The Boston Business Journal has researched the fastest growing banks in Massachusetts. Blue Hills Bank which opened a branch in East Milton recently is near the top of the list. The BBJ reports:

Perhaps the most dramatic year belonged to Blue Hills Bank (Nasdaq:BHBK), however: The Boston institution’s deposits rose by $401.3 million, good for third overall, and by 42.8 percent from 2013’s total, the second-highest increase by percentage. The surge put Blue Hills past the $1 billion deposit threshold, to $1.3 billion.

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from The Boston Globe

At the Blue Hills Ski Area on a recent Monday afternoon, skiers and snowboarders swooshed down the slope, delighting in fresh, natural snow. At the bottom, a father taught his young daughter to balance on wobbly legs. (Read the full story here.)

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Cahill Report, a weekly update on Milton real estate activity produced in partnership with Laura Cahill.

Following are a list of open houses this week end and recent real estate transactions.

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There was quite a bit of fog on Hutchinson Field yesterday afternoon. We welcome your pictures of all kinds of weather and anything else. You can email them to frank@mytownmatters.com.

photo by Frank Schroth

News from Office of Representative Timilty

State Representative Walter F. Timilty, recently, voted for an FY’15 Supplemental Spending Bill. The Fiscal Year of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts spans from July first until the following July first. For this reason, neither the executive branch, in this case the Baker-Polito Administration, nor the State Legislature are able to anticipate all contingencies; thus, the genesis of what are commonly referred to as “Supplemental Budgets”.

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I can’t tell if the sun is coming up or going down in this shot. But who cares – great photo of Neponset below Adams by Tom Palmer. We welcome your photos. You can email them to frank@mytownmatters.com.

photo by Tom Palmer

by Mike Maholchic

Richard Neely, chairman of the Town Government Study Committee was the speaker at the Milton Rotary Club on March 11, 2015.  Mr. Neely is a former selectman and former chairman of the Warrant Committee, who brings a wealth of experience in town government to the effort to bring it up to date.

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by Annie Davis

Rowing. One of the toughest sports. Rowers will tell you that real athletes row and all others just play games. Come learn about it Sunday, March 15, 2-3:30 PM at the Milton Public Library.

Milton Crew is partnering with the library’s Milton Reads and will be at the library so that you can learn about the sport of rowing and find out about opportunities to row and watch rowing.

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