Robert J. Kelleher, 86, passed away July 9 at the Clark House in Westwood after a long illness. A resident of Canton and Harwichport for over 60 years, Robert was born in Boston and grew up in West Roxbury and Roslindale. He was a World War II veteran, serving in the Seabees branch of the […]
Did you know… The Massachusetts House (105-47) and Senate (34-6) approved a transportation bill calling for $500 million in new taxes to address the many structural and financial problems that plague the state’s transportation system. The bill includes a $.03 per gallon hike in the state’s current $.21 per gallon gas tax; a $1 hike […]
Vanity of vanities … all is vanity. Ecclesiastes had a pretty good take on the human race. Most of us are more concerned about the way we look than about the way we are. Yes, we would all like to think that the first thing we think about in the morning is how we can […]
Nearly a year after launching its third major rezoning effort only to watch it be soundly rejected by Canton town officials, the owner of the Plymouth Rubber site on Revere Street, Napleton subsidiary Canton Holdings LLC, is abandoning its dream of building a housing development and will instead proceed under the current industrial zoning. Exactly […]
An explosive mix of competing interests collided at a zoning board meeting late last month as neighbors angrily protested a local developer’s proposal to raze and rebuild an existing two-family home on Chapman Street. The June 27 hearing, which continues next Thursday evening at Town Hall, attracted dozens of residents from the Culloden Drive subdivision, […]
The Fire Department continues to probe the origins of a house fire on Longmeadow Drive that broke out around 7 a.m. on Tuesday, July 9. The fire caused some minor damage to the siding of the house, but the homeowners were able to put it out themselves with a garden hose. Firefighters were on scene […]
Sam Larson is one of those rare athletes who excels in every sport he tries. A rising senior at Canton High School, he has already achieved considerable success as a member of the varsity soccer, basketball, and baseball teams, and most would agree that he’s only scratched the surface of his true potential. Larson is […]
Led by the superlative pitching of Jake Fishman and the hustle and hitting of Drew Blake, Steve Mullaney and Matt Schaffer, the Canton American Legion baseball team snapped a three-game losing skid with a 7-1 win over Stoughton Sunday night. The win evens Canton’s record at 9-9 and gives the team a two-point lead in […]
The Massachusetts Board of State Examiners of Electricians recently announced enforcement actions against Donnie Antiveros and Antiveros Construction, Inc. of Etowah, North Carolina, for work performed on the Canton solar farm project at the former town-owned landfill site on Pine Street. An investigation by the board found that during January and February of 2012, Antiveros used […]
Each spring dozens of scholarships are awarded to seniors who are graduating from Canton High School. There is a story behind each award. One scholarship may have been created by a wealthy individual to help needy students in town. Another may be funded through a community group’s fundraising efforts. Then there are those scholarships created […]
