Enjoy a memory-filled evening at Fuller Village with Boston broadcasting icon Ron Della Chiesa as he shares special moments in his 35 years of bringing music and musical legends alive on stage and over the airwaves. Sponsored by the Fuller Village Benevolent Fund, the three-part series concludes with My Life with the Boston Symphony on Thursday, November 15th at 7:00 PM in the Function Room at 1372 Brush Hill Rd.
Community Preservation Act passes in Canton
from Boston.com
The third time was the charm in Canton, where voters backed the adoption of the Community Preservation Act after rejecting the program in 2006 and again last spring.
While Canton was among seven communities statewide to adopt the Community Preservation Act and an accompanying tax surcharge Tuesday, neighboring Milton was one of two to pass it up at the polls. (Read the full story here.)
Medieval re-creation group gathers in Milton
from Boston.com
The Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA), an organization committed to researching and re-creating the life of pre-1600’s Europe, held an event at First Congregational Church of Milton on Saturday, Nov. 10. (Read the full story here.)
Milton to receive $1 million MassWorks grant
Senator Brian A. Joyce has announced that Milton will receive a $1 million MassWorks grant from the state. The grant represents a significant state investment in the Central Avenue and Milton Village business districts. It comes at a good time. The area is showing renewed vitality.
Picture for the day – Milton wins again
Milton beat Dedham 42-14. Roy Chambers caught the action. You can see more of Roy’s photos here.
photo by Roy Chambers
Milton Town Hall now on Facebook
Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, Tom Hurley, posted to Facebook this morning. He is alerting residents to a Milton Facebook page which can be found here. Tom writes, “At my suggestion the Town has set up a Facebook account as a means reaching large numbers of residents with sometimes vital and sometime not so vital information and to hear back from residents of the Town. If you have not already done so please find the Town’s Facebook page and like it. Just another FYI the Milton Police and the DPW also have Facebook pages. Please pass the message on.”
Fontbonne Academy to stage “Yes Virginia, There is a Santa Claus
Fontbonne Academy’s Good Fountain Players will perform the play, “Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus” this weekend in the Fontbonne Auditorium, located at 930 Brook Road in Milton. The showtimes are: Friday, November 16, and Saturday, November 17, at 7 p.m. There will also be a matinee on Sunday, November 18 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 each and can be purchased at the door prior to each performance. Get into the holiday season with this dramatic production based on the Christmas classic!
Mtg Notes: School Committee 11.07.12 (1) – The Superintendent gets her eval & NEASC update
It was a long meeting. The School Committee covered three important issues and after sitting on the agenda for over a month they finally gave Superintendent Gormley her evaluation, which with luck will not be done this way again.
Gormley’s evaluation came toward the end of the session. Each member of the committee spoke to Gormley’s performance and they were uniformly positive in their critiques.
Owners of Milton party house face charges
from Boston.com
Mark Lane is a quiet residential side street in Milton with manicured lawns, midpriced cars parked in driveways, and few people out and about. Near one end of the road is a gray, ordinary-looking house with a curving driveway and shades drawn on its many windows. (Read the full story here.)
MHS Jazz Concert
The HS Jazz Ensemble will be performing at the Charlie Winchester Auditorium Thursday, November 15 @ 7:00pm.
If you like jazz, you will love this.
Massachusetts Native People: Life, Land, Culture and Colonial Encounters
The Milton Historical Society and the Trailside Museum are co-sponsoring a special program on Massachusetts Native People on Sunday, November 18, 2012 at 2 PM at the Blue Hills Trailside Museum, 1904 Canton Avenue, Milton.
Join Dr. Jack Dempsey, writer, editor and film maker from “Ancient Lights” – a collaborative celebration of Ancient Crete and Early America, and explore how Native peoples of the area conceived of the natural world around them,