The Reverend Thomas Rafferty, the pastor of Canton Catholic Community, which saw the merger of St. John the Evangelist and St. Gerard Majella churches into a single parish in October of 2020, announced last week that the new combined parish will be known as St. Oscar Romero. The new name of the parish is likely […]
On Friday, January 15, at 10:30 a.m., Canton firefighters and an ambulance crew responded to a single-car accident that resulted in damage to the entrance of a commercial building at 510 Chapman Street. Fire Lt. Tom Norton said the driver, who was unharmed, struck the stairs at the entrance to the building, damaging the staircase […]
Amid a recent surge in COVID-19 cases in Canton and with the town having moved into the high-risk (red) category, Assistant Superintendent of Schools Derek Folan said at the January 7 School Committee that the Canton schools would remain in the hybrid learning model for now, but that could change either week to week or […]
For the first time in its ongoing series of public health webinars, Canton health officials and town leaders expressed hope for a return to normalcy in 2021 as the state embarks on a phased delivery of COVID-19 vaccinations. Select Board member Lisa Lopez opened the December 30 webinar by noting, “We can finally start planning […]
A Rhode Island man suspected in a string of car break-ins in the Fuller Street neighborhood was arrested last Thursday following a search of the area by Canton police. A resident of Mountain Ave. had initially called police at around 3 p.m. to report that his motor vehicle had been broken into and he had […]
Town Clerk Tracy Kenney has announced that nomination papers for the April 6, 2021 annual town election will be available in the Town Clerk’s office beginning on Monday, January 4, at 8 a.m. The deadline to obtain nomination papers is Friday, February 12, at 1 p.m. Due to the increasing number of positive cases of […]
Northern Spy, a new wood-fired fine dining destination at the Revere Heritage Site in Canton, is now open for business. The new restaurant will serve its surrounding south shore community with classic New England cuisine made with locally sourced ingredients. Operations begin with a focused family-friendly menu for take-out and delivery only. Northern Spy is […]
Gina McCarthy, former administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under President Obama and a proud Canton native, is returning to the federal government in a full-time, senior role as President-elect Joe Biden’s national climate advisor. Hailed by the president-elect as “one of the nation’s most trusted and accomplished voices on climate issues,” McCarthy — […]
The first two days of appointment-only business at Town Hall went well and were largely uneventful, but on Tuesday afternoon, Town Administrator Charlie Aspinwall learned of the governor’s new occupancy orders, which apply to office spaces and could potentially impact staffing at Memorial Hall. Aspinwall said the new, more restrictive order, which goes into effect […]
With the redesign of the Randolph-Washington Street intersection now complete and the Pleasant-Sherman-Angela Street intersection now in the design phase with construction funds authorized, the town’s Traffic Committee began mapping out plans Monday night for its next project — a new sidewalk on portions of Randolph Street leading to Blue Hills Regional Technical School and […]
