by Frank Schroth

The 2015 Annual Town Meeting opened last night and got off to a slow, steady start. Town Moderator Brian Walsh gaveled the session to order shortly before 8:00PM. Members of the Milton High Chorus sang the Start Spangled Banner, the body recited the Pledge of Allegiance, the Moderator acknowledged and a moment of silence was observed for Town Meeting Members who passed away this past year, and the Moderator reviewed rules of procedure. And with that Town Meeting was off to the races.

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Two teams from Fontbonne Academy competed against other local high schools on May 3 in the Babson College Boston Cup at Babson College. The regional competition follows a year-long entrepreneurial program taught at Fontbonne after school by a Babson faculty member. 

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Out thanks to the reader who sent in this story about Milton native Alex Hassan.

from The Providence Journal

To everyone else, it’s a line of agate type, an afterthought in a list of transactions, just a minor part of baseball’s arcane rules governing player movement.

To Alex Hassan, it’s been a nightmare. (Read the full story here.)

Celebrate the legacy of Frederick Law Olmsted at the Milton Historical Society’s annual dinner on Thursday May 21, 2015, at the Neighborhood Club of Quincy, 27 Glendale Road, Quincy.

Frederick Law Olmsted was a pioneer in the field of landscape architecture who understood the concepts of vistas and how people interact with nature.

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Commentary by Frank Schroth

Town Meeting may be shorter thanks to the a group of residents from the Hillside neighborhood. At a recent meeting of the Planning Board Paul Krasinski informed the board that the residents had voted against accepting terms from a developer to build 12 homes on a 15 acre lot. They took exception to a condition that requested their support for a citizens petition article in the warrant that would approve a bylaw for townhouses on the property.

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Our arts and culture correspondent, Izzie Phoreal, has drawn a seating chart of town meeting. It’s accuracy should be taken with a grain of salt. Click on the image for a larger view.

The Milton View, authored by Phil Matthews, recently published a couple of posts. One takes a view of the recent election, specifically the turnout, and how it compares to past comparable elections.  Mr. Matthews finds the turnout “disturbing.” We share that view. You can find it here.

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Learn about the Boston 2024 Olympic bid proposal, ask questions and learn how to get involved.

Where: Milton High School Auditorium, 25 Gile Road, Milton, MA

When: Wednesday, May 6th 2015 from 7:00 – 8:30 PM

Contact: Boston 2024 617-960-3122

For more information, visit 2024BOSTON.ORG

from The Boston Globe

The homeowners loved their convenient Coolidge Corner condominium. But when their fourth child came along, it was time to move to bigger digs outside the city. “They bought a home less than a block from Milton Center that still had the walkability they enjoyed when they lived in Brookline,” says interior designer Stephanie Sabbe. (Read the full story here.)

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Cahill Report, a weekly update on Milton real estate activity produced in partnership with Laura Cahill.

Following are a list of open houses this week end and recent real estate transactions.

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