The Canton School Committee last week formally supported the School Building Committee’s choices for a new three-story Galvin Middle School building with plans to include an 800-seat auditorium, a new gymnasium with 1.5 or two basketball courts, spaces to accommodate fifth grade students, and flexible learning and support spaces. The estimated cost of the new […]
Feb 9 2024 | Posted in
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Mike Berger
Senior track and field standout Katie Oliver took second overall in the long jump and several of her Bulldog teammates posted state-qualifying and personal-best marks in a strong showing for the CHS indoor track team at Sunday’s MSTCA Small School Coaches Invitational held at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Boston. Oliver’s jump […]
Feb 2 2024 | Posted in
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Mike Berger
Tom Birmingham, head of the town’s Energy Advisory Committee, informed the Select Board Tuesday night that the state Department of Public Utilities (DPU) has accepted Canton’s application for its electrical aggregation program, called Canton Electricity Choice. Utilized by more than 150 Massachusetts communities, municipal aggregation programs enable cities and towns to purchase electricity supply on […]
Jan 26 2024 | Posted in
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Town Government | By
Mike Berger
In the wake of another collision involving a semi-trailer truck, the town’s Traffic Committee will be recommending to the Select Board that the Bolivar Street Bridge be painted and more visible signs be posted well ahead of the bridge. Traffic Committee members took up the matter at their most recent meeting on Monday, January 22. […]
Jan 26 2024 | Posted in
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Mike Berger
The CHS boys basketball team went toe to toe with league-leading Franklin Monday night and came within five points of upsetting the Panthers in an eventual 59-54 defeat. Franklin is now 10-1 and leads the Kelley-Rex Division while ranking third in Division 2 as of January 12. The Bulldogs, meanwhile, are ranked 17th and currently […]
Jan 19 2024 | Posted in
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Sports | By
Mike Berger
In a span of just hours on Thursday, January 4, Canton emergency responders were alerted to two bomb threats — one received by Temple Beth David shortly after 8 a.m. and another reported by the Norfolk Probate Court on Shawmut Road at 10:30 a.m. Deputy Police Chief Patty Sherrill said the threats were communicated by […]
Jan 12 2024 | Posted in
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Police & Fire | By
Mike Berger
The Canton Public Schools is moving ahead with its newly designed Student Information System (SIS) with the earliest implementation beginning as soon as March for Canton High School course selections. The new fully customized, web-based system, which will run on the PowerSchool cloud-based software program, will be used across the district by students, staff and […]
Jan 12 2024 | Posted in
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Mike Berger
In what may be a precursor of positive things to come for several CHS indoor track athletes, the Bulldogs turned in an impressive performance at the MSTCA Holiday Challenge held last Wednesday at the New Balance track facility in Boston. Head coach Anna Amico said the MSTCA meet is an elite event featuring some of […]
Jan 5 2024 | Posted in
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Sports | By
Mike Berger
Canton police officers joined a search for three armed suspects near the Blue Hills reservation in Milton and Canton last Wednesday following a reported carjacking that took place one day earlier in Randolph. The victim reported he had been carjacked by three people, one armed with a gun and another with a knife. The vehicle […]
Canton Police Chief Helena Rafferty told Select Board members at a recent capital budget meeting that the CPD plans to outfit five of its officers with body cameras as part of a pilot program that is due to launch early this year. Rafferty said after the meeting that she would release more details when the […]