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

Blazing bikes

One of the town’s premier annual sports events kicked off the week: The Blue Hills Classic. This event is sponsored by the Blue Hills Cycling Club and is considered to be one of the finest Boston area events by local enthusiasts. You can view the original post with photos here.

Town Meeting

Town Meeting voted on a 50 articles most having to do with appropriations for town departments. The highlights were:

• On day one Selectman endorsed the coningent budget recommendations made by the Warrant Committee.
• On day two Town Meeting had voted the lion’s share of appr0priations per Warrant Committee recommendation and Selectmen put  $3,420,189 as the amount for the override to be voted on June 8th.
• On day three town meeting approved the wind turbine, the initiative to create a consolidated facitilies department and to remain in the Norfolk County Mosquito program.

Here are the original posts on Town Meeting: Day 1, Day 2, Day3.

Mantville gets his fish

It was fitting that two sports events should book end the week, both unique Milton events. The week finished with the Annual Ed Baker fishing tournament held at Turner’s Pond. Brian Mantville of the Milton Fire Department took first place. You can see the original post and a picture of the smiling winner here.