Police continue to investigate a home vandalism incident that occurred on Saturday, November 23, in the York Street area that could involve as many as 60 youths, some of whom are Canton High School students. The vandalism substantially damaged a home under reconstruction, and police also are probing a possible cruelty to animal charge. So […]
Police Chief Helena Rafferty is proposing in her FY26 capital plan that the town spend $393,000 for a mobile enclosed firing range, which would be located behind the station and provide year-round access to officers for training and certification. Rafferty said the town could also recoup some of the expense by renting the facility out […]
Canton High School saw a major increase in the number of its students who took and passed Advanced Placement (AP) tests in the 2024 testing cycle. In a presentation to the School Committee last week
Winterlights, a signature event of the Trustees of Reservations, returns this week to the Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate in Canton to add magic to the holidays. The event begins November 29, Black Friday, in Canton as well as at two other Trustees properties: Naumkeag in Stockbridge and Stevens-Coolidge House & Gardens in North Andover. Since […]
An eight-year effort to build a new Galvin Middle School cleared a substantial hurdle Monday night as over 1,000 residents turned out at a Special Town Meeting to voice their overwhelming support for the project, paving the way for a special town election set for Monday, December 10. On Tuesday, the Canton Select Board met […]
The Paul Revere Heritage Site invites the public to its fourth annual Sweets & Treats Holiday Fair on Saturday, December 7, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will be
The Canton Board of Registrars and the Select Board have announced that early voting for the December 10 Special Town Election will be available in person at Canton Town Hall during the following dates and times: Saturday, Nov. 30 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Monday, Dec. 2 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Tuesday, […]
By Darcie Fisher Thirteen men and women who have served our nation as members of the military came to Canton’s Luce Elementary School for the school’s annual Veterans Day Assembly on November 8. The assembly gives students the chance to express their appreciation for those who have served. Canton Police Officer Eric Kascavitch, who serves […]
Karen Read’s effort to have two of the charges against her dismissed on double jeopardy grounds is now in the hands of the state’s highest court after lawyers for both sides presented their oral arguments during a hearing held in Boston last Wednesday, November 6. As detailed in their motion filed in September with the […]
Canton voters stayed largely blue while the majority of the country went decidedly red in a historic 2024 election night on Tuesday that saw Republicans wrest control from the Democrats and deliver Donald Trump back to the White House. With his projected victory, Trump is slated to become just the second U.S. President, after Grover […]
