CANTON — Deputy Clerk Kathy Walker announced at Thursday evening’s selectmen meeting that the town has received a $1,000 grant from the Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation.
The money will pay for automated external defibrillator at the Town Office. The portable device automatically analyzes the heart rhythm and, if necessary, delivers a shock to restore normal heart rhythm.
“I thought I was opening a ‘thanks, but no thanks’ letter and out came the check,” Walker said.
Selectmen said this is the second time in the past few years the town has been awarded a grant from the foundation.
In new business, Selectman Robert Walker said completed projects on the Hazard Mitigation Plan projects are: a ditch built on the Alden Hill Road; demolition work in Canton village; relocation of the police and fire station out of the floodplain; and recrowning and repaving Staple Hill Road.
Partially completed projects include: a ditch built on Campbell Hill Road; reconstruction of Farrand Hill Road; and repair to River Road, where the Androscoggin River eroded the bank in two areas.
Updates to the Hazard Mitigation Plan are required every five years, he said.
In other news, the board signed the Regional School Unit 10 Withdrawal Warrant and will post copies inside and outside the Town Office, the post office and on the town’s Facebook page, Town Clerk Kathy Walker said. Canton, Carthage, Peru and Dixfield will vote Nov. 8 on whether to leave the district and form their own.
RSU 10 also includes Buckfield, Byron, Hanover, Hartford, Mexico, Roxbury, Rumford and Sumner.
Administrative Assistant Scott Kilbreth said, “a lot of young families are wanting to move to Canton.” They have “have moved Canton into a positive light, so keep it up,” he said.
Kilbreth added that the town has welcoming packets for new residents and recycling bins will also be included.
Also, Recreation Committee member Phyllis Ouellette discussed plans for the Canton Town Fair on Saturday, Oct. 15. She said games, face- and pumpkin- painting, fair food, crafts, a magician, a balloon artist, vendors and a bounce house will be included. A small pumpkin patch for children to choose pumpkins will be available, but pumpkin contributions for painting would be appreciated, Ouellette said. The fair will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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