🌱 Patch AM: How will Canton’s new police chief change the department’s direction?

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In today's newsletter:

• How will Canton’s new police chief change the department’s direction?

Also on today's calendar: Canton Garden Club Monthly Meeting and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: Playing golf is bad for your brain. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Breezy; a morning flurry, with a high of 32 and low of 13 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Very cold with sunshine, temps: high: 26, low: 18.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 32 and low of 23 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Canton select board appoints new police chief; department under scrutiny after Karen Read case (bostonglobe.com) — Canton’s Select Board has chosen Chief Daniels to lead the town’s police department, aiming for him to be sworn in by February while Interim Chief Perkins stays on temporarily. The move follows intense scrutiny of Canton police after the Karen Read case and an independent audit, with officials emphasizing accountability, reform, and rebuilding trust between residents and law enforcement.
   

📸 Around Canton

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Canton

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday January 6

• Flag Football Clinic - Canton, MA 2026
  Teamworks Canton, 5 Carver Cir, Canton
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday January 5

• By-Law Modernization Committee Meeting
  Canton, MA Calendar , 79 Pleasant Street , Canton
  7:00 pm

Tuesday January 6

• Select Board Meeting
  Canton, MA Calendar , 801 Washington Street 2nd Floor , Canton
  7:00 pm

Thursday January 8

• Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting
  Canton, MA Calendar , 801 Washington Street 2nd Floor , Canton
  6:00 pm

Monday January 12

• Canton Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Monthly Meeting
  Canton, MA Calendar , 801 Washington Street 2nd Floor , Canton
  7:00 pm
• Capital Planning Committee Meeting 1/12/26
  Canton, MA Calendar , 79 Pleasant Street , Canton
  7:00 pm
• Canton Garden Club Monthly Meeting
  Canton Senior Center , 500 Pleasant St , Canton
  7:00 pm

Tuesday January 13

• Capital Planning Committee Meeting 1/13/26
  Canton, MA Calendar , 79 Pleasant Street , Canton
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday January 2

• Teen Open Studio
  Turner Free Library , 2 North Main Street , Randolph
  3:00 pm
• Inauguration Ceremony for Elected Officials - Joint Meeting of the Town Council, School Committee and Stetson Fund Trustees
  Randolph, MA Calendar , 6 South Main Street , Randolph
  6:00 pm
• School Committee- Inauguration Ceremony
  Randolph, MA Calendar , 6 South Main Street , Randolph
  6:00 pm
• THE LOVE DOGS
  Fallout Shelter , 61 Endicott St , Norwood
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Massachusetts Staffing posted a job opening for CNC Machinist II in Stoughton. Apply here.
• Curry College posted a job opening for Associate Lecturer, Performance Nutrition in Exercise and Sport - Curry College in Milton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Canton here.

🗞 Nearby News

Norwood

• December Calendar (norwoodtownnews.com)
• Looking back at 2025 (norwoodtownnews.com)
• Nine restaurants in eastern Mass. that shut down during December (wickedlocal.com)

Stoughton

• Massachusetts teen gunned down just before graduation remembered as teen who killed him is sentenced to prison (fallriverreporter.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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