Town Clerk Tracy Kenney has proposed a modern technological tool to record voters’ opinions at town meetings: the clicker. At the February 6 Select Board meeting, while presenting her operational budget requests for the next fiscal year (FY25), Kenney mentioned a $10,000 line item for the rental of 1,000 electronic voting devices. The handheld, battery-powered […]
The field has been set for the 2024 annual town election and Canton voters will have no shortage of options this year with 18 candidates returning nomination papers for 12 open seats. Continuing a trend of local elections producing contested races, this year’s ballot will offer choices for five offices: Select Board, School Committee, Planning […]
Town Clerk Tracy Kenney has announced that early voting for the March 5 Presidential Primary will be available in person at Canton Town Hall during the following dates and times: Saturday, February 24, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, February 26, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, February 27, from 8 a.m. to […]
Tom Birmingham, head of the town’s Energy Advisory Committee, informed the Select Board Tuesday night that the state Department of Public Utilities (DPU) has accepted Canton’s application for its electrical aggregation program, called Canton Electricity Choice. Utilized by more than 150 Massachusetts communities, municipal aggregation programs enable cities and towns to purchase electricity supply on […]
In the wake of another collision involving a semi-trailer truck, the town’s Traffic Committee will be recommending to the Select Board that the Bolivar Street Bridge be painted and more visible signs be posted well ahead of the bridge. Traffic Committee members took up the matter at their most recent meeting on Monday, January 22. […]
Canton police officers joined a search for three armed suspects near the Blue Hills reservation in Milton and Canton last Wednesday following a reported carjacking that took place one day earlier in Randolph. The victim reported he had been carjacked by three people, one armed with a gun and another with a knife. The vehicle […]
Canton Police Chief Helena Rafferty told Select Board members at a recent capital budget meeting that the CPD plans to outfit five of its officers with body cameras as part of a pilot program that is due to launch early this year. Rafferty said after the meeting that she would release more details when the […]
A new proposal for not one but two dog parks at the Paul Revere Heritage Site — one large and one small — was unveiled this week during a presentation before the Canton Select Board. As detailed by Bernie Plante of Canton Holdings LLC, developer of the Heritage Site, and Carolyn Molway of the Friends […]
In an effort to prevent Canton residents from becoming victims of scams, the town of Canton recently formed the Canton Anti-Scam Task Force. Headed by Diane Tynan, director of the town’s Department of Elder & Human Services (DEHS), the task force formalizes the already ongoing collaboration between town departments, local banks, and law enforcement. Other […]
Many of the 30 residents who attended Monday night’s public forum at the library on MBTA zoning compliance remain wary of losing state grant funding if the town does not pass a housing district zoning. Originally, the state had notified the 177 communities impacted by the new MBTA Communities Act that failure to pass the […]
