The Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) notified the Canton School Department last week that it will not accept its application for funds to renovate the Galvin Middle School in the next round of funding. School Business Administrator Barry Nectow said Canton was one of 70 applicants, of which the MSBA selected 10-15 for funding. Canton […]
This holiday season, for the 17th year in a row, the Boy Scouts of Canton Troop 77 are offering a Christmas tree removal service for Canton residents. For a suggested donation of $10 each, the scouts will pick up residents’ trees at the curb on the morning of January 5 or January 12. Registration is […]
A last-minute infusion of state and local monies helped to push the proposed rebuild of Metropolis Skating Rink over the finish line at a special town meeting held last Wednesday in the CHS auditorium. A Canton institution since the early 1970s and longtime home to the CHS and Canton Youth Hockey programs, the state-owned and […]
The Canton School Committee is troubled by the findings of a recent Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) showing a high prevalence — and in some cases a marked increase — in instances of bullying and cyber-bullying, suicide attempts, alcohol use, marijuana use, vaping or e-cigarette use, and dating violence among Canton middle and high school […]
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 […]
