Wishing all Milton a happy and healthy holiday season!
Here is a brief video with some pictures from the year gone by.
Milton adjusting to coaching switch
from Wicked Local Milton
Win games? Yes. That was part of the mandate. Win hearts and minds? Yeah, there was probably some of that, too, at least initially.
The Milton High School girls hockey team wasn’t a happy bunch in September when wildly successful coach Christine Gurskis left town. Technically, she resigned, but many felt that she was nudged out the door, having lost the confidence of some school administrators outside the athletic department. (Read the full story here.)
Braintree’s hot hand can’t cool off Milton
from The Patriot Ledger
His team had dug itself out of a monumental first-quarter hole and was poised to snatch a big win in an enemy gym. Oh, but there was P.J. Douglas elevating on the right wing for a potential game-winning three-point shot at the buzzer.
Never a good sign. (Read the full story here.)
Governor Deval Patrick pulls $1.7M Milton mansion off the market
from The Boston Herald
Gov. Deval Patrick is getting a firsthand look at the Bay State housing market’s recent woes.
Patrick has temporarily pulled his Milton house off the market after a $200,000 price cut and nearly six months on the Multiple Listing Service failed to attract a buyer. (Read the full story here.)
Hanover Mite-B hockey beats Milton
from Wicked Local Hanover
When you have to set your alarm to wake a sleeping child before 5am on a Saturday… you must be a hockey parent.
This past Saturday it was the Mite-B team’s turn for an early game as they faced off against the town of Milton. Despite the 6 a.m. start time, Hanover was ready and raring to go. (Read the full story here.)
Warrant Committee hears arguments for/against Temple Shalom development
At their Thursday, December 17th meeting of the Warrant Committee heard arguments for and against the proposed zoning overlay article that is to appear in the Warrant for February’s Special Town Meeting.
Tom Hurley, Chairman of the Warrant Committee, explained that the Warrant Committee, an all volunteer board appointed by the Town Moderator whose primary responsibility is a balanced town budget, is tasked with making recommendations on all articles in the town warrant. Though the Warrant Committee meetings are public there is no input from anyone outside the committee unless invited by the chairman. Mr. Hurley asked the the attorneys for the parties involved in the Temple Shalom zoning overlay (Andrew Upton for the neighborhood group and Ned Corcoran for the developer) as well as a town resident from each side to speak (Stefano Kiel for neighbors and Lynda Packer for Temple Shalom). Each speaker was allocated 10 minutes followed by a questions and answers from the committee.
Lawyer doubts road rage led to Quincy shooting
from The Patriot Ledger
A lawyer for suspected gunman Robert O’Connell is raising doubts that random road rage led to Saturday’s late-night shooting of a Milton firefighter.
“It doesn’t pass the smell test,” attorney Jack McGlone said, a short time after O’Connell’s family wire-transferred $500,000 to bail the 40-year-old Marina Bay resident from jail. (Read the full story here.)
Point/Counterpoint: An Alliance Gone Bad
[NOTE: This is the first in a pair of articles that take opposing points of view with regard to the U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia. In the following editorial, Ms. Riordan argues against the relationship. Next week we will publish an editorial MHS senior, Edward Corcoran, offering a counterpoint to this.]
Learn more about Senior Seminar Editorials here. View a list of previous editorials here.
A Senior Seminar Editorial by Gillian Riordan, MHS 2010
In 1938, the United States had just won World War I; the entire nation was in desperate need of oil in order to meet economic opportunities for rebuilding Europe. United States President, Franklin Roosevelt (1938-1933) requested drilling in Saudi Arabia to see if there was any oil available. Luckily there was, and lots of it. The United States became Saudi Arabia’s largest oil customer and brought great wealth to the country. Until September 11, 2001 The United States and the Saudi Arabian alliance remained strong. Now there is a question to whether the alliance should end because our ally might have been involved with the horrific terrorist attack on our country. Mounting evidence is showing that Saudi Arabia may be more of a threat to the United States than an ally. This new evidence, along with other fundamental differences between our countries, supports the belief among many American’s that our long standing alliance with this country should end.
Milton 8-year-old faces national competition
from The Boston Globe
Alexis Daly, an 8-year-old student at the Cunningham School in Milton, is competing in a national track event this weekend at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y. The Colgate Women’s Games is the nation’s largest amateur track series, bringing together more than 11,000 athletes in age divisions ranging from elementary school to 30-plus. (Read the full story here.)
Snowstorm heads for eastern MA
from the Boston Globe
Mother Nature is coming early to deliver a White Christmas.
A major winter storm will slam Eastern Massachusetts tonight, with forecasters expecting it to dump 6 to 8 inches of snow in Boston and as much as 20 inches on some areas of Cape Cod, according to the National Weather Service. (Read the full story here.)
Violence and tragic death part of firefighter’s past
from Wicked Local Milton
The past of a Milton firefighter shot in the abdomen includes investigations of domestic violence involving a girlfriend, the sudden death of an infant girl that he fathered with another woman and a spotty driving record.
In March 2007, Joseph Fasano was arrested after police say he assaulted his then-girlfriend, Robyn Mayo, at their Weymouth apartment. (Read the full story here.)