Notice from the Department of Public Works

UPDATED GIS ONLINE MAPPER LAUNCHES TODAY MONDAY MAY 20, 2013! The Town of Milton Engineering Department has just completed updates to our Online GIS Mapper including our latest Municipal GIS data, 3″ high resolution aerial imagery (April 2012) and an enhanced Detailed Base Map that allows users to view and save a better quality, highly detailed map that utilizes improved cartographic techniques to enhance it’s visual quality.
Link to online mapper: http://www.mapgeo.com/miltonma/

Amy Morgan Link, a member of the board of the Milton Historical Society, has launched a web site on Milton History as a component of her efforts to providing  5th Grade Milton students with a unique historical tour of Milton. Ms. Link writes on that:

This blog was set up to enrich the tour experience by allowing the students to do a little exploring on their own. We want to show you how much fun history can be! Read more »

from The PatriotLedger.com

The state Department of Conservation and Recreation held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday to unveil the Marigold Marsh boardwalk in the Blue Hills Reservation in Milton.(Read the full story here.)

from The PatriotLedger.com

The importance of community, especially in times of hardship, was a common theme at Curry College’s commencement ceremony Sunday morning. (Read the full story here.)

Our recent “Quote of the day” received a positive response. Here is one submitted by Abe Cardoza. It is from Roger Ebert, the long time Chicago Tribune film critic, who recently died from cancer. His writing grew stronger as his cancer advanced. Mr. Ebert, who said,

“I believe that if, at the end of it all, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do. Read more »

from Wicked Local Milton

With one phone call, police in Cohasset – a department with fewer than 20 full-time officers – could marshal resources from dozens of other departments, complete with a SWAT team, armored vehicles, search dogs and hostage negotiators. (Read the full story here.)

from Wicked Local Milton

The duties will be a little different for the next assistant town administrator.
Selectmen voted Thursday night to begin the search for the new official by approving a revised job description and appointing a four-member search committee. (Read the full story here.)

Notice from the Milton Police Department

The Police Department is seeking information about a vehicle that was reported on Aberdeen Road this morning around 8:30 am. The vehicle in question is a black/dark colored sedan with tinted rear windows and a “breast cancer ribbon” affixed to the rear quarter panel on the passenger side. The operator is a white male, bald, no description of age. He may have had conversation with a child walking on the street. There is no evidence of a crime at this point. MPD is only interested in verifying this information and the identity of this vehicles operator. Anyone with information on this vehicle/person may call Milton Police Detectives @ 617-898-4804.

by Frank Schroth

Win Swenson, a resident of Hemenway Drive and Partner with the Compliance Systems Legal Group, has authored a paper, Integrity: The Missing Link in Mill Creek’s Proposed Milton Mews Development. It is a strongly worded, substantially researched report that is the latest salvo in opposition to the proposed development of a large apartment complex on Brush Hill Road just off Rte 138. Read more »

Words can convey grace and power. They can inspire and provoke. Aphorisms and verse, speeches and poetry all have the ability to motivate and enlighten. The following was recently emailed to us and we want to share it. If you have a favorite quote, poem or saying; send it in to frank@mytownmatters.com.

“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back Read more »