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Policy on comments revised

This is to confirm that anonymous postings to MyTownMatters will no longer be accepted.

This was a difficult decision; but substantive discussion is undermined by anonymity.

Federal aid can now go toward damage from 2nd March storm

from Wicked Local Milton

Those who suffered damage during the second round of intense rain, and subsequent flooding, last month can now get federal aid, members of Massachusetts congressional delegation said Thursday. (Read the full story here.)

Milton Academy teacher hopes to fill Lakeville fields with lavender

from Wicked Local Milton

One day, pale, purple buds will fill the fields at Hilltop Farm in Lakeville.

Milton Academy teacher Darlene Anastas plans to plant 12 acres of lavender on the former Rotch family farm, converting one section into a walkable lavender labyrinth. (Read the full story here.)

“Milton View” endorses Cheryl Tougias

Phil Matthews of Milton View endorses Cheryl Tougias for Planning Board in his most recent article titled appropriately enough, “Planning Board Endorsement.”

from The Milton View

This is a difficult endorsement. Difficult because the incumbent, Ed Duffy, is a good man. We’ve been on the same side politically often, and occasionally on opposite sides, as with the Tucker Village proposal. Between his employment and years on the planning board, he’s given half a century of service to the town he was born in and loves. He deserves our sincere thanks. (Read the full commentary here.)

Leo Corcoran, 85; founder of Caritas Communities

from The Boston Globe

Far more successful than he could have imagined when he was growing up with seven siblings in a Dorchester three-decker, P. Leo Corcoran was in his late 50s when a brush with a serious illness prompted him to look more closely at his life and those around him. (Read the full story here.)