from Boston Herald
A swimming pool in Milton has turned into a money pit for the Boy Scouts.
And now, just three years after the Egan Activity Center, which was named for EMC Corp. founder Richard Egan, opened its doors, the 22,000-square-foot Boy Scout headquarters is up for sale.
(read full story)
from Wicked Local
School committee members in Milton expect to be doing more subtraction than addition when it comes to developing the fiscal 2010 school budget.
“Everyone knows this is not a good budget year coming up,” school committee member Glenn Pavlicek said at Wednesday night’s meeting. (read the full story)
from Patriot Ledger
Wind turbines at the former town landfill could produce enough electricity to power all municipal and school buildings, selectmen were told Thursday night.
“We have a reasonably good site,” said Richard Kleiman of the town’s wind energy committee. (read full story
from The Daily News Tribune
In Friday night’s Bay State Conference football clash, host Milton’s Wing-Toffense was putting up the type of rushing numbers you’re more likely to see in Madden 2009. Newton North, on the other hand, seemed the victim of the Madden curse. (read full story)
from Wicked Local
Comcast has reached a new, 10-year license agreement with Milton to provide cable TV service in town. In Randolph, a decision on cable TV licensing has been postponed until next month. (read full story)
from Patriot Ledger
Three people were arrested following a burglary Friday at a home on Franklin Street.
Deputy Police Chief Paul Nolan said police went to the home around 2 p.m. Friday after a neighbor reported seeing three men in the back yard. (read full story)
from BU Today
Stephen Davis can no longer ignore the squawks rending the sky above his head. He steps off his back deck and sets his container of French fries on the woodpile — an offering.
“I have this family of crows that hangs out here, five of them,” he says. “When they start up like this, I usually give them some bread or something. We used to have big flocks, but then they got West Nile and the crow basically disappeared from Massachusetts. So you gotta feed the crows.”(read full story)
from Taunton Daily Gazette
Myrna Friedman is both a survivor and a late bloomer. One led to the other.
She was in her 50s when she finally began doing watercolor painting. It was something she’d wanted to do since high school, but life intervened. (read full story)
from Patriot Ledger
Town meeting has approved a special disability pension for a Milton firefighter gravely injured while on duty.
Under the proposal, which now goes to the state Legislature for approval, Firefighter Antonio Pickens of Brockton will receive a tax-free disability pension equal to his full base pay. (read full story)