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Ryan Whitney Memorial Golf Tournament

The Ryan Whitney memorial Golf Tournament will be held at Granite Links to benefit the Adolescent Substance Abuse Program at Children’s Hospital. The tournament takes place June 22nd.

You can register online here. . . and visit the web site here.

from the web site

It is hard to believe that it has been almost eleven years since our son, Ryan, at age nineteen, died at the Quincy Quarries in an accident related to alcohol. Last year on the 10th anniversary of his death, we felt that it would be fitting to remember him with a golf tournament to benefit The Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Research (CeASAR) and more specifically, the Adolescent Substance Abuse Program (ASAP) at Children’s Hospital Boston.

Milton man found dead in Quincy quarry

from Wicked Local Milton

After 11 years, a Quincy quarry has claimed another victim. Patrick Coughlin, 21, of Milton, apparently drowned in one of the long-abandoned quarries near the Granite Links Golf Course off Ricciuti Drive in the predawn hours today. He’d reportedly been swimming there with friends. Coughlin was a sophomore at University of Massachusetts-Boston and a Marine veteran who served in Afghanistan. (Read full story here.)

You can find WBZ coverage here.

Efforts made to keep brook clean

from Wicked Local Milton

It won’t be long before Pine Tree Brook is a little cleaner.

A recently completed project along Brook Road and Lincoln Street involved installing so-called “tree filter boxes” to intercept and clean up polluted rain runoff before it gets into the brook. (Read the full story here.)

UVM’s Matt Duffy of Milton honored

from The Patriot Ledger

University of Vermont sophomore Matt Duffy of Milton picked up three more honors recently, including earning an honorable mention spot on the All Ping!Baseball National All-American Team.

Duffy was also named to the ABCA Northeast Region second team and the ECAC Division 1 All-Star second team. (Read the full story here.)

Blue Hills Trailside Museum Celebrates 50 Years!

Come join Mass Audubon and the Commonwealth’s Department of Conservation and Recreation on Saturday, June 20, from 10 am to 5 pm to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Blue Hills Trailside Museum in Milton, Massachusetts. This free all-day event will have activities for the family throughout the day, including free admission to the museum.

There will be a ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony at 11am to unveil the new outdoor exhibits area, which includes a new all-persons accessible walkway, and to celebrate the renaming of the Chickatawbut Hill Education Center. Attending the dedication will be Senator Brian A. Joyce (D-Milton), DCR’s Acting Director of Urban Parks Samantha Overton and DCR’s Regional Director Peter Church, and Mass Audubon President Laura Johnson. The Museum and its Education Center are run through a partnership between the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation and Mass Audubon.

For more information, visit their web site here.

Cookout to kick off Library Reading Club

There will be a cook out early this evening to kick off the Milton Library’s Summer Reading Club!

You can learn more about the summer reading club, open to children ages 3 to 12, here.

The cook out will take place on the Library terrace.

Older drivers bridle at blanket criticism

from the Boston Globe

From the window in her office at the Council on Aging, director Mary Ann Sullivan watches the tense debate over elderly driving play out in the parking lot each day. Taking note of every dinged door and jumped curb, each wrong turn and pedal choice, she wonders whether it’s time to step in.

“I watch them drive over center islands, almost hit each other, go the wrong way,” she said. “They are serious accidents waiting to happen, and just shouldn’t be on the road.” (Read the full story here.)

Milton Parks and Recreation Red Sox Game

BOSTON RED SOX GAME
JULY 27, 2009 @ 7PM

BOSTON RED SOX   VS  OAKLAND A’S

TICKETS WITH TRANSPORTATION ONLY $59
GET YOURS TODAY!!!!!!!!!

*(CHILDREN UNDER 18 MUST BE ACCOMPANIED
BY AN ADULT OR GUARDIAN)*

*LIMITED NUMBER OF TICKETS AVAILABLE*
BUS WILL DEPART MILTON HIGH SCHOOL LOWER PARKING LOT @ 5:30PM

For Tickets, contact the Milton Rec Department
@ 617-898-4940 or gneville@ townofmilton.org

Cunningham pool opens June 22nd

Cunningham Pool will be open Monday, June 22nd through Sunday, August 23rd, 2009.

Tags and Swimming Lessons will be on sale on Thursday, June 18 and Friday, June 19 from 9:00 – 11:00 am, 1:00 – 4:00 pm, 6:00 – 8:00 pm.

And on Saturday, June 29 from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm.

Tags will continue to be on sale whenever the pool is open.

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East Milton branch library to close 7/1, main branch to be open on Sundays

In a 6-1 vote this evening the Library Board of Trustees voted to close the East Milton branch library and open the main branch on Sundays. Two of the trustees were absent; which was slightly surprising given the importance of this session.

The meeting began with a citizens speak in which several residents rose to speak in favor of keeping the library open.

Upon closure of citizens speak, Andrea Gordon introduced the motion to close the East Milton branch and extend the Main Branch hours to Sunday. Barbara Mason spoke in oppostition to closing the branch. She proved to be the sole dissenting vote.

The other members spoke in support of the motion. Janet Evans, current chair, in an emotional voice spoke of her obligation to the town, “that is what I was elected to do.”