Omnibus/Milton in association with Milton Cable will be creating a time capsule recollection of one of the saddest days in American history.
During the next two weeks Omnibus/Milton will be about the town asking people of a certain age their memories and recollections and where they were on Friday, November 22, 1963 the day President Kennedy was assassinated.
from Boston.com – Your Town Milton
After fears that they could lose funding, Milton legislators say they have re-secured a $1 million state grant to make pedestrian-related improvements between two revitalized business districts. (Read the full story here.)
from The PatriotLedger.com
Curry College says it has decided to build a proposed dormitory on recently acquired property on the northwestern edge of its 135-acre campus. (Read the full story here.)
Milton High School Music 1st Annual Mattress Sale Fundraiser!!!
Saturday, November 2, 2013 Mark your Calendar
Name brand mattress sets (Restonic, Symbol, and Therapedic) will be sold at 30-60% below retail prices. One manufacturer has even won the Consumer Digest Best Buy Award and Women’s Choice Award for the eighth consecutive year.
Milton Parent Coach, Beth Greenawalt, owner of www.parent-solutions.com will be presenting Deepen the Loving Connection with Your Child; Learn How to Communicate, Connect and Parent with Confidence at 11:30 on Sunday Nov. 3rd at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Milton. This event is free and open to all.
Fontbonne Academy has stopped stocking water bottles in its refrigerator this year, and has gotten rid of its free standing water bottle machine as well. “We really wanted to stop contributing to a big environmental problem; landfills are just loaded with water bottles,” said Sister Maryann Enright, whose office is adjacent to the cafeteria.
News release from Beth Israel Deaconess Milton
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Milton has been named Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in America, for exemplary performance in using evidence-based clinical processes that are shown to improve care for certain conditions.
Updated 10.31.13 @ 10:57
by Frank Schroth
One of the articles that recently passed Town Meeting amended a bylaw to have the Town Clerk promote the importance of town meeting and step up efforts to take advantage of media outlets to educate residents on the importance of town meeting membership and the process for becoming a town meeting member. Attendance was also an issue on Tuesday.
I am seriously concerned and disappointed that the Milton Town Meeting process has become inflexible to the degree it is on the verge of becoming irrelevant.
The National Weather Service in Taunton has issued a high wind watch. . . which is in effect from latte tonight through Friday afternoon. (You can find the current conditions at Great Blue Hill here.)
from Wicked Local Milton
A new dormitory building proposed for the Curry College campus would likely be exempt from town review, according to Milton’s planning director. (Read the full story here.)