from Wicked Local Milton
Kemani Jones, Charlie Storey, Abby Macomber, Mike Mulkerrins, Clara Heiden, and Mairead Kiernan all made the grade. All are from Milton High except for Charlie Storey who attends Milton Academy. Congratulations all! You can find brief profile an pictures here.
FAVA (The Friends and Advocates of the Visual Arts), a local group that provides arts instruction and advocates for the arts in the elementary schools has been on a bit of a roll recently. They recently submitted a proposal to occupy the East Milton Library, they will be hosting an art opening of student work, and they just received a grant to provide free one day workshops to the children of Milton.
The 187th term of the Massachusetts State Senate began last Wednesday with the traditional swearing-in ceremony held in the Senate Chamber. Senator Brian A. Joyce took the oath of office administered by Governor Deval L. Patrick. Joyce represents the Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth district, which includes the Town of Milton.
The Boston Globe reports that Daronde Bethea of Milton was among those arrested by Boston Police after a high speed chase in which the car crashed into a guard rail when the driver attempted to get on I93. In the foot pursuit that followed another suspect pulled a rifle on police.
from Boston.com
They don’t call it the Irish Riviera for nothing.
But what, or where, it is is open to debate. Some say it’s the town of Scituate. Others say it encompasses a larger part of the South Shore. A few say it extends down the entire Route 3 corridor. It all depends on whom you ask. (Read the full story here.)
from The Forbes House Museum
The Forbes House Museum’s Lincoln Committee has announced the topics for this year’s annual Lincoln Drawing & Essay Contest. Children grades Kindergarten through 3rd grade are invited to participate in the drawing contest and children in grades 4th through 8th are invited to participate in the essay contest.
At the January 6th meeting of the Board of Selectmen the Selectmen as Trustees of the Governor Stoughton Land did a page turn of the most recent draft of an RFP that will seek to meet the intent of the Governor’s will: to provide assistance to Milton’s poor.
The local Fox affiliate did a video of the Milton Fire Department as part of their Firehouse Friday segments. Please click “Read more” to view.
Representative Joe Manning, a member of American Legion Post 114, and attorney Robert O’Leary appeared before the Selectmen last night to take issue with the Selectmen’s “taking side of SBA against the legion.”
from Wicked Local Milton
Suspects in armed robbery of Milton Food Mart
Milton Police Department Detectives have release photos of two suspects wanted for armed robbery of Milton Food Mart last week.
According to the police report, the suspects entered food mart located on Brook Road in Milton at about 8pm on December 27, 2010. (Read the full story here.)