A weekly recap of key events and items of interest to the Milton community:

Comings and goings

The town had an election and now we have a new Treasurer, James McAuliffe. He waged a good campaign against two worthy adversaries, Charlie McCarthy and Janet Lorden. Gunning was re-elected Assessor despite failing to appear for either debate. Affanato won Park Commissioner, and Andrea Gordon was re-elected as Library Trustee along with Brendan McLaughlin and Barbara Mason. Lee Carey was elected to the housing authority.

Our long serving Town Treasurer has left. Kevin Sorgi was celebrated Friday night for his 28 years of service. Many people had many kind things to say. You can read some of them here.

We also have a new Fire Chief. Brian Linehan, a long serving deputy in the fire department was appointed by the selectmen to replace Malcolm Larsen who will retire in June.

And while he is hardly a new face, John Shields will the the chairman of the Board of Selectmen.

School cuts

The School Administration did two things this past week. They developed a plan to meet the constraints of a non-contingent budget and they communicated that plan to the public ably. Superintendent Gormley made a presenation to the School Committee early in the week that detailed the 45.5 heads that would be cut and where as well as plans for how to manage the French Immersion program The presentation was made pubic. You can find it here. Ms. Gormley also summarized the presentation in a letter to parents, also made public. You can view the letter here. And the Administration together with the School Committee held an open forum for parents and residents to voice concerns and ask questions. Whether the cuts will be required is to be determined. The next chapter will be written this week at Town Meeting.

A pond gets buffed

Members of the Pope’s Pond Neighborhood Association celebrated Green Day and filled up a significant number of trash bags in the process. You can view pictures of their efforts here.