The Canton School Committee has endorsed the efforts of PreK-12 wellness coordinator Adam Hughes in bringing the Bandana Project to the students of Canton High School. Billed as a “simple mental health awareness and suicide prevention program,” the program empowers students to become resources and allies for those who are struggling with mental health challenges. […]
The American Parkinson Disease Association Massachusetts Chapter (APDA MA) is pleased to announce that Team Papa Jay — named after Jay Wassersug and run by Anita Wassersug and family of Canton — has been selected as the 2023 honoree
Town officials on Tuesday announced a new temporary use for St. Gerard’s as the Fire Department prepares to relocate staff and equipment to the former church rectory while the Ponkapoag Fire Station undergoes needed repairs and asbestos removal operations. The work will commence in late May and will take approximately two months to complete. In […]
During a 15-minute public comment period held at the end of Tuesday’s meeting, a woman who identified herself as a new Canton resident expressed serious concerns about the leadership of the town in light of recent media reports related to the January 2022 death of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe. The woman said she had […]
New questions are being raised and assumptions are being reconsidered concerning the January 2022 death of John O’Keefe, a Boston police officer and Canton resident who was found dead in the snow outside a home on Fairview Road. O’Keefe’s girlfriend, Karen Read of Mansfield, was arrested days after his body was discovered and was subsequently […]
There will be some new faces stepping into town leadership positions following a hotly contested local election that culminated Tuesday night at the polls. In all, nearly 4,000 residents cast a ballot in this year’s town election, which featured races for Select Board, School Committee, and Library Board of Trustees. In what could be classified […]
Submitted by Patricia McDermott, Planning Board Chair For more than 20 years, the zoning that created the Canton Center Economic Opportunity District (CCEOD) has been in place in the downtown area. The goal of this special zoning district was to encourage mixed use, manageable growth, and support reasonable expansion. The underlying commitment was intended […]
A team of law enforcement investigators are working to determine the cause of a fatal pedestrian accident on University Ave. in Westwood last week that claimed the life of a Canton woman. The accident was reported to Westwood police at 9:50 a.m. on Thursday, March 16. Two nurses stopped to render first aid to the […]
With an official thumbs-up from the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA), Canton school leaders are excited to move forward with Massachusetts-based firm LeftField as the owner’s project manager for the Galvin Middle School building project. The selection was approved by the MSBA board at its meeting on Monday, March 6, with School Superintendent Derek Folan […]
Initial ideas for the reuse of the former St. Gerard’s Church property are focused on multi-purpose, community-minded uses for the buildings and a mixture of passive and active recreation options for the adjacent land. The early consensus, based on the roughly 200 survey responses submitted to date, shows an opposition to private development, particularly for […]
