The Bay State Banner has a story on Milton resident, Angela McConney regarding a trip she made to the West Bank. The Banner reports:

The West Bank is a land crisscrossed by barbed-wire checkpoints, fortified Israeli settlements and a winding, 20-foot-high militarized “separation” wall that Israelis say is designed to keep them safe from Palestinian terrorists.

In a land that’s home to one of the most bitterly contested ethnic and religious conflicts in the world, Milton resident Angela McConney sought fellowship with the people she calls the original Christians. You can read more about Ms. McConney here.

And an item in today’s Globe reports that Priscilla Livingston of Wellesley and Hally Sheldon of Milton combined to win the pairs event at the recent Royal Canadian Henley Regatta in St. Catherine’s, Ont. You can read more about Hally here.