Wicked Local Milton has a nice portfolio of photographs from the Garden Tour held to benefit the Outdoor Classroom at Pierce Middle School.

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Kick off a summer of great reading and fun at the Library!

There is a lot going on this Wednesday, June 16th

• 4:00-5:00 sing-a-long with Vic ‘n Sticks
• 4:30-6:30 hot dogs with all the fixin’s
• 6:30-8:30 get your summer reading in gear with a bag of books from the Friends Book Shop (just $5.00! for e whole bag!)

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Join the Milton Library as they kick off their summer reading program. Come and sing along to learn how recycling helps the world around us.

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from The Boston Globe

The parents of a 1-year-old and a 10-year-old from Dedham and Milton were arraigned yesterday on child endangerment charges after police say they left the children alone in a car in a Foxwoods Resort Casino parking garage while they were inside gambling. (Read the full story here.)

At the last Board of Selectmen’s meeting Henry MacLean, chairman of the Alternative Energy Committee, gave an update on the efforts of the Alternative Energy committee to enable Milton to qualify as a Green Community. Once qualified, Milton would be eligible for $8.1 million in state grants for local renewable and energy efficiency projects.

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Cakes, the new cafe, bakery, and sandwich shop located in the old Fallon Building at Central and Eliot Streets is offering a special “Library Cupcake.”

From now through June 15th drop by and enjoy one of these cupcakes and the proceeds go to the Milton Library Foundation. It’s great frosting for a great cause.

from Boston.com – Your Town Milton

The Pierce Middle School student arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and threatening to commit a crime has been arraigned and placed in the custody of the state Department of Youth Services, Milton police said. (Read the full story here.)

from Wicked Local Milton

The Department of Conservation and Recreation will begin the second annual “Sundays in the Park” in the Blue Hills Reservation, closing a section of Chickatawbut Road to motorized vehicles to open it up more for walkers, bikers and others.

The road will be closed from Saturdays at 8 p.m. until Mondays at 7 a.m. from June 20 through August 29. (Read the full story here.)

View video report from WHDH here.

from Wicked Local Milton

A 15-year-old seventh-grader at Pierce Middle School, whose recent bouts of anger had alarmed faculty and friends, was arrested amid rumors he was armed with a gun at the school, police said. (Read the full story here.)