from Wicked Local Milton
In a battle of Wildcats, the Weymouth High girls edged Milton, 42-38, on Friday. (Read the full story here.)
What to do. . . what to do? Lots!
There’s lots to do this week end!
This week end you can see a play, watch a movie, test your gaming skills, and learn some history. And you do not even need to leave town. It’s all right here.
St Agatha students raise $5,000 for Haiti quake victims
from The Patriot Ledger
Milton students turn paper into cash. Students at St. Agatha School raised more than $5,000 for Haiti’s earthquake victims by selling “links of love.” (Read the full story here.)
Milton’s Keith Yandle has big backer in Bruin Derek Morris
from The Patriot Ledger
With no disrespect intended to USA Hockey or the selection committee members who produced the 23-man U.S. roster for the Olympics, Derek Morris respectfully disagrees. (Read the full story here.)
Blue Hills accepting construction applications
from Wicked Local Braintree
Blue Hills Regional Technical School is accepting applications for house construction or large addition projects for the next school year. Residents or landowners within the nine district towns are eligible to submit applications no later than April 1. (Read the full story here.)
Haitians Hold Uncertain Place In Immigration Line
from WBUR
Elsie Metayer lives in a two-story Victorian in Milton. Her colorful home is decorated with art from Haiti, and pictures of family. Her parents sit bundled on the couch, while she talks about her guilt that she’s here in Milton, while her three siblings are in Port-Au-Prince, sleeping outside their ruined homes. (Read the full story here.)
Wildcat wrestlers earn 12th tie
from Wicked Local Milton
The Milton wrestling team rallied from a 18-0 deficit to tie Braintree Tuesday night. The two teams settled for a 42-42 tie.(Read the full story here.)
In other sports action Natick downed the MHS girls basketball 63-52. (Story here.) The boys basketball team, however, prevailed over Natick 55-54 (Story here.)
MHS Cabaret Talent Show
MHS Cabaret!
There will be a Milton High School student Cabaret Talent Show featuring top notch talent doing all sorts of cool stuff!
GO! See just how skilled these high school kids are.
WHEN: Tuesday February 9th at 7:00
WHERE: The Charles Winchester Auditorium / Milton High School / Gile Road / Milton, MA.
Unions balk at school aid program (Race to the Top)
The Milton School Committee recently discussed “Race to the Top” funding. Milton declined to apply. Ms. Kelly expressed her disappointment at this. “Race to the Top” is a federal initiative to award school districts funding however, and teacher’s unions take exception to tying pay to student performance on tests among other issues.
Rabbi Korff, 91, known for his generous spirit
Rabbi Korf, a prominent religious figure in Milton, passed away on January 11th.
Rabbi Korf about whom Selectman Marion McEttick said, “(He was) a religious presence, a scholar, and, at the same time, he was a tremendous humanitarian.”
The obituary in the Boston Globe begins: “As his mother Gittel ran for safety, clutching her infant son, machine-gun fire ripped into her, causing her to fall flat on her back. Wounded, she warned her children to rush to safety, to hide with relatives.” You can read the full article here.
Update: Vision tests proposed for drivers over 75
There has been positive movement in state legislature on laws to address elder drivers and texting while driving. The Boston Globe reports: “Key lawmakers, facing public concern over a raft of highly publicized accidents involving older drivers, yesterday proposed requiring vision tests for drivers over 75 years old seeking to renew their licenses, and granting legal immunity to doctors who report that their patients are not competent to drive.” (Read the full story here.)