Town officials on Tuesday announced a new temporary use for St. Gerard’s as the Fire Department prepares to relocate staff and equipment to the former church rectory while the Ponkapoag Fire Station undergoes needed repairs and asbestos removal operations. The work will commence in late May and will take approximately two months to complete. In […]
During a 15-minute public comment period held at the end of Tuesday’s meeting, a woman who identified herself as a new Canton resident expressed serious concerns about the leadership of the town in light of recent media reports related to the January 2022 death of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe. The woman said she had […]
Canton High School’s new Bulldog Innovation Lab has officially opened its doors on a pilot basis following a multi-year renovation effort led by the school’s science and visual arts departments. Formerly housing a metal/wood shop, the new space was designed to function as a cutting-edge laboratory for “inter-departmental, collaborative, solution-centered educational research and development.” As […]
A team of law enforcement investigators are working to determine the cause of a fatal pedestrian accident on University Ave. in Westwood last week that claimed the life of a Canton woman. The accident was reported to Westwood police at 9:50 a.m. on Thursday, March 16. Two nurses stopped to render first aid to the […]
With an official thumbs-up from the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA), Canton school leaders are excited to move forward with Massachusetts-based firm LeftField as the owner’s project manager for the Galvin Middle School building project. The selection was approved by the MSBA board at its meeting on Monday, March 6, with School Superintendent Derek Folan […]
Initial ideas for the reuse of the former St. Gerard’s Church property are focused on multi-purpose, community-minded uses for the buildings and a mixture of passive and active recreation options for the adjacent land. The early consensus, based on the roughly 200 survey responses submitted to date, shows an opposition to private development, particularly for […]
No one was hurt but damage was substantial following an oil truck fire at Lamparelli Oil Co. on Turnpike Street on Sunday evening, March 5. Fire Lt. John Hutchinson said firefighters received a 911 call from a Lamparelli employee at approximately 10:30 p.m., and responding crews found two truck cabs fully engulfed with the fire […]
A 28-year-old Canton man was struck and killed by a motorist while walking on I-95 in Needham on Friday, February 24, around 1:20 a.m. The accident occurred just north of Exit 33. Mass. State Police are analyzing debris that potentially came from the vehicle, which was gone when first responders arrived. The victim has been […]
New Canton Fire Chief Wendell Robery is advancing a new Community Paramedicine Program — first proposed by former Fire Chief and current Town Administrator Charles Doody — as part of the Fire Department’s proposed operational budget for the next fiscal year (FY24). The program, which would be run in coordination with the Department of Elder […]
Canton School Committee members unanimously and enthusiastically signed off on a new labor agreement with the district’s teachers and educational support professionals at their meeting last Thursday, signaling the start of what Supt. Derek Folan called a “new
