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The Milton Public Library’s teen book club has selected A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend by Emily Horner as its June pick. When Cass’s best friend Julia dies in a car accident, she leaves behind plans for a musical called “Totally Sweet Ninja Death Squad.” Read more »
from Boston.com – Your Town Milton
The following information was taken from the Milton police log. Suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty.
Monday, May 13
Theft: At 4:34 p.m., police received a report of a stolen Fisher Minute Mount 2 snowplow valued at $2,500. The theft took place on Centre Lane. (TRead the full story here.)
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 »
It was a glorious morning up at Brookwood Farm last Saturday for their annual Wake up the Farm pancake breakfast and plant sale.
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.)
A long, sustained applause – photo by Steve Nelson
This evening over 30 MHS alumni played a tribute to their string teacher, Ms Ostrem, for her years of dedication and life lessons she taught through music. She is retiring at the end of this year. The ensemble included students as far back as the class of 1996. Please click “Read more” for additional photos, a video by Brian Kelley that captures the spirit and warmth of the piece and the moment, Bernstein’s Somewhere from West Side Story, come through. The applause at the end of the piece was long, sustained, and so well deserved. Thank you Ms Ostrem . . . for everything. Read more »
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.)
Herb Voigt captured this shot of a heron at Turners Pond yesterday. Heron are frequently spotted there though it is rare to get this close to one. Click on image for larger view.
photo by Herb Voigt
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