Dry weather causes brush fires The recent stretch of very dry days last week caused three brushfires to sprout up in Canton — including one that caused damage to a shed on Concord Avenue on Wednesday, May 1. Firefighters were able to quickly extingui...

The $2.1 million increase in the schools budget approved by the School Committee earlier this year could see adjustment depending on movement between the House and Senate on Beacon Hill. "Continued uncertainty of the state budget" means that Braintree ...

Sen. Brian Joyce, a Milton resident, announced at Annual Town Meeting Monday night that the Massachusetts Department of Transportation will help fund $300,000 of the design study for the East Milton Square Project. Selectmen asked voters to approve $3...

State Sen. Brian Joyce (D-Milton) this week commended the passing two bills in an effort to ban the use of single-use plastic bags at retail stores larger than 4,000 square feet. The state's Joint Committee on the Environment, Natural Resources and Ag...

The Canton School Committee received some positive financial news last week when it learned that the Mass. School Building Authority (MSBA) had approved a 45 percent reimbursement of a major window replacement project at the Hansen Elementary School and G...

Norfolk District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey was at the State House this week standing with Rep. Tackey Chan to push their bill to force convicted predators to provide their email addresses and other online information when they register as sex offender...

Six years after two teenage students at a special-needs school were punished with dozens of electrical shocks in a three-hour period, an independent report evaluating safety at the school is calling for better training of staff and the hiring of an ombuds...