Canton News

CANTON a ' Work on the temporary dam on Whitney Brook is holding well and the dam might be classified as permanent, Board of Selectmen Chairman Scott Kilbreth told fellow board members Thursday night.

More than 2 inches of rain that fell Thursday night into Friday, coupled with an emergency dispatcher's call sending firefighters to Canton Dam, sparked fears the dam had breached.

Selectpersons appointed Donald St. Laurent of Canton as the new Highway Department foreman, effective on or about July 15, select board administrative assistant Kurt Schaub said Wednesday.

Air temperature hovering around 50 degrees Saturday did not deter 15 or so hardy citizens and a dog from finishing the temporary dam at the Whitney Brook outlet on Lake Anasagunticook.

Sandra Fuller feels blessed that she was assigned a corner classroom overlooking the mountains during her last year of teaching.

A 36-year-old man pleaded not guilty Friday to charges he burglarized and burned down a house in Canton last year.

A young woman's steppingstone to independent living King's Daughters Home looks east to carry on its century-old mission Residents of the King's Daughters Home, Yolanda Wu and Van Nguyen pass plates as they sit ...

A 36-year-old Jay man has been indicted on arson and burglary charges related to a Canton fire that occurred last May.

The last of five people charged in a burglary spree of camps last summer pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Friday in Oxford County Superior Court.

On Feb. 14, something called The Lewiston Root Cellar will celebrate its grand opening at 89 Birch St.