Firefighters from Canton and several surrounding communities were still on scene as of Tuesday battling a major brush fire that broke out near Reservoir Pond on Sunday, October 27. The fast-growing fire, which originated in the fields behind the Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children, spread from four to 31 acres overnight into Monday, prompting a […]
The Canton Police Department is repeating a call for all residents to lock their vehicles — even when parked in driveways or in seemingly safe areas — following a string of burglaries and vehicle thefts reported in the town over the past few weeks. Several of the recent car breaks were reported on the same […]
The Canton Select Board and Town Administrator Charles Doody are pleased to announce the launch of a town-sponsored donation drive to support those affected by Hurricane Helene in North Carolina. The town is asking businesses and residents to donate an assortment of needed items, which the Armstrong Company of Canton has generously offered to transport […]
Canton police have made an arrest in connection with a shooting that occurred on Arboretum Way on Sunday afternoon, October 6. The suspect is 22-year-old Seaqwan Cherduville of Webster. Cherduville was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault to murder, and discharge of a firearm within 500 feet of a building. The […]
What began as routine meeting to review prepared responses to questions raised by prospective auditing firms quickly devolved into chaos and finger pointing as members of the town’s Police Audit Procurement Committee clashed with the audience and one another throughout the duration of a nearly three-hour meeting last week at Town Hall. Over the course […]
A two-year quest to secure justice for a deceased Canton woman and her unborn baby took a stunning turn last week when federal prosecutors confirmed what many close to her had long suspected — that 23-year-old Sandra Birchmore did not die by suicide as state and local authorities had concluded but instead was brutally murdered […]
Route 128 was closed for almost an hour and traffic was rerouted onto Canton streets, leading to major delays during rush hour as firefighters from Canton and several neighboring towns battled a ferocious truck fire at the junction of I-93 and Route 138 on Tuesday afternoon, September 3. Fire Lt. John Hutchinson said the truck […]
Volunteers needed for Local Outreach to Suicide Survivors In a pioneering effort to address the profound impact of suicide on local families, the Canton Police Department is teaming up with Samaritans, Inc. — a Massachusetts-based suicide prevention organization — to launch a Local Outreach to Suicide Survivors (LOSS) team. This innovative collaboration aims to provide […]
The Canton Fire Department recently celebrated a landmark event with the successful administration of the first-ever whole blood transfusion given to a Massachusetts trauma patient in a pre-hospital setting as part of the CFD’s new Field Transfusion Paramedic Program. In the early morning hours on Saturday, June 29, Canton first responders were dispatched to a […]
Less than a week after a Norfolk Superior Court judge declared a mistrial in the murder case against Karen Read, attorneys for Read launched a formal request to have two of the three charges against her dismissed, claiming she should have already been acquitted based on the accounts of some of the jurors. While prosecutors […]
