Join Milton Library Director Will Adamczyk for an informal discussion of new and popular books. The chat takes place Friday, January 3rd from 11:00-12:00.
School budget requires 20.7 FTE staff cut to meet WC request
by Frank Schroth
Superintendent Gormley and her leadership team have identified the cuts required to meet the Warrant Committee’s budget request for a budget that is $1.5 million over FY13 level funded and has been presenting those to PTOs in town. This budget will require cutting 20.7 full time equivalents from the payroll.
Efforts renewed to fund the Neponset River Greenway Trail
from Boston.com – Your Town Mattapan
The filling in of the Neponset River Greenway Trail, a project that has continually been pushed to the back burner, may soon become a higher priority. (Read the full story here.) Please click “Read more” for map of trail segments. You can find a DCR web site with information on the Neponset River Corridor here.
New Kids On the Block’s Jordan Knight calls Milton ‘The Promised Land’
from Boston.com – Your Town Milton
As one of the New Kids on the Block, Jordan Knight has loved touring in places like Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Dublin, Ireland, but he still considers the town of Milton “the promised land.” (Read the full story here.)
Change in Principalship at Glover Elementary
by Frank Schroth
Drew Echelson is leaving Glover Elementary School. Mr. Echelson was hired as an interim principal at Glover while Stephanie Nephew, the principal, was out on maternity leave. Ms. Nephew recently returned to Glover and the two have been co-principals.
Picture for today 02.06.12
Here is a nice shot of Lower Mills at night from B. MacLean’s Flickr photo stream.
Forbes House Museum to host Keechong fundraiser
The Forbes House Museum invites you to join them for The Keechong Dinner, an elegant tradition to benefit the Forbes House Museum featuring speaker Eric Jay Dolin at The Union Club, Boston.
“Stay in Place” ordered at Milton High this afternoon
by Frank Schroth
Milton High was ordered to “Stay in Place” this afternoon after a student brought a suspicious object to the attention of school authorities. The object appeared to be a shell casing. The student found the object on the floor of a classroom and went to the front office at about 11:20PM.This prompted a call to the Milton Police and an investigation was initiated.
Update: Milton High “Stay in place”
Milton High was put into “Stay in Place” status this afternoon. According to an email from Principal Jette sent to parents at 1:45 this afternoon all students are safe and accounted for. All students are required to stay in their classrooms with exception of athletes who have a schedulde sporting event. No one can enter or leave. Vehicles are not being permitted to enter the campus until the Milton Police have finished investigating the school.
Linda Dorcena Forry to run for state Senate
There is more political sea change possible for Milton as one of its current state reps has announced a bid for the MA state Senate seat vacated by Jack Hart. Linda Dorcena Forry who represents the west side of Milton is in the running according to a report in today’s Globe. You can find the story here.
A frank look at the town administrator search
Commentary by Frank Schroth
The Board of Selectmen will interview 4 candidates for the role of Town Administrator at their session on February 12th. Whom will they pick and why?