Milton Road Race 2010
If you are a runner or jogger in Milton, this is the event of the year. It is a very fun and challenging run. You can still register and support Junior Women’s Club and their causes which include a scholarship for Milton High School students. Get out there!
from Boston.com – Your Town Milton
It was the boycott that never was, much to the relief of supporters of the Milton Public Library.
But for a while, the organizers of the library’s major fund-raising event — the Sixth Annual Literary Gala — worried their plans might be blown off course by the controversy swirling around a town initiative to build a windmill near the Granite Links Golf Club at Quarry Hills. (Read the full story here.)
The MHS baseball team shut out Stoughton yesterday 5-0. They take on Duxbury Monday. (See Patriot Ledger coverage along with some nice photos here.)
Things did not go as well for MHS softball team, as Wicked Local Milton reports. They were knocked out of tournament play by Braintree 7-6. You can find the full story here.
The Forbes House Museum in partnership with the Shirley-Eustis House Association is proud to bring the author, James R. Fichter to Milton for an evening of lecture, book signing and reception.
from Boston.com – Your Town Milton
About 25 senior citizens work for the town in exchange for money off their property taxes in what one local official calls a “wonderful, win-win program.” (Read the full story here.)
Senator Brian Joyce’s involvement with a 40B development in Easton has received quite a bit of media attention. Several press accounts have questioned Joyce’s legal representation of the firm that eventually won the contract to develop the property.
This is the latest in a series of art works from students of FAVA (The Friends and Advocates for the Visual Arts). This week’s work is Laura Braithwaite’s depiction of Pegasus, the Winged Horse. Pretty amazing.
from The Patriot Ledger
Children Without Borders, a nonprofit organization that provides medical care to poor children, has elected Megan Greenstein of Duxbury as its first executive director. (Read the full story here.)
JLike most communities, the Milton Schools spend a significant portion of their budget on meeting the needs of Special Needs students. There may be relief.
Schools are continuing get greener. There will be a significant installation of solar panels on the Collicot Cunningham schools. The high school already has solar panels installed.
from Wicked Local Milton
It is a typical wedding scene in India, but not in Milton. On May 22 traffic on Blue Hill Avenue and Truman Parkway briefly halted for a princely groom astride a white horse. (Read the full story here.)