This evening the Board of Selectmen announced that they had unanimously elected Deputy Brian Linehan as Milton’s next Fire Chief. He will replace Malcolm Larsen who is leaving the department in June.

The selectmen acknowledged that they were presented with three fine choices. There were few differences between the candidates and all possessed strong leadership skills; but a decision had to be made. Congratulations Deputy Linehan!

In other business:

• A member of the Board of Health stated that residents seeking information or concered about the swine flu can call the states 211 number. You can find the MA state dept of health’s web page on swine flu here.

• Milton will hold Greenday on May 2. Greenday is an opportunity for residents to band together to help clean up the town. For more information, please send an email to miltongreenday@gmail.com

• Wallace Long spoke to the Selectmen about the possibility of tapping the methan gas in the town dump as a means of offsetting energy costs. Quincy has a similar effort underway at Quary Hills and is receiving approximately 10% of revenue.