A Canton resident and her three children are staying with family in the area after a dryer caught fire on the second floor of their townhouse on Thursday, January 26. Canton firefighters responded to the residence on Turtle Brook Road at approximately 10:30 p.m. and encountered a fire that extended out to the second floor […]
Works by two talented CHS student artists, senior Olivia Schnock and sophomore Caroline Ye, have been selected for inclusion in this year’s highly competitive Emerging Young Artists (EYA) Juried Exhibition presented by the College of Visual and Performing Arts at UMass Dartmouth. Schnock’s digital art piece, “Stress,” and Ye’s clay and wire sculpture, “Cherry Blossoms,” […]
Pending the approval of a funding increase in the next school operating budget and the completion of a new schedule, students at Canton High School could have some new choices for course electives in the upcoming school year. The new courses are among a number of changes in the school’s 2023-24 program of studies, which […]
Canton residents have one more week to offer their comments on a draft Energy Aggregation Plan for Canton Electricity Choice — a new purchasing program that seeks to offer affordable renewable energy options for Canton residents and businesses. The program will allow the town to use its collective buying power in order to give electricity […]
Following a productive mediation session on Saturday, January 14, representatives of the Canton Teachers Association (CTA) announced the formal suspension of its work-to-rule job action as they moved closer to a deal with school leaders on a new employment contract. “The CTA is happy to report that progress was made at today’s mediation session,” said […]
In a community advisory issued on Friday, January 13, the Canton Police Department reported a “significant uptick” in juvenile shoplifting incidents at the Seasons Corner Market in recent weeks, and several of the individuals who have been caught are students in the Canton Public Schools. The advisory urges parents to discuss the issue with their […]
Thanks to the quick thinking of the attendant on duty and the efficient response of the Canton Fire Department, a potentially dangerous situation was averted as firefighters successfully extinguished a car fire at the gas pumps at the I-95 Sunoco on Neponset Street during the early morning hours on Friday, January 6. Fire Lt. John […]
The Canton Fire Department would like to remind the public, especially children, about the danger of unsafe ice. According to Fire Lt. John Hutchinson, not one of Canton’s lakes or ponds is safe right now. They have started to freeze over but remain unsafe. The temperature fluctuating above and below freezing makes ice conditions very […]
The town of Canton is pleased to announce its new Electricity Choice program. The program will be a municipal electricity aggregation, which is a type of purchasing program that will allow the town to use its collective buying power to take a big step toward its sustainability goals while providing affordable renewable electricity to Canton […]
Just as December vacation was getting underway, local officials found themselves back at the Galvin Middle School on two separate occasions in the past week due to water leaks. On Christmas Eve at approximately 5:30 p.m., a police officer who was patrolling in the area noticed water coming out of one of the doors at […]
