The Luce Elementary School will be adding another section of kindergarten this fall due to increases in enrollments since the end of the last school year. School Superintendent Dr. Jennifer Fischer-Mueller provided an update on the enrollment figures at last Tuesday’s School Committee meeting. According to the superintendent, total kindergarten enrollment has risen from 224 […]
A fundraiser to benefit Canton Police Detective Johnny Ruane has been set for Saturday, September 22, from 7-11 p.m. at Brookmeadow Country Club, 100 Everendon Road in Canton. Ruane, a 25-year member of the CPD, has been diagnosed with an inoperable cancerous brain tumor. He has taken an indefinite leave of absence from the Police […]
Nearly two weeks after delivering a final state spending plan to the desk of Governor Charlie Baker, the Massachusetts legislature voted last week to override all but one of the governor’s budget vetoes for FY 2019 — preserving millions in local earmarks, including $100,000 for the preservation of Canton’s historic David Tilden House. The funding […]
DPW Superintendent Mike Trotta will be meeting this week with officials from the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to map out a strategy to fill the town’s water-sewer supervisor position, which has been vacant for all but a few months since last spring. Trotta is serving as the acting water-sewer supervisor until the position […]
Local motorists can expect to endure travel disruptions and detours for a lengthy period this fall as the town embarks on a major construction project to repair the Reservoir Pond dam on Pleasant Street. Details about the project were announced at the Board of Selectmen meeting on Tuesday night, and selectmen are urging town departments […]
A $5 million legislative bond bill earmarked for rebuilding the Metropolis Skating Rink on Route 138 only needs the signature of Governor Charlie Baker. However, state Senator Walter Timilty Jr., who worked on the bill with Canton state Rep. Bill Galvin, does not know when or if the governor will authorize the funds for the […]
Editor’s note: See this week’s print edition for a tribute to Jimmy Paschal. The Canton community remains in a state of shock and sadness following the accidental drowning death of a local resident in Reservoir Pond last week. The body of the victim, James Paschal, 26, a lifelong resident and CHS graduate, was recovered around […]
The Canton PMC Kids Ride is looking for riders for their second annual ride on Saturday, September 29, to raise money for life-saving cancer research and treatment at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute through the Jimmy Fund. The Pan-Mass Challenge is an annual bike-a-thon that raises more money for charity than any single athletic fundraising event in the […]
While School Superintendent Dr. Jennifer Fischer-Mueller has welcomed Debbie Rooney, new director of teaching and learning for preK-8, and new GMS Principal Sarah Shannon to the administrative team since the close of school in June, she now has two other significant administrative positions to fill over the summer. Fischer-Mueller informed the School Committee last Wednesday, […]
The Friends of the Blue Hills are pleased to be partnering with Marina Bay “sister restaurants” Siros and Port 305 — two highly acclaimed and very popular restaurants in Quincy — for this year’s Dinner in the Blue Hills Raffle. One lucky winner and five guests will enjoy a mouth-watering dinner at the top of the Blue Hills Observatory, the […]
