Canton police have arrested two men and summoned a third suspect in connection with an armed home invasion that occurred at a Bay Drive apartment on Saturday, July 20, at around 2:45 a.m. On Thursday, August 1, at 11 p.m., police arrested Nasahn Davis, 27, of Boston and Christen Cherry, 35, of Waltham. A third […]
Canton Holdings, owner of the Plymouth Rubber redevelopment project, will join forces with the Canton DPW to come up with a unified plan to fully reconstruct Revere Street. If the plan is approved by the Board of Selectmen, work would begin this fall with final paving to be done in the spring of 2020. Meeting […]
Motorists and pedestrians traveling on Neponset Street in recent weeks have likely noticed a new bridge under construction at the Paul Revere Heritage Site that could soon alter the traffic patterns on Revere and Neponset streets. Contractors for the mixed-use development have begun erecting the steel planks of the bridge, which is located opposite Norfolk […]
The state Department of Transportation (MassDOT) along with SPS New England, the contractor working on the Dedham Street improvement project, plan to close a portion of the work zone over I-95 during the hours of 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Sunday through Thursday at some point in mid to late August for a period of […]
The Canton Fire Department saw an uptick in activity last week (July 15-21) as they responded to 112 service calls — above the normal range of 80-90 calls per week. Fire Lt. Tom Norton said that while firefighters were busy, no calls were heat related. Of note was a mutual aid call on Thursday, July […]
The Canton School Committee has reached an agreement with the Canton Teachers Association on a new three-year contract that takes effect on September 1, 2019 and runs through August 31, 2022. The contract covers all Unit A employees, which includes approximately 300 teachers, nurses, and other education personnel. The agreement is being called a win-win […]
In a narrow 3-2 vote on Tuesday night, the Canton Board of Selectmen agreed to try out new summer hours at Town Hall beginning Tuesday, July 16, and ending on September 3. Essentially, most Town Hall offices will open at 8 a.m. on weekdays and Town Hall will close at 1 p.m. on Fridays. The […]
Recycling services in Canton will not stop in the immediate future, but Republic Services, the town operator of trash and recycling collection, informed selectmen earlier this week that the company is operating Canton’s recycling services at a substantial loss. The operating loss, estimated at $179,000 annually, is due to new requirements and restrictions put in […]
The Canton American Legion Post 24 Senior Division baseball team came from behind to beat an error-prone Holbrook team 10-9 in the bottom of the seventh inning on Monday evening. With the win, Canton improved its record to 2-1 and stood in fourth place in the eight-team District 6 East Division heading into Tuesday’s scheduled […]
Canton Police Officer Michael Chin is drawing praise from his superiors for his efforts in stopping a suspected thief who fled from police and crashed a stolen car into a truck on Route 138 on Saturday morning, June 15, around 10:15 a.m. The suspect, Bernaddy Mondesir, 20, of Brockton, was taken to the hospital for […]
