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.)
Nice set of photos on Wicked Local of MHS girls volleyball team beating Dedham to make playoffs. You can find them here.
Riverside Theatre Works will present Stage Door Canteen, a musical tribute honoring the heroes of World War II and all American warriors, then and now, on Saturday and Sunday, November 16 and 17.
WATER MAIN BREAK – UPDATE
2:00 P.M. OCTOBER 30, 2013
MILTON HAS EXPERIENCED 2 LOCALIZED WATER MAIN BREAKS TODAY. REPAIRS ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE BY 4:PM TODAY.
WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE!
by Frank Schroth
Town Meeting resolved the remaining 7 articles on the fall warrant with surprisingly little fuss. Articles 12 and 13 received the lion’s share of attention from town meeting members. They were hinged in that taken together they unshackled the town owned portion of the Hendries property from a article passed in 2007 Town Meeting and allow the Board of Selectmen (BoS) to sell that property to someone other thanCarrick Realty Trust. Carrick Realty owns the adjacent portion of the parcel. As Town Counsel John Flynn noted, “It’s a little complicated.”
from The Boston Globe
A fire at the Blue Hills Reservation in Quincy that began Monday night burned for much of Tuesday and continued to smolder into the night, firefighters said. Firefighters also responded to a blaze on Bald Hill in Beverly, and one in Boston’s Stony Brook Reservation, where firefighters returned for the fourth consecutive day. (Read the full story here.)
Updated 10.29.13 19:31am
by Frank Schroth
Town Meeting made it through Article 8 before calling it a night at about 10:00pm giving members time to catch the end of game5 of the World Series. Of the articles taken up: One passed as written, two passed after being amended, 3 were defeated, and 2 were referred back for further study.