Only 334 (2.3 percent) of the town’s registered voters turned out at the polls in Canton’s 2016 town election held on Tuesday, April 5. The ballot featured 10 candidates for 10 available seats, marking the fourth time in the last six years that Canton did not have any contested races. Reelected to office were incumbents John […]
As was the case across the rest of the Bay State on Tuesday, Donald Trump trounced the field of GOP candidates and Hillary Clinton earned a solid victory on the Democratic side in an action-packed primary day that saw more than half of all Canton voters turn out at the polls. Trump, the billionaire reality […]
This coming Tuesday, March 1, is Primary Day in Massachusetts, and unlike the upcoming April town election, Canton voters will have some honest-to-goodness choices to make as they cast their ballots in the race for the U.S. presidential nomination.
Chris Connolly, current chairman of the Canton Planning Board, has announced that he will not seek reelection in the April town election. A two-term incumbent, Connolly was first elected to the board in 2006 and was reelected in 2011. He operates a private law practice in Canton, specializing in residential and commercial real estate transactions, […]
Town Clerk Tracy Kenney has announced that nomination papers for the 2016 annual town election, to be held on April 5, will be available in the Town Clerk’s office beginning Monday, January 11, at 9 a.m. The deadline to obtain nomination papers is Friday, February 12, at 5 p.m. Those seeking office in the election […]
The Hansen Elementary School will soon be expanding after voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a new eight-room addition at an estimated price tag of $4.1 million. All six precincts backed the project, which will cost the average homeowner another $26 per year over the next 20 years. A total of 1,184 residents turned out at […]
Start paying now or potentially pay more later? That, according to the Canton School Department, is the central question behind Tuesday’s special town election, which asks voters to authorize a 20-year debt-exclusion override to finance a two-story addition at the Hansen Elementary School. The $4.1-million proposal, which is the lone item up for consideration on […]
Town Clerk Tracy K. Kenney has announced that the last day to register to vote for the June 23 special election will be Wednesday, June 3. The Town Clerk’s office will be open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on June 3. Residents who would like to have a voter registration form mailed to them […]
Town Clerk Tracy Kenney has announced that Tuesday, April 21, will be the last day to register to vote in order to be eligible to attend the annual town meeting, which is scheduled to convene on Monday, May 11. If you are already registered to vote at your present address, you do not need to […]
For the first time in more than a decade, the town of Canton will welcome some new faces and new perspectives to the Board of Selectmen after voters on Tuesday opted for a pair of political novices, Kevin Feeney and Mark Porter, in a closely contested five-way race for two open seats. Feeney, a Canton […]
