The Forbes House Museum Board of Trustees has announced the recent appointment of Robin M. Tagliaferri as the museum’s new Executive Director. Read more »

from The Dorchester Reporter

Gov. Deval Patrick, who lives in Milton near the multi-use path along the Neponset River, has declined to weigh in on how the state should make the trail connect Pope John Paul II Park to the Hyde Park neighborhood and Mattapan Square to Milton’s Central Avenue. (Read the full story here.)

There will be music, vendors, food, and a whole lot more at the “Life Is Good” festival taking place at Prowse Farm on 9/11 and 9/12. Read more »

The Board of Selectmen will be meeting in the John Cronin Conference Room at Town Hall. The session will begin at 6:30pm.

Issues that will be discussed on 9/2, according to the published agenda, include but are not limited to:

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Today the doors of the Milton schools open up to ~3,000 students. Some will be in schools with new principals. Ms. Stephanie Nephew will be at the helm of Glover Elementary School and Dr. Karen Spaulding will be the new driver. Read more »

A large gilt mirror (74” x 44”) that once belonged to the Royal Governor Thomas Hutchinson (1711-1780) whose home “Unquety” was on Adams Street on Milton Hill, has been restored and will be hung in the Reading Room of the Milton Pulic Library. Read more »

Wicked Local Milton has some good shots of the Milton Wildcat football team during an early season practice. You can find them here. Read more »

from Wicked Local Milton

A Milton mom has started a new branch of Stroller Strides, a fitness program for mothers that gets their babies involved and uses their strollers as part of the workout.  (Read the full story here.)