On Friday, February 27, the Milton High School Recycling Club gathered after school to shovel snow and free the recycling toters. The recycling toters have been engulfed in snow for the past several weeks so the trucks could not empty them. As a result, all recycling in the school was suspended. Twelve students and two advisors scavenged the school for shoveling equipment–one student even had to go home to bring back more shovels!
Milton’s Pauline Wells to be featured guest at Ronan Tynan’s St. Patrick’s Day concert
Pauline Wells & Ronan Tynan
The celebrated Irish Tenor, Dr. Ronan Tynan, is returning to Boston’s historic Wilbur Theatre on Sunday March 15th, at 7:30 pm, for a distinctive one night St. Patrick’s holiday concert.
For over 15 years, Ronan has enjoyed a very special relationship with American audiences.
Teen M.A.G. Club at the Milton Library celebrates Milton Reads
Thursday March 19, 2015 from 3pm to 5pm, join the after school library club TeenM.A.G. (Music, Art, and Gaming). Once a month, the teen librarian, Amy Rosa, invites any teens in grades 6 to 12 to join her downstairs in the Keys Community Room for open gaming, music, and arts and crafts.
State Senate takes its show on the road
from The Boston Globe
Senators Brian A. Joyce and Joan B. Lovely arrived in Braintree on Feb. 25 for a bus tour. – John Blanding – Globe staff
Have you heard the one about the 12 senators who got on a school bus?
No, it’s not the beginning of a joke. Nearly a dozen state senators really did get on a school bus. Last week, they rode around the South Shore. This week, they visited around Greater Boston. Next week, the South Coast. (Read the full story here.)
Forbes House Museum and Ireland’s Great Famine: Who Knows the Story? Part VI
By Robin M. Tagliaferri, FHM Executive Director
MyTownMatters and the Forbes House Museum are happy to offer a series of short stories and illustrations on Ireland’s Great Famine and its connection to Milton and Boston. Since 2011, the FHM has been collaborating with scholars and civic groups from the United States and Ireland, researching the Great Famine, which took place from 1845 to 1852. The FHM Great Famine project seeks to raise awareness for the historic 1847 humanitarian voyage of Captain Robert Bennet Forbes (1804- 1889), who transported 800 tons of food and other provisions to Cork, Ireland aboard the USS Jamestown at the height of the Famine.
In the last installment, social and political issues were explored as they related to Boston’s response to Ireland’s Great Famine. At the height of the famine in winter 1847, Bostonians struggled with the looming conflict of slavery and the on-going war with Mexico.
Update: Town Hall open; solar panels to be removed
by Frank Schroth
Bill Ritchie, Director of Consolidated Facilities, confirmed this morning that there was a failure of the solar panel structures on the roof of town hall that resulted in several falling off the roof. Mr. Ritchie said many look loose and a crane is being brought in today to remove all the remaining panels. There are ~140 in all.
Photos for the day 03.05.15
Here is another small set of photos that came in that strike a similar note: the beauty of the nature local to Milton. Erin Power caught a deer with that uniquely curious look deer have. Ellen White was snowshoeing around the Bradley Estate. Thanks to both. We welcome your photos. You can email them to frank@mytownmatters.com. Click on image for a larger view. Please click “Read more” for a couple more photos.
-
- photo by Erin Power
-
- photo by Ellen White
“RAISING THE ROOF”, a Free Benefit Concert at First Parish Milton
Come celebrate the arrival of spring with “Raising the Roof”, a free benefit concert put on by Milton Community Concerts on Sunday afternoon March 15th at 4:00. Along with the First Parish Meetinghouse Choir, under the direction of Timothy Steele, this concert will also feature the Sanctuary Choir and Bell Choir from the United Church of Christ in Norwell, MA.
“Art from the Heart” Program at St. Michael’s
Each Saturday in Lent from 10am to noon forget the snow outside and explore your creative side at St. Michael’s “Art from the Heart,” an artful and meditative program for anyone ages 10 to 110. Participants are invited to join local artists and neighbors, and excavate their creative selves finding new ways to reach into their hearts in search of the spirit within.
Rotary offers leadership opportunity for high school students
The Rotary Club of Milton is actively searching for qualified candidates to attend this year’s Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) Conference, which will be held from May 15th through May 17th, 2015 at the Cape Cod Sea Camps in Brewster, MA. The Annual RYLA Conference will offer outstanding high school juniors an opportunity to live, work and interact together in an atmosphere of cooperation and friendly competition.