Today’s poem is in honor of today – Earth Day. In celebration of National Poetry Month we are posting a poem a day. If you have a favorite, please email it to frank@mytownmatters.com.
Earth Day by Jane Yolen
I am the Earth
And the Earth is me.
Each blade of grass,
Each honey tree,
The Friends of the Milton Public Library invite you to a special Collectible and Rare Books Sale on Saturday, May 9, from 10am-2pm, with a Friends Members-Only Preview Sale on Thursday, May 7 from 6:30pm-8:30pm. Hundreds of unique and unusual books of all categories, collected over the last ten years, with some dating back to the mid-1800s, will be for sale.
The Planning Board will be meeting in the Blute Conference Room at Town Hall on April 23 at 6:30. The agenda includes but is not limited to: a hearing on the citizens petition for a sign moratorium, a continuation of the hearing on a condominium bylaw and a continuation of the Thayer Nursery special permit application. The full agenda can be found here.
Milton Yacht Club has again paid for raw materials and supplied the knowledge and labor to rebuild the main float that comprises Milton Landing’s public access dock. Used as a turn-key access solution by community boaters as well as the MHS Crew program, the entire float system was in need of repairs.
Tobey is a 13 year old neutered male domestic medium hair and he needs a home. He is a handsome mellow guy who likes to be petted. He loves people and is used to children. For more info please contact the Milton Animal League.
The Pulitzer Prizes were announced yesterday. Gregory Parlo was awarded the Pulitzer for poetry. In celebration of National Poetry Month we are posting a poem a day. If you have a favorite, please email it to frank@mytownmatters.com. Here is one by Mr. Parlo.
Double Dutch by Gregory Pardlo
The girls turning double-dutch
bob & weave like boxers pulling
punches, shadowing each other,
sparring across the slack cord
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Notice from Milton Dept of Public Works
To All Milton Residents,
Please be advised that the new Trash, Recycling and Yard Waste collection schedule will no longer have delays due to the Patriot’s Day holiday occurring on a Monday April, 20, 2015.
Milton’s Andrea Juzyca is tagged as one of the track athletes to watch this spring. View the article here.