Milton resident Richard Ring honored.
from Wicked Local Milton
Milton resident Richard Ring ‘ 64 was one of Four Catholic Memorial School graduates that have been named recipients of the school’s inaugural “Vince in Bono Malum Awards.” (Read the full story here.)
from The Boston Globe
Jeff Mullan
Gov. Deval Patrick announced Tuesday he was appointing Jeffrey Mullan as the state’s new transportation czar, trying to make a fresh start after the controversial administration of James Aloisi and placing his favored candidate atop a new consolidated bureaucracy taking life on Nov. 1. (Read the full story here.)
from Wicked Local Milton
A judge will be asked to suppress statements by a woman who obtained a temporary restraining order against a high-ranking Milton police officer whom she accused of assault.
The Milton woman, who is in her 40s, was in Quincy District Court late Friday afternoon for the stay away order involving Deputy Police Chief Paul Nolan. (Read the full story here.)
Milton Foundation for Education needs help from the kids of Milton! We’d like to create a new
t?shirt design for the Milton Monster Dash, so start thinking about Halloween and submit a drawing
by Monday, September 21st! The winner will see their drawing on race t?shirts, and help start the
runners on October 25th.
To participate:
Contact Lisa Viola (MFE Trustee and Monster Dash Co-Chair) with any questions at LRaskViola@comcast.net
You can download a submission form here.
Things are looking up atop Great Blue Hill!
Enjoy the amazing view, fascinating history and fun activities at the oldest continually operating Weather observatory in the country.
Join us for an open house and fun festival for all ages. Free admission to events. Donations for materials for some activities requested. Rain or shine.
For details and parking information, call 617- 696-0562. Learn more at www.bluehill.org
For information on DCR events throughout the south shore visit there web site here.
The Boston Herald has a story today following up on the status of legislation before the state officials to impose additional testing for elderly drivers. The need for some type of legislation has been spurred by a series of accidents involving older drivers. Three of them have been fatal. A Boston crossing guard was killed in October, a Weymouth police officer was killed in August, and a 4 year old Stoughton girl was killed last June.
According to the article legislation could be on Governor Patrick’s desk by the end of the month. Senator Joyce (D-Milton) who has been advocating for additional testing for over 2 years had this to say, “It’s about time we do something,” said Sen. Brian A. Joyce (D-Milton), the top proponent of legislation further regulating elderly drivers. “It’s time we had the political will and common sense to pass some legislation to ensure the safety of our senior drivers as well as other motorists and pedestrians.”
You can read the full article here.
In a poll we conducted, 80% of the respondents felt that testing of elderly drivers was required and 20% felt that either existing legislation was sufficient or that it legislation should focus on safety of all drivers, not just the elderly.
NEWS ITEMS
Boston motorists driven to the edge – from The Boston Herald -09.04.09
While driving-related stress declined in some other cities, the pressure of the daily commute in Boston skyrocketed over the past year, according to a new survey.
MBTA extends pass hours for students
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, at the urging of student activists, has extended the hours when junior high and high school students can use their discount passes on trains and buses – to 11 p.m. on weekdays. The passes had been valid until 8 p.m. Students involved in “Youth Way on the MBTA’’ argued that some of their extracurricular activities and jobs keep them out later. They appealed to Transportation Secretary James A. Aloisi Jr., who chairs the T board, and he agreed to the change, effective Sept. 1. The MBTA also changed how the $20 monthly passes are distributed, said Colin Durrant, Aloisi’s spokesman. In the past, students had to buy tickets once a month from school administrators. Now they can be updated automatically on electronic Charlie Cards.
Mass. Traffic website was popular on holiday weekend – from The Boston Globe 09.13.09
More proof that people look at weird stuff online: Nearly 15,000 Web surfers spent an average of 5 minutes staring at Massachusetts traffic over Labor Day weekend.
The Massachusetts Highway department gave the public access to 70 live traffic cameras on its 511 website (http://www1.eot.state.ma.us/) earlier this month. (Read the full story here.)
ROAD CLOSURES
I-93 South approaching and through Downtown: Nighttime Multi-lane Closure
Two-to-three lanes of I-93 South will be closed at night approaching and through Downtown Sunday, September 13, 2009 through Thursday, September 17, 2009 from 11:30 PM to 5:00 AM the following morning. These lane closures are for inspections and maintenance work.
The Planning Board met last Thursday night and continued their process of vetting options for the redevelopment of the Temple Shalom site.
The bulk of the time devoted to discussing Temple Shalom was spent in an exercise led by Pete Jackson intended to identify the issues associated with the options under review: a retail commercial development (no pharmacy), a retail development anchored by a pharmacy, and a residential development.
There was some confusion among the participants. This stemmed from clearly segregating issues involved with commercial development that included a pharmacy and commercial development that didn’t. The issues both pro and con that were identified appeared to all present as relevant to any commercial development, namely, noise, increased traffic, increased jobs, increase in convenience to amenities etc. Also confusing was what constituted an issue. Mr Smigliani, one of the committee members questioned how many of the neighborhood reps were open to the idea of any commercial development. “Where do we stand?” That did not qualify as an issue according to Jackson. Ms. Murphy, another of the committee members voiced frustration at the lack of clear data regarding the impact that the development would have in terms of property values, noise, policing requirements etc. Jackson stated that he had requested that and the response was it was simply not that easy to answer or, as in the case of the police, they would properly cover whatever development that took place with existing resources.
from The Patriot Ledger
The Jim Bowes Era got under way Friday night as his Milton High School football team defeated Brookline, 34-0, at Brooks Field.
In his first campaign as a head coach, Bowes watched his team play through the wind and rain, while jumping out to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter. (Read the full story here.)
from The Patriot Ledger
Christine Gurskis is out as Milton High School girls hockey coach, despite a combined record of 49-9-7 over the last three seasons, including back-to-back Division 2 state runner-up finishes in 2007 and 2008.
Gurskis said she submitted her resignation letter late last month and broke the news to her players early this past week. She called saying goodbye to the Wildcats “one of the most difficult things I’ve had to do because I am so passionate about coaching.” (Read the full story here.)