The Friends of the Milton Public Library invite you to a special Collectible and Rare Books Sale on Saturday, May 9, from 10am-2pm, with a Friends Members-Only Preview Sale on Thursday, May 7 from 6:30pm-8:30pm. Hundreds of unique and unusual books of all categories, collected over the last ten years, with some dating back to the mid-1800s, will be for sale.
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Meeting: Planning Board
The Planning Board will be meeting in the Blute Conference Room at Town Hall on April 23 at 6:30. The agenda includes but is not limited to: a hearing on the citizens petition for a sign moratorium, a continuation of the hearing on a condominium bylaw and a continuation of the Thayer Nursery special permit application. The full agenda can be found here.
Congrats Milton Marathoners!
Tobey is looking for a home
Tobey is a 13 year old neutered male domestic medium hair and he needs a home. He is a handsome mellow guy who likes to be petted. He loves people and is used to children. For more info please contact the Milton Animal League.
Poem for the day 04.21.15
The Pulitzer Prizes were announced yesterday. Gregory Parlo was awarded the Pulitzer for poetry. In celebration of National Poetry Month we are posting a poem a day. If you have a favorite, please email it to frank@mytownmatters.com. Here is one by Mr. Parlo.
Double Dutch by Gregory Pardlo
The girls turning double-dutch
bob & weave like boxers pulling
punches, shadowing each other,
sparring across the slack cord
Reminder on campaign endorsements
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DPW Notice: No trash delay
Notice from Milton Dept of Public Works
To All Milton Residents,
Please be advised that the new Trash, Recycling and Yard Waste collection schedule will no longer have delays due to the Patriot’s Day holiday occurring on a Monday April, 20, 2015.
GlobeSouth: 5 boys’ and girls’ track athletes to watch
Milton’s Andrea Juzyca is tagged as one of the track athletes to watch this spring. View the article here.
Milton resident and nurse tells a story
There are so many great sources for stories; This American Life, The Moth Radio, and StoryCorps are a few. Here is a story from a Milton resident, Cheryl Kane, that was featured on Kind World, a radio program on WBUR. In this Kind World story,Ms. Kane, a nurse with the Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program, recalls an unforeseen moment that continues to inform her nursing practice, years later.
Poem for the day 04.20.15
In celebration of National Poetry Month we are posting a poem a day. If you have a favorite, please email it to frank@mytownmatters.com.
Inheritance – W. S. Merwin
At my elbow on the table
it lies open as it has done
for a good part of these thirty
years ever since my father died