Arrow, who took home first place at the First Lego League (FLL) robotics qualifier held last month at Newton North High School. In addition to winning top honors for robot design, Team Arrow also earned a spot at the Massachusetts FLL Championship scheduled for December 17 at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. (Above, […]
A mid-day disturbance at Canton High School that initiated a shelter in place alert and resulted in criminal charges being filed against several individuals has prompted a thorough review and debrief as administrators seek to hammer home their commitment to school safety and accountability. While the incident in question, which occurred around noontime on November […]
Canton municipal leaders, in partnership with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, will host a public forum on the future of downtown zoning on Tuesday evening, November 29, at the Canton Public Library. With the town’s Economic Opportunity Overlay District possibly due for a refresh after nearly 20 years in existence, participants will be asked to […]
The Canton Electricity Choice (CEC) Committee, headed by resident Tom Birmingham, is accelerating plans to file a formal application for a municipal energy aggregation program with the state Department of Public Utilities sometime in the first quarter of 2023 following a public meeting and outreach program planned for either December or January. In addition to […]
As the holiday season approaches and you begin to think about putting up your outdoor holiday decorations, consider entering the Canton Garden Club’s second annual Holiday Doors of Canton contest. The Garden Club is looking for Canton residences as well as businesses who would like to join in the merriment! The Holiday Doors contest is […]
Other than a diverging opinion on the proposed ‘Millionaire’s Tax,” Canton voters largely followed the direction of the state as they backed a number of state and local winners in Tuesday’s midterm election. More than 10,000 of the town’s registered voters cast a ballot — either via early voting or in person on Election Day — and most races were generally split around 60/40 in favor of the Democrats, with even wider margins of victory for incumbent Secretary of State William F. Galvin and State Treasurer Deb Goldberg.
The Canton School Committee will consider whether to accept the recommendation of the MassCore alignment and implement a four-year math requirement for all Canton High School students beginning with this year’s freshman class. Adopted by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in 2007 and amended in 2018, MassCore is a state-recommended program of study […]
