from The Patriot Ledger
Trailing by four runs, Milton Post 114 rallied for a 5-4 triumph over Cohasset Post 118 in American Legion District 6 East action Thursday.
Down 4-0, Milton (15-2) came back with two runs in both the fourth and fifth innings to tie the game. Brian Besinger knocked in the winning run in the seventh inning with his third hit and third RBI of the game. (Read the full story here.)
from Wicked Local Milton
hings had not been going Weymouth’s way lately. Mired in an 0-3 slide in which the team scored only six runs, Weymouth Post 79 needed to defeat powerhouse Milton Post 114 in order to snap its skid in American Legion baseball. (Read the full story here.)
Following are the Milton High School coaches for the upcoming fall season. We are so thrilled to see Coach Madden on the roster!
NOTE: Practice times and sites will appear on the Milton Public School web site and the High School Edline.
| Sport | Coach | 1rst practice | |
| Boys Soccer | Coach Madden | mrmadden1@verizon.net | Thu 8/27 7:00am @ Brooks |
| Cross Country | Coach Snyder | dsnyder@miltonps.org | Thu 8/27 TBA @ Brooks |
| Field Hockey | Coach Kruezer | mkruezer@miltonps.org | Thu 8/27 8:00am @ Kelly |
| Football | Coach Bowes | jbowes@milotnps.org | Mon 8/24 TBA @ Brooks |
| Girls Soccer | Coach Borde | bborde@miltonps.org | Thu 8/27 9:00am @ Brooks |
| Golf | Coach Taylor | kevin_taylor@irco.com | Thu 8/27 TBA @ TBA |
| Volleyball | Coach Lee | rlee@miltonps.org | Thu 8/27 8:00am @ Gym |
| Cheerleading | Coach Parsons | jparsons@miltonps.org | TBA |
by Frank Schroth
Kathy Fagan can run a campaign. Make no mistake about that.
About Kathy Fagan
Selectmen Kathy Fagan
Fagan moved to Milton 12 years ago. She and her husband have 2 children. One, their son, is about to enter the Pierce Middle School. The younger one, a daughter, is at the Tucker elementary school. Fagan elected to take “early retirement” when her daughter was born; leaving her law practice of 15 years to focus on family needs.
She did not, however, retire from public service. She joined the Friends of the Library and then ran for Library Trustee. She was elected and was serving as chair when the initiative to renovate the main branch got underway. “We ran it like a campaign. We went precinct to precinct.”
When James Mullen came up for re-election, several groups approached her about running for the office of Selectman. She agreed. “You can only throw popcorn at the TV screen for so long,” she explains as one’s motivation for getting involved in civic affairs. Fagan ran a disciplined, methodical campaign, met a lot of people, and won.
Fagan’s term is up in April, 2010. Currently, she is planning to run for re-election. However, Ms. Fagan will carefully weigh family considerations before making a final decision.
from The Pilot
It isn’t a big parish; it’s isn’t a burgeoning parish. But every day as Sheila Farley walks to her parish, St. Pius Tenth Parish in Milton, to open its doors she knows it is her parish.
“We don’t have a ton of things going on, but we definitely have all the basics,” she said with a smile. (Read the full story here.)
from The Patriot Ledger
Rachel L. Kleiman-Wexler is Milton Hospital’s new pharmacy director.
Kleiman-Wexler has more than 30 years of professional experience. Her career began with a pharmacy internship in Norway; most recently, she was pharmacy director at Hubbard Regional Hospital in Webster. (Read the full story here.)
UPDATE: Wharf Street restaurant is opening 7/25. See most recent post here.
The Wharf Street Riverfront Grill which is located in the bottom floor of 88 Wharf Street, off Adams Street in Milton Village has postponed its opening.
Originally scheduled to open today, a notice in the window indicates they hope to open in the near future but no fixed date has been set.
from The Patriot Ledger
Like most hospitals, Milton Hospital has had a long history of hosting programs to help the communities it serves.
But something changed in the past six months. The institution, according to spokesman Jason Bouffard, sought input from school officials in Milton and Randolph to find out what they wanted their local hospital to do for them. (Read the full story here.)
A weekly recap of key events and items of interest to the Milton community:
Tucker Neighborhood Association forms
There is a new neighborhood association in town, the Tucker Neighborhood Association. The catalyst for this association is the current effort by the Planning Board to evaluate options regarding redevelopment of the Temple Shalom property. However, acting chair Lisa Murphy noted that the notion of an association had been percolating for some time to address concerns such as crime and traffic. You can read more about the association here.
An update on status of path around Turner’s Pond
The Park Department project to put in a path around Turner’s Pond is currently under review by the Department of Environmental Protection. The Park had received approval from the Conservation Commission but that was appealed by some of the abutters. You can learn more on status from original post here.
Poll results on elder driver safety
There have been a number of tragic accidents in the last two weeks involving elderly drivers. Senator Brian Joyce of Milton has for some time been advocating for testing of drivers age 85 and older. We published a pool soliciting reader input on the issue. 71% felt the proposed legislation did not go far enough. You can find the poll on the right side of this page and view complete results by clicking on “View results.”
TRAFFIC AND COMMUTING NOTES
Few details, some curves in hunt for Mass. Pike budget
from The Boston Globe
Consumers in Massachusetts will soon be paying a higher sales tax, in large part to avoid a $100 million toll hike on the Massachusetts Turnpike. So you would think it would be fairly easy to get some details on how the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority intends to spend all that money, along with the rest of its $430 million budget, gathered mostly from collecting tolls. (Read the full story here.)
Paying tolls just got faster for Zipcar’s customers
Zipcar drivers will no longer have to wait in cash lanes to pay tolls on the Massachusetts Turnpike and the Tobin Memorial Bridge. The company, which leases cars to its members by the hour or the day, installed E-ZPass transponders in all 950 of its Boston-area cars last week.
MBTA seeks bids on crash-prevention system
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, long under pressure to improve safety on its trolleys, opened bidding last week for a crash-prevention system to test on the Mattapan trolley.
The T is asking private companies interested in building the system to design a “fail-safe’’ product that would warn trolley operators if their cars get too close to another trolley and, if necessary, automatically apply the emergency brakes.
New MBTA lines will allow operators to reach their families — without cellphones
from The Boston Globe
MBTA General Manager Daniel Grabauskas said today his agency is setting up about 42 new phone lines at key locations so bus drivers and train operators can keep in touch with their families. (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 Monday, July 6, 2009 through Wednesday, July 8, 2009 from 11:30 PM to 5:00 AM the following morning. These lane closures are for maintenance work.