from The Boston Globe
For many Milton Academy alumni, the notice in the reunion booklet appeared unremarkable: “Friday, June 18 — Alumni of Color Cocktail Party: Join friends and fellow alumni of color at a cocktail hour; 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.’’ But for several members of the class of 1955, which had no nonwhite students, the first-of-its-kind event was a call to action. (Read the full story here.)
WBZ reported on the Quarry Hills concern over the construction of a wind turbine on town land. Quarry Hills manages the Granite Links course. You can find the report here.
from L to R:Dante Knight, Keenan Byrne, Kareem Hamada, Rep. Timilty, Liam Sheedy, Joseph Morfin, Sam Papille, Nicholas Sommer, Enrique Brantley and Michael Eberhardt
On Sunday, May 16, 2010, nine Webelo Scouts from Pack 2 Milton received their Arrow of Light Award.
from Boston.com – Your Town:Milton
Every spring, Dr. John Knight starts having nightmares about prom and graduation parties.
“I know some kids are going to die, some are going to be terribly injured, and others are going to lose their future,’’ says Knight, founder and director of the Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Research at Children’s Hospital. (Read the full story here.)
from Wicked Local Milton
Three decades after Bradley St. George was imprisoned as the South Shore’s cocaine kingpin, the 54-year-old Milton resident has been charged with selling a pound of marijuana in Quincy. (Read the full story here.)
If you are alive then chances are high that you know someone who has died from breast cancer, survived breast cancer, or has breast cancer. It is a scourge.
This past week end thousands of walkers passed through Milton in support of cancer’s victims and in hopes of a cure. We tooks some pictures as they came by.
Curry College produced a nice video snapshot of their 2010 commencement ceremony. It was a beautiful day and a deserving rite of passage for the class. Congratulations! Please click “Read more for video and link to the commencement address given by Richard Daniels, CEO of Gatehouse Media.
Registration for the Milton National Little League is open now through May 21st.
There are a variety of programs open for ages 7 – 12. These include both travel teams and in-house leagues. Costs range from $50.0 to $120.00 .
For more information please visit the National League’s web site here.
Turner's Pond
The fence is still up but the gates are open and you can now take a stroll around the entire pond. Today is a great day for a walk!
Uncooperative weather caused numerous delays but you can now take a nice stroll and evaluate the work that was done. Please click “Read more” to view a brief slide show of Turner’s and its new path.
Commentary by Frank Schroth
What is going on around here? Who knew Milton would become the media capital of the south shore?
Once upon a time there was the Milton Record-Transcript and then in the late 80’s or so, The Milton Times started up. And the Times is and has served as the paper of record for Milton. Then the internet happened, and it has finally come to Milton.