After a 30-minute interview, four members of the Canton Select Board voted enthusiastically to approve the promotion of Fire Chief Charles Doody to the position of town administrator when current Town Administrator Charlie Aspinwall retires in the fall. The board voted 4-0 to negotiate a new contract with Doody. Board member Chris Connolly was absent […]
Update: For the third time in as many weeks, Canton firefighters responded to a brush fire in the Blue Hills Reservation. The most recent fire broke out around noon on Saturday, May 14, off the Skyline Trail and spanned 12 acres. Fire Lt. Tom Norton said all Canton firefighters remained on scene until 7 p.m. […]
Without much discussion but lots of admiration for her work, the Canton Select Board on Tuesday voted 5-0 to appoint Deputy Chief Helena Rafferty as the town’s new chief of police. Rafferty, a CPD fixture for more than three decades, will officially assume the new title following the retirement of Chief Ken Berkowitz on June […]
Several residents were displaced — and one ended up in police custody — following a fire at a downtown apartment building on Saturday, April 9. The incident occurred around 5:15 p.m. at a two-story building on Washington Street. Fire Lt. Tom Norton said responding firefighters observed smoke coming from a first-floor apartment and when they […]
After three decades of service to the town of Canton as a police officer and community leader, Police Chief Ken Berkowitz has announced plans to step down. Berkowitz formally notified Town Administrator Charlie Aspinwall of his decision in a letter dated March 7 and will officially retire on June 15. A longtime Canton resident, Berkowitz […]
According to the Canton Police Department, over the next two weeks, Dedham Street will be totally closed for road work in both directions between Shawmut Road and Westwood Sunday through Thursday from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. The dates of the overnight closures are March 27-31 and April 3-7. Town to conduct sewer line inspections […]
Canton police responded to three separate assault cases in a span of three days last week. The first incident occurred on Tuesday, March 1, and involved an alleged physical assault on a student at the Judge Rotenberg Center on Route 138. Deputy Chief Helena Rafferty said the suspect, Babatunde Ayekun, 48, of Belmont, allegedly struck […]
Firefighters extinguish warehouse fire on Will Dr. On Thursday, January 20, firefighters from Canton and three neighboring communities joined forces to battle a fire at the FW Webb building on Will Drive. The Canton Fire Department received the initial call shortly before 11 p.m. and responding crews found fire inside the warehouse with the sprinklers […]
At 7:50 a.m. on Friday, December 24, Canton firefighters responded to a report of a fire at Sika Sarnafil, a major manufacturer of rubber roofing systems located at 100 Dan Road. Fire Chief Charles Doody, who was at the scene, said the fire was inside a piece of manufacturing equipment at the rear of the […]
EMS Coordinator Leo Reardon reported a recent spike in opioid overdose cases with six such incidents occurring over the first two weeks of October, including five in a four-day span. One individual, a 66-year-old male, was transported from Season’s Market on October 2 and again from Pleasant Street two days later due to substance abuse […]
