from Wicked Local Milton
Matthew Regan of Milton wants justice for his sister, Alison, a special-needs teacher who died last August in a head-on car collision on Route 28 near the Quincy-Milton line. (Read the full story here.)
Emma Drew named Boston Globe Player of the Week
The Boston Globe named Emma Drew of the MHS Girls Hockey squad a “Player of the Week.” The Milton junior stopped 29 shots on goal and posted a shut out against Norwood. Milton won 1-0. Nice job. You can view all the Players of the Week here.
Letter: Last night at Town Meeting
February 2, 2010
If I were a Town Meeting member I would vote FOR the Temple project, BUT not in it’s current form. I attended Town Meeting last evening. I listened with as open a mind as I could to all of the arguments. I will be there tonight. Here’s my takeaway.
The Temple, CVS, Harvest Foods, the Town of Milton and the Residents of Milton are knowingly harming a small number of Direct Abutters (DA) to the project. The gentlemen from Sweden or others may be an exception. My definition of a DA is an abutter who’s property physically touches the project.
Elected Town officials and zoning laws are to provide a measure of protection for individuals and the Town. As hard as it is, and my hat is off to everyone involved in this process and I congratulate all of you for your open-mindedness, dedication and hard work, a better solution can and must be found.
If I were a TM member I would vote FOR the project if the following were true:
* retain the same number of mature trees that exist on the property today
* be assured all construction & operation is green & energy efficient
* allow for a 50′ buffer on all 4 sides of the property
* remove the CVS drive-thru
* shorter hours of CVS & Harvest to a max of 12 hours per day
If the project is unable to compromise and allow for the above, except for the trees and green construction as these, in my opinion, should be a given of any project in Town going forward, the project must provide the DA with some form of financial compensation. This compensation is an acknowledgement by all beneficiaries of the project of the DA’s pain and suffering. This compensation insures that the DA will also benefit from the project’s success. Financial compensation to come from each of the following in an order of potential financial benefit:
* CVS in stock and/or goods and services
* Food from Harvest Foods
* Tax abatement from the Town
* Scholarship, Charity or Memorial, etc. in the individual abutters’ namefunded by the Temple
A YES voter on this amendment as it stands should be required to stand up and admit that they would not want to live in or purchase a DA home and that they understand, affirm and knowingly acknowledge that their YES vote is causing undue harm to the DA.
Or,
Every home-owning YES voter should be required to put the title to their home in a hat. Then the DA would be allowed to draw the title to their NEW home from that hat. The YES voter and the DA would be required to move into their NEW homes before clearing, blasting and construction begins. This scenario assures that every YES voter will have to confront the reality of powerlessness being thrust upon the DA by well intentioned people and organizations and removes the power from those with money and influence.
Respectively and most sincerely,
Daryl Warner
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Dana Farber Benefit: A Celtic Crossing with Pauline Wells
Come enjoy a wonderful night of Irish music and dance and support a great cause – The Jimmy Fund. The Jimmy Fund is the oldest and largest supporter of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute.
The concert will feature Milton resident and standout singer Pauline Wells. She will be joined by the contemporary Irish band, DEVRI, led by Donegal natives Declan Houton and Kevin Doherty.
Tickets are $25 and may be obtained by calling 617-696-7172 or emailing pauline@paulinewells.com.
For more on Ms. Wells, please visit her web site here.
Update: Injured teen hockey players are making progress, slowly
from The Boston Globe
Two Norwood High School varsity hockey players who sustained serious injuries just days apart are making slow progress, with one teen released from Children’s Hospital Boston and the other’s condition upgraded, a school official said. (Read the full story here.)
MHS junior Olivia Beaulieu wins top track honor
from The Boston Globe
Milton junior Olivia Beaulieu was named the top female of the meet after placing fourth in the high jump with a jump of 5 feet and first in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 8.91 seconds. (Read the full story here.)
It’s time to abolish the death penalty
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A Senior Seminar Editorial by Maureen Walsh, MHS 2010
Editorial of the Death Penalty: January 7, 2010
Although the death penalty is banned in many countries around the world, the United States is one country that allows it to remain. Whether capital punishment should remain as a punishment for crimes has been debated for centuries.
Quilt artist Nancy Crow inspires local quilters
from The Patriot Ledger
After eight years of quilting, Liz McGuire of Milton wanted to expand her craft. And what better way to do so than to spend five days in a workshop with Nancy Crow, a leader of the art quilt movement whose exhibit of quilts opens at the Fuller Craft Museum today.
“I wanted a challenge and this is challenging,” said McGuire, who was learning to compose a quilt without patterns or templates. (Read the full story here.)
Milton girls wear indoor track crown!
from The Patriot Ledger
The calendar says January, but the Wildcats are acting as if the fall never ended.
Undefeated during the cross country season, Milton High’s girls runners have kept the momentum going. Thursday’s 72-14 drubbing of Dedham at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston gave Milton (5-0) the Bay State Conference’s Herget Division title in indoor track. (Read the full story here.)