State legislators, Select Board honor Canton vets agent
By Mike BergerState legislators Rep. Bill Galvin and Senator Paul Feeney joined the Canton Select Board on Tuesday in formally recognizing Canton Veteran Services Director Arafat Knight as the recipient of the Black Excellence on the Hill Award.
Arafat Knight
The award, sponsored by the Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus, recognizes local leaders across the commonwealth who make a difference and are trailblazers in their communities.
Galvin submitted Knight’s nomination for the state award and presented him with a citation from the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Feeney also presented Knight with a citation from the State Senate while Select Board Clerk Michael Loughran presented a town citation.
All three men praised Knight’s leadership skills and his work in advocating for services on behalf of veterans, not only in Canton but throughout the state. “Arafat goes beyond service every day,” said Galvin.
Feeney echoed Galvin’s sentiments, adding that Knight does business “professionally but with great empathy.”
In other news from the June 6 meeting:
* The Select Board voted to accept the voluntary surrender of the liquor license, common victualler’s license, entertainment permit and amusement device permit held by the owners of Panda Gold. The downtown Canton restaurant, which had faced multiple penalties and suspensions for liquor law violations, closed its doors last week.
* The board approved DPW Superintendent Mike Trotta’s request to spend $98,000 from the Avalon mitigation account to pay for design plans for a new traffic light at Randolph and York streets, which has been a priority of the town’s Traffic Committee. The projected cost of the traffic light is somewhere in the vicinity of $500,000. Trotta said a recently completed traffic study showed that the intersection more than met the criteria for a new traffic light with more than 8,000 vehicles traveling through the intersection in the morning and afternoon during both days of the study (April 26-27) …
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Posted by Mike Berger
on Jun 8 2023. Filed under News, Town Government.
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