We close out our celebration of National Poetry Month with a poem submitted by John Folcarelli. We thank all for their submissions. If you are in the mood for more poetry you shold check out the Mass Petry Festival this week end. We will continue to publish poems, photos, and quotes from time to time. So feel free to send along to frank@mytownmatters.com.

See it was like this when  – Lawrence Ferlinghetti

See
it was like this when
we waltz into this place.
A couple of papish cats
is doing an Aztec two-step

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Milton resident John Cronin recently retired from the Environmental League of Massachusetts (ELM) Board after 45 years of service. What, you may ask, fosters such a long-term relationship? A joint passion for the environment, shared vision for advocacy, and a focus on policy development that stays current with the times. For John, ELM represents a steadfast partner in all these.

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Notice from the Milton Planning

Woodward & Curran, an environmental and engineering consultant, has created this document with information for Milton homeowners who may be affected by recent changes to the FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps.

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by Frank Schroth — updated 9:10AM

David Burnes has a seat on the Board of Selectmen. In what has been a trend in recent Selectmen’s races, he upset the incumbent Denis Keohane. It was Mr. Keohane who 3 years ago upset John Michael Shields.

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by Frank Schroth

The Board of Appeals met last Tuesday (4/21) to continue the hearing of a comprehensive permit for an apartment complex at 711 Randolph Avenue. The board heard from of Decelle-Burke & Associates, the engineering firm retained by H&W apartments, the developer. Jim Burke responded to statements made by the peer review experts that evaluated the plans.

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There are certain unspoken rules of the road. Here is an illustration of one of them. Thanks to Lee Toma for the shot. We welcome your photos. You can email them to frank@mytownmatters.com.

This isn’t really a poem, but it can read like one. A reader wrote in asking after who the author was. The words, the foundation of Apple’s famous “Think different” campaign, will be famliar to many. According to Wikipedia, the text was written by Rob Siltanen with participation of Lee Clow, copywriters with Chiat/Day. Thinking different may not be such a bad idea as we kick off this new legislative season.

Here’s to the crazy ones  – Rob Siltanen & Lee Clow

Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules.

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Please come and add to the discussion of Warrant articles, Wednesday, April 29, at 7:30 pm.  Bring your warrant and your good luck!

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We will be attempting to capture elections returns HERE as they are announced by precinct at Town Hall. Returns should begin to come in at about 8:30PM. Please note that these are unofficial results. Also, given the nature of technology, there is some latency between the time the results are announced by the Town Clerk and the time the results are refreshed and displayed below. Three tips: 1) Note the scroll bar on the right to scroll down to ballot question and town meeting member results 2) if you are leaving the page open be sure to refresh the (reload) the page from time to time 3) if you are experiencing difficulties you can also find the results here.

Today is election day. You can find sample ballots on the Town Clerk’s web site. If you are not sure what precinct you are in you can find that out out here. Polls are open until 8:00pm.

DON’T OVERLOOK QUESTION 1 – it appears at the bottom of the ballot. You could easily miss it.