The Canton Traffic Committee will be asking selectmen to sponsor a warrant article at the upcoming May town meeting giving the BOS the authority to set speed limits in certain sections of town at either 20 or 25 miles per hour. Selectmen would hold public hearings and seek input from the police chief before establishing […]
For Maudy Dooher, an American Thanksgiving with people gathering together to celebrate a meal with family and friends reminds her of the Christmas celebrations she grew up with in County Mayo, Ireland. “A gathering of people,” she said, “a big family meal on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. People putting on their best clothes and […]
Canton voters will decide the fate of the Metropolis Skating Rink — shuttered since 2015 following a roof collapse — at a special town meeting scheduled for next Wednesday, December 12, at 7 p.m. in the Canton High School auditorium. Next week’s action could finally set the town on a definitive path toward rebuilding the […]
Selectmen will be looking for more information but had a positive initial reaction to the proposed formation of a Canton Municipal Affordable Housing Trust and the benefits it may offer the town. Town Planner Laura Smead and Shelly Goehring of the Mass. Housing Partnership presented the proposal to selectmen at their meeting Tuesday night. Although […]
“It was already a red-letter day for giving thanks and cash,” said Rev. Roger Peltier, minister at First Parish Unitarian Universalist in Canton. Peltier was referring to Thanksgiving Sunday on November 18, when Canton area churches came together before a crowd of more than 250 strong for the first Interfaith Thanksgiving Service to be held in […]
Last week’s three-day cold spell and rainy conditions have caused a delay in the planned reopening of Pleasant Street as construction crews continue to work past daylight hours and into the weekend to complete repair work at the Reservoir Pond Dam. DPW Superintendent Mike Trotta said the work is now almost 95 percent complete and […]
A dual U.S.-Irish citizen recently pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to charges arising out of a multi-year mortgage fraud scheme. Patrick Lee, 45, formerly of Canton and Easton,
The School Committee has submitted an application to the Canton Community Preservation Committee (CCPC) to fund the purchase of one or two slides that would connect the upper property of the Luce Elementary School to the lower athletic fields. The formal name of the project is “The SHINE Slide: A Fun Solution That Creates Access […]
Six months after being rejected by the ZBA in its bid to qualify as a nursing or convalescent home under the zoning bylaw, the proponents of a proposed 48-bed substance abuse detoxification facility on Turnpike Street have gone back to the zoning board — this time with a new legal argument and hopes of a […]
Six injured, storefront damaged in multi-car crash Six people were taken to the hospital and a downtown Canton storefront incurred significant damage as a result of a three-car accident on Wednesday morning, November 7. The incident occurred around 8:15 a.m. in front of Paula’s Package Store, located at the corner of Washington and Mechanic streets. […]
