Last Saturday candidates for town wide office participated in the 4th annual MyTownMatters Candidates Foru,. Questions were developed by members of the Milton High School Debate team. The forum was moderated by Precinct 2 Town Meeting Member and educator from the National Archives, Annie Davis. Lydia Horan, co-captain of the Debate Team asked the questions.
Photo for the day 04.18.15
Tom Palmer captured this shot of a couple riders on horseback in the Blue Hills. We welcome your photos. You can email them to frank@mytownmatters.com.
Poem for the day 04.17.15
In celebration of National Poetry Monthwe are posting a poem a day. If you have a favorite, please email it to frank@mytownmatters.com.
Baseball by John Updike
It looks easy from a distance,
easy and lazy, even,
until you stand up to the plate
and see the fastball sailing inside,
Painter Diane Sawyer to exhibit work at MPL
From May 9th through the end of the month, local painter Diane Sawyer will display her work in the Wotiz Gallery of the Milton Public Library. She received a BFA from the Boston Museum School and Tufts University in 1979, and has completed additional coursework at MassArt, Museum School, and Bennington College. She has also studied with numerous artists.
Wakefield Estate’s April Stone Soup 4/30 Sheds Light on the Magnificient Dove Tree
The Wakefield Estate’s April Stone Soup and Speaker event on April 30th will offer a portrait of one of the estate’s pride and joy: the Dove Tree. Not commonly seen in most gardens, the dove tree or Davidii involucrata , is also known as the handkerchief or ghost tree because of its large white “handkerchief”
How Milton financially compares to other communities
by Frank Schroth
The Milton View, a local online site from Phil Matthews, provides commentary and analysis of Milton. There is a recent post that looks at key economic metrics across a number of communities to illustrate where Milton ranks in comparison to other towns.
FIVE to THRIVE! – Parenting session on dealing with stresses and building resilient children
Join Maria Trozzi for a presentation on Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 7pm in the Pierce Middle School Auditorium. Participate in an interactive and enlightening conversation about the new stresses of parenting our children today and evidence-based strategies for building resilience. Parents of young children often worry that if they are not doing everything as parents, they are doing nothing.
7th Annual Taste of Dorchester Set for April 30th
Twenty-three restaurants under one roof on one night for a great cause. If you have been before, you know this is an event to savor. If you haven’t yet made it to Taste of Dorchester, this is the year.
Poem for the day 04.16.15
In celebration of National Poetry Month we are posting a poem a day. Today’s poem was submitted by Annie Davis who notes, “The anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp is observed as Yom Ha’Shoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Hebrew word shoah means catastrophe. This year, Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed beginning at sunset of Wednesday, April 15th and continues through Thursday, April 16th.” If you have a favorite poem (or two) send it along to frank@mytownmatters.com.
Holocaust by Barbara Sonek
We played, we laughed
we were loved.
We were ripped from the arms of our
parents and thrown into the fire.
Celebrating the Blue Planet – Earth Day at St. Michael’s
On Sunday, April 19, at 10 am, St. Michael’s Episcopal Church honors Earth Day by inviting children to participate in an engaging and informative celebration of clean water! Join church school leader Marilyn Cheney, her daughter and environmentalist Claire Cheney, and her son, Emmy-nominated and award-winning documentary filmmaker Ian Cheney,