This is the final presentation and forum for Phase 1 focused on creating a vision and goals for the Town of Milton. The consultant team will present the draft Community Vision, Goals and Key Issues, and seek recommendations for any changes needed.
Notice: Council on Aging has new web address
Notice from Town Hall
The website for the Milton Council on Aging website has change. You can find it by going to the Town of Milton website or find it directly at:
http://www.townofmilton.org/
Friday Teen Movie
On Friday, May 10 at 3 p.m., the Teen Services Department of the Milton Library will show a movie for students in grades 6-12. Teens will have a choice of four summer-themed movies; they can see the options and vote for their top choices on our Teen Space Facebook page (www.facebook.com/MiltonLibraryTeenSpace)!
Riverside Theater Works Casino NIght
The Riverside Theater Works is hosting a Casino Night on Saturday, April 27th from 6:30 – 11:00PM. They invite you to join them at the Tables to win prize and have fun! There will be entertainment from 7″00pm – 8:30pm, light refreshments and a cash bar. Tickets are $50. Get yours now! Ca;; 617-361-7024. The Riverside Theater Works is located at 45 Fairmont Ave, Hyde Park, MA 02136.
Peabody Square clock runs again in somber ceremony to remember victims
There have been countless tributes and memorials to the victims of last week’s tragedy. Yesterday one took place just a couple of miles from here. Our good neighbors to the north in Ashmont were hit very hard. And so it was that of all the places the mayor could be at 2:50 yesterday afternoon, he chose to be there with Sentoar Warren. Many here in Milton know the Richards family. The photo is by Bill Forry of the Dorchester Reporter. You can find his accompanying article here.
Earth Day celebrated at Turners Pond
by Frank Schroth
Perhaps the Milton Police officer who wheeled his patrol car through the Turners Pond parking lot said it best, “That’s awesome!”
A team of folks had just set down a large geodesic dome constructed from recycled water bottles on the lawn at Turners.
A last word on that drop in income
by Frank Schroth
Not to beat a dead horse; but there has been quite a bit of interest in this issue and Cindy Christiansen, a Milton resident and statistician took some tie to look at the data and compile it in a manner that is more easily understood. We appreciated her analysis. Ms Christiansen notes that “The likely problem in the data is the DOR income for Milton in 2007.
Marathon bombings will cast a shadow over schools as they reopen
Note – a special broadcast of MyTownMatters on the topic of assisting children with tragedy aired late last week. On the panel were Superintendent Mary Gormley, Mss General Psychiatrist and Milton resident Dr. Atilla Ceranoglu, Glover Adjustment Counselor Brian Powers, and School Committee member Kristan Bagley-Jones. The broadcast can be found online here.
from Boston.com
When public schools reopen Monday for the first time since the Boston Marathon bombings, Cambridge will be grappling with dual sorrows. (Read the full story here.)
Teen Creative Writing Workshop with Kathryn Burak
On Tuesday, May 7 at 7 p.m., the Milton Public Library will host a creative writing workshop led by Kathryn Burak for local teens. Ms. Burak is a Milton resident, a teacher at Boston University, the poetry editor at YARN (yareview.net), and the author of the Edgar Award-nominated young adult novel Emily’s Dress and Other Missing Things.
Notice: MPD salute colleagues on capture of Marathon bomber
Notice from Milton Police Department. Note: you can friend the Milton Police Department on Facebook
Congratulations to the members of the Boston Police Department SWAT team on a well executed tactical extraction and negotiated surrender of the second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing. No matter what you may think of police officers, it is the greatest profession in the world.
How the humble potato changed the world
On Wednesday, May 8th, historian Dan Breen will share an entertaining talk about the humble potato’s role in historic events at 7 pm in the Keys Community Room (lower level) of the Milton Public Library, 476 Canton Avenue in Milton. When the Spanish conquerors arrived in the New World, they tended to turn up their noses at a crop they had never seen before: the humble potato.