Update: With the release of the latest DPH report on November 11, Canton has moved to the “green” category, indicating lower risk for COVID-19. The town’s average daily incidence rate fell from 10.8 to 7.1 and its positive test rate fell from 1.67 percent to 1.15 percent. *** The town of Canton has been shifted […]
The Canton Select Board is mulling whether it should bring to the next town meeting a proposal for residents to opt into municipal energy aggregation. The town would negotiate with an electrical supplier for the best price and residents would be able to share in that lowered cost. The supplier would continue to be Eversource, […]
In an election night filled with twists and turns across many key battleground states, Canton voters offered few surprises as they went solidly ‘blue’ in favor of Joe Biden for president along with Democratic incumbents for U.S. Senate and Congress. While the presidential race appeared to be far from over as of press time on […]
The town of Canton received over five inches of snow in a rare fall snowstorm last Friday, October 30. DPW Superintendent Mike Trotta sent sanding crews out in the mid-morning and plowing operations began Friday afternoon and finished around 9:35 p.m.
The Canton School Committee last week followed the recommendation of Interim School Superintendent Derek Folan and agreed to continue with the hybrid learning model despite another week of rising COVID-19 case counts. The decision was made on the same day that Canton received its third “red” designation in as many weeks as reported by the […]
That Cantonstock is alive and well is due, in very large measure, to the inspirational work of Daniel Hulsman, music teacher at the Hansen, JFK and Luce elementary schools. “The only way to do it, of course, was to do it online, a virtual live-streaming show,” Hulsman said. “It’s been technically challenging, but it’s also […]
Disease contact tracing is a key factor in limiting the spread of serious communicable diseases. Even during non-pandemic times, contact tracing is an important function of the Canton Board of Health. Public Health Nurse Cindy Bonner said hepatitis (typically caused by a virus from another person) is one example of a communicable disease she tracks. […]
A late-night disturbance call and subsequent police investigation led to the discovery of an alleged illegal nightclub inside a commercial building at 973 Turnpike Street last weekend. At approximately 1 a.m. on Saturday, October 24, Canton police responded to a report of a possible fight on the property, and upon arrival one officer heard a […]
The full version of this story appears in the October 22 print edition. St. John the Evangelist Church and St. Gerard Majella Church have long served the Catholic population of Canton. St. John’s Parish dates to 1860; the present St. John’s church building opened in the 1960s. St. Gerard’s Parish was created in the 1960s, […]
Despite Canton’s move into the highest COVID risk category of “red,” the School Committee and Interim Superintendent Derek Folan have agreed to wait at least three weeks before deciding whether to continue in the hybrid learning model or switch to a full remote format. The move to the red category was announced on October 14 […]
