A two-year quest to secure justice for a deceased Canton woman and her unborn baby took a stunning turn last week when federal prosecutors confirmed what many close to her had long suspected — that 23-year-old Sandra Birchmore did not die by suicide as state and local authorities had concluded but instead was brutally murdered […]
Sep 6 2024 | Posted in
News,
Police & Fire | By
Jay Turner
Route 128 was closed for almost an hour and traffic was rerouted onto Canton streets, leading to major delays during rush hour as firefighters from Canton and several neighboring towns battled a ferocious truck fire at the junction of I-93 and Route 138 on Tuesday afternoon, September 3. Fire Lt. John Hutchinson said the truck […]
Sep 6 2024 | Posted in
News,
Police & Fire | By
Mike Berger
Streams in Canton continue to experience issues with elevated bacteria levels for the 2023 season over data from the last several years, according to a report from the Neponset River Watershed Association (NepRWA). Only two sites sampled by NepRWA met MassDEP swimming standards for E. coli bacteria across all six sampling events: the East Branch […]
Sep 6 2024 | Posted in
News | By
Guest
Judith A. (McNally) Kraemer, 87, of Alexandria, NH, formerly of Canton, passed away peacefully with grace and dignity on August 5, 2024. She was in the comfort of her own home overlooking her gardens surrounded by her loving family and, of course, her cats. Born in Brighton on March 31, 1937 to the late Nobert […]
Sep 5 2024 | Posted in
Obituaries | By
Canton Citizen