The CHS golf team kicked off the 2024 fall sports campaign with a convincing win over neighboring Stoughton last week, besting the Knights 145-181 at Blue Hill Country Club. The Bulldogs played exceptionally well in the match with seven of their eight starters shooting under 40 on the nine-hole, par-34 course. Junior Joey Ryan shot […]
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 […]
After two consecutive rocky starts plagued by late arrivals, seating shortages and inconsistent communication, Canton School Superintendent Derek Folan is determined to have a much smoother start to the school year for the bus transportation program across all grade levels and routes heading into 2024-25. “We are committed to a better bus transportation experience this […]
Officials from the Canton Department of Public Works will soon be looking for an answer fron the Select Board on whether the DPW should construct three to four traffic-calming islands on Dedham Street. Board members are unsure how Dedham Street residents feel about the proposal and may call a resident meeting to gather more input. […]
Canton High School Athletic Director Danny Erickson is looking forward to another exciting sports year for the Bulldogs, beginning this coming Monday, August 19, with the first day of tryouts/practices for most fall sports programs. Erickson said the theme for all CHS athletes in 2024-25 is overcoming adversity, and that will be the focus of […]
A previously shelved plan to build pickleball courts at Pequitside Farm could soon have new life thanks to a new push for the project led by Select Board Chair Mike Loughran and Town Administrator Charles Doody. Originally proposed by the town’s Parks & Recreation Department in 2020 with vocal support from officials at the Canton […]
Massachusetts Elections Division officials visited the former St. Gerard’s Church property at 1860 Washington Street on Tuesday and certified it as a new polling location for elections starting with the State Primary on Tuesday, September 3. Meeting in a remote session at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, the Canton Select Board voted unanimously to approve the […]
Brian Lynch, the Canton Public Schools’ new assistant superintendent of finance and operations, said he now has a clearer picture of the budget outlook for Fiscal Year 2025 and he is currently projecting a small surplus of roughly $52,000 once all offsets have been applied. Without those offsets, Lynch said the Canton schools would be […]
The Canton DPW has begun safety upgrades to Dedham Street, adding islands, curbing, sidewalk, and repaving. The work will take several weeks. Town honored for financial reporting The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) has awarded a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to the town of Canton […]
Weeks after previewing their naloxone (Narcan) distribution program to a very receptive audience at a Canton Select Board meeting, Public Health Nurse Maeve Moore and Canton Alliance Against Substance Abuse (CAASA) Program Manager Isabel Nolan have begun putting their plan in motion with the first public naloxone boxes now in place at the Canton Public […]
