Seeing eye to eye
In celebration of the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the Patron Saint of Animals, the Reverend Hall Kirkham of St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, Milton visited the Milton Animal Shelter on Friday, October 4 and blessed the many animals in need of families and homes.
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Milton High School Latin teacher, Mary Lou Markarian, was recently selected for the 2013 “Excellence in Teaching Award,” given by the Classical Association of Massachusetts (CAM.)
The Milton Public Library will host local musicians in a free concert called “Piano Celebration” on Saturday, October 26, 2013 at 2 PM. Since the library recently acquired a lovely Sohmer piano made possible by the Milton Library Foundation, several wonderful local performers will gather to help christen the new addition.
Ponkapoag pond – we welcome your photos. Send them to frank@mytownmatters.com.
photo by Frank Schroth
from Wicked Local Dedham
It doesn’t take many pivotal plays to turn a competitive football game into a rout, and Dedham was on the wrong end of just about all of them in a 34-6 loss in Milton on Friday night (Read the full story here.)
by Frank Schroth
There is no P&S, no site plan, nor any architectural renderings yet, but there was swift neighborhood opposition to a proposed gift of ~1 acre of land by Marvin and Andrea Gordon that could serve as the site of a new synagogue for Congregation Beth Shalom of the Blue Hills. At the October 3rd meeting of the Board of Selectmen, the Cronin room was crowded by residents of Lodge Street who came to express their disapproval of the proposal.
Senator Brian A. Joyce and Representative Dan Cullinane welcomed the Ferrante family of Milton to the Senate Chambers. Ariana Ferrante was being honored for her summer internship as a State House tour guide and Chiara for an essay she wrote for the MWRA’s Annual School Writing Contest. Good work!
L to R: Sen. Joyce, Chiara Ferrante, Lori Ferrante, Ariana Ferrante and Rep. Cullinane.
from The Wicked Local Milton
John M. Callahan, who served in the FBI’s Boston office during the gang wars of the 1960s, died Monday at his home in Milton. He was 94. (Read the full story here.)
Milton Reads invites you to join them for a fun afternoon and to celebrate the closing chapter to this year’s program with food, fun, and prizes!
Films, book chats, a Gardner Museum tour, a visit by the lead investigator, and even an evening of trivia, were all part of the Milton Reads 2013 program, when Milton’s readers joined together to read The Gardner Heist, by Ulrich Boser.
Two of Milton High School’s students have been named Semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program: Jack Caljouw and Bocar Zilla-Ba. These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 8,000 National Merit Scholarships worth about $35 million that will be offered next spring. Approximately 16,000 Semifinalists were recognized as part of the 59th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.