A 28-year-old Canton man was struck and killed by a motorist while walking on I-95 in Needham on Friday, February 24, around 1:20 a.m. The accident occurred just north of Exit 33. Mass. State Police are analyzing debris that potentially came from the vehicle, which was gone when first responders arrived. The victim has been […]
New Canton Fire Chief Wendell Robery is advancing a new Community Paramedicine Program — first proposed by former Fire Chief and current Town Administrator Charles Doody — as part of the Fire Department’s proposed operational budget for the next fiscal year (FY24). The program, which would be run in coordination with the Department of Elder […]
It was a busy Saturday afternoon for Canton firefighters last weekend as crews responded to mutual aid calls for two fires in Stoughton, most notably a residential fire on Central Street near Cobb’s Corner in which several oxygen tanks exploded in the home. There were no reported injuries, but the Central Street home was deemed […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Thanks to a grant of nearly $100,000 from the state Department of Mental Health, the Canton Police Department will soon be much better equipped to handle crisis calls. As detailed by Police Chief Helena Rafferty and Deputy Chief Patty Sherrill, the grant’s author, at Tuesday night’s Select Board meeting, the funds will enable the CPD […]
Horrified by the alleged abuse of power detailed in a newly released police internal affairs report and determined to be a voice for a young Canton woman who can no longer speak for herself, a group of local residents gathered outside the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office last week to demand accountability and speak out […]
