By Shay Sinnott, St. Mary of the Hills
St. Mary of the Hills takes pride in their students’ writing and competes in essay writing contests every year. For the past decade, St. Mary’s has been participating in the Boston Duck Tours Essay contest for middle schoolers statewide. This year St. Mary’s fostered three winners!
Friday February 6, 2015, 3pm – 5pm Teen Friday Flicks
Once a month, an after school movie is shown in the library for teens. Movie choices have been posted on Facebook, Tumblr, and at the library in the teen room. Cast your vote at any of these locations.
by Frank Schroth
Tuesday night’s lengthy meeting of the Conservation Commission was characterized by disagreement between attorneys regarding authority. After all was said and done, the commission voted to deny the application as it pertains to local wetland bylaws.
By a unanimous vote of the Democratic caucus, Senator Brian A. Joyce (D-Milton) has been named Assistant Majority Leader of the Massachusetts Senate. Senator Joyce was also named Chairman of the Senate Committee on Bills in the Third Reading, the committee that must review and approve all legislation before it may proceed to the Senate floor.
by Michael Maholchic
Kathleen O’Donnell, a lawyer hired as special counsel to the Town of Milton to provide advice on several upcoming housing projects with an affordable component (“40B Projects”) spoke to the Milton Rotary Club at their regular meeting on Wednesday, January 14, 2015.
by Frank Schroth
At their meeting on January 14th, the school committee voted to approve a $500,000 cuts to their requested budget. Chair Leroy Walker reported on a couple of meetings that had been held with other town officials at which a decision was made to recommend a FY16 budget that would use a significant amount of the estimated ~$2.9 in free cash to cover operational expenses and serve as a bridge to FY17 at which time they would look to pass an operational override.
by Frank Schroth
Nomination papers became available at the town clerk’s office yesterday and two residents have taken out papers for the office of Board of Selectman, incumbent Denis Keohane and David Burnes of Garfield Road.
from Wicked Local Milton
Milton resident William Gross, the Boston Police Department’s first black superintendent-in-chief, delivered Monday’s keynote address at an event to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at the Concord Baptist Church in Milton.(Read the full story here.)
On Wednesday, January 28 after school from 3 to 4pm, the Milton Public Library teen department welcomes English teacher and tutor, Eliza Wagner Srestha to host a study skills workshop after school for any teens in grades 6 to 12. The session will be experiential and hands-on focusing on Homework and Organization.
The Forbes House Museum will conclude its year-long 50th anniversary celebration with a Winter Wonderland Gala to take place on Saturday evening, 24 January at 8pm at the home of Georgia and Richard Lee of Milton.