Beginning next month, Canton property owners should expect to see a sizable bump in their water-sewer bills following the approval of rate hikes at Tuesday night’s Select Board meeting. Canton Finance Director Randy Scollins, chair of the Water-Sewer Rate Policy Committee, outlined the committee’s recommendation, which called for a blended rate increase of 10 percent, […]
The Canton Fire Department, with assistance from the State Fire Marshal’s Office, is investigating a suspicious fire that broke out inside a vacant home under construction at 2300 Washington Street (Route 138) in the early morning hours on Thursday, June 15. According to Fire Lt. John Hutchinson, a Canton ambulance crew had spotted the fire […]
Superintendent-Director Jill Rossetti would like to congratulate the Class of 2023 upon their graduation from Blue Hills Regional Technical School in Canton last week. The ceremony was held on Tuesday evening, June 6, on the school’s athletic field in front of friends, family, school administrators, and special guests. The ceremony began with the Pledge of […]
The Canton School Committee gave the go-ahead at its June 8 meeting for Superintendent Derek Folan to hire a district personnel coordinator and also restructure the central staff administration. Folan said there will be no budgetary impacts and there could potentially even be some savings. Folan tabbed former Technology Director Julie Shore as the new […]
A team of Canton High School students from Ed Amico’s career planning class had a night to remember as participants in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life of Charles River held May 20-21 at Newman Elementary School in Needham. The CHS team, co-captained by juniors Mercia Kolokithas and Abby Silvasy, raised over $9,000 — […]
The Massachusetts Center for the Book (MCB) is pleased to recognize Avery Condon of Canton as one of this year’s honorees in the Letters About Literature (LAL) program. This commonwealth-wide reading and writing initiative invites students from grades 4-12 to write letters to authors about the books that have had special meaning to them. A […]
State legislators Rep. Bill Galvin and Senator Paul Feeney joined the Canton Select Board on Tuesday in formally recognizing Canton Veteran Services Director Arafat Knight as the recipient of the Black Excellence on the Hill Award. The award, sponsored by the Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus, recognizes local leaders across the commonwealth who make […]
A water rescue effort at Ponkapoag Pond in Canton ended tragically on Saturday after the victim, a 62-year-old woman, was pronounced dead at Milton Hospital. The woman, who was last seen swimming by the Appalachian Mountain Club cabins, was reported missing at approximately 7 p.m., and firefighters and paramedics launched two search boats from Fisherman’s […]
A flurry of new pre-trial motions in the murder case against Karen Read, including a bid by her legal team to subpoena two key witnesses as part of an evidentiary hearing request for their cell phone records, culminated last Wednesday with another highly charged showdown between prosecutors and defense attorneys in Norfolk Superior Court. Read, […]
A coalition of 25 disability rights groups gathered on the steps of the State House in Boston last week to protest the use of painful treatments — specifically electric skin shocks — to change the behavior of people with severe disabilities. Impassioned speakers at the protest, including Attorney Lisa McGonagle, zeroed in on the Judge […]
