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Photo for the day 05.11.15

Come spring some people plant flowers and others, like Cathy Smith, install a colony of honey bees. Thanks to Carolyn Newman for the shot. We welcome your photos. You can email them to frank@mytownmatters.com.

photo by Carolyn Newman

photo by Carolyn Newman

Milton Bicycle Advisory Committee hosts Used Bike Sale and Community Ride to Celebrate Bike Month

The Milton Bicycle Advisory Committee invites the public to attend the Used Bike Sale on Saturday, May 16.

Held at the DPW Day Open House at 629 Randolph Avenue from 10 AM to 2 PM, the bike sale is an opportunity to get great deals on used bikes for the kids. Some bikes for adults will also be available, as well as safety tips, local bike maps, tubes and other bike accessories, and a free raffle for a gift certificate to Dave’s Bike Infirmary.

St. Mary of the Hills takes Field Trip!

By Shay Sinnott

The 6th grade class and chaperones ride the duck tours at Sydney Joseph of Randolph has a turn to drive!

The 6th grade class and chaperones ride the duck tours at Sydney Joseph of Randolph has a turn to drive!

On May 5th, the sixth grade class at St. Mary of the Hills School was treated to a special Duck Tour field trip for the second year in a row. The class earned the field trip after classmate, Xavier Welch of Milton, won first place in the annual Duck Tours Writing Contest early this year. Welch’s essay, titled, The Stamp Act Crisis: Fuel of the Rebellion, was chosen as a first place winner.

Over 400 Turn Out for Milton Cleanup Day 2015

MHS students worked 4 hours and collected 14 bags of trash & 11 bags of recyclables at the high school and surrounding ball fields

MHS students worked 4 hours and collected 14 bags of trash & 11 bags of recyclables at the high school and surrounding ball fields

If you’re around town this week and notice that the streets and parks seem to be cleaner, thank the over 400 Milton residents who came out for Milton Cleanup Day on May 2nd. Organized by Sustainable Milton in partnership with the Department of Public Works, the cleanup day is an annual event to help get our town ready for Spring.

Boosters Sponsor 37th Annual Varsity Athletes Banquet, June 3rd

The Milton High School Boosters club is hosting the 37th Annual Varsity Letter Banquet held on Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at 6:00 pm in the Milton High School Copeland Field House (doors open at 5:30 pm). This banquet celebrates the accomplishments of our varsity athletes by recognizing them with a banquet dinner, awarding letters and pins to all members of the varsity teams,

St. Mary of the Hills School Science Fair

Screen Shot 2015-05-10 at 9.07.09 AMLast week, St. Mary of the Hills School held the yearly middle school science fair in the school hall. Organized by 5th/6th grade science teacher, Alexia Etienne, the event featured science projects from each student who have been working on their experiments since last fall.

Photo for the day 05.09.15

Prinicpal Redden of the Cunningham Elementary School gets a fine how do you do from Cunningham Elementary students who surprised him on National Principal Appreciation Day. Prinicpal Redden, who wrote in gratitude, “I am so lucky to work here! . . .What a fantastic surprise!”

photo courtesy of MPS

photo courtesy of MPS

Athletic Team Fundraising: Girls Softball Car wash

The Boosters are sponsoring a car wash on Saturday, May 16th to benefit athletic team fundraising held at the Cunningham school, 44 Edge Hill Road. Please stop by and get your car washed by the girls softball team between 9:00 am and 12:00 pm.