from Wicked Local Milton
In anticipation of its upcoming Community Health Walk on Saturday, September 29, BID-Milton reached out to resident experts in the areas of physical therapy, cardiology, gerontology and pulmonology to discuss how walking improves quality of life in all of these areas. (Read the full story here.)
The Milton Public Library is starting a Teen Advisory Group (TAG) and Milton teens are invited to join! The TAG will meet monthly to promote teen leadership and involvement in the library. To be a TAG member, you must be between the ages of 13 -18 and be willing to work creatively in a team
from Health Barn
Congratulations to last week’s zucchini contest winner: Elizabeth T. from Milton, MA! Her recipe for Zucchini “Fries” got double thumbs up. Check out the recipe below. A HealthBarn magnet is on its way, Elizabeth! (You can find the recipe here.)
East Congregational Church extends an invitation to the community to come to their “Welcome Back” service on Sunday, September 9, at 10 am. The church’s new interim pastor, Rev. Mark Seifried will be preaching. The new Christian Education Directors will also begin registering children for the new church school year.
Siobhan O’Grady, well-known for her political activism during her high school days in Milton, meets Vice President Joe Biden during a campaign stop in West York, PA. Siobhan is currently a senior at Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA, where she is double-majoring in Political Science and French. That is Siobhan on the left.
from Boston Globe
In the mid-1960s, Henry Forbes turned his family’s Milton Greek Revival mansion into what is now the Forbes House Museum and devoted his career to showcasing Asian export art. He later merged his collection with the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem. The museum “merged his tremendous aesthetic sense and his historical scholarship, and that’s really what created it, what enabled him to really preside over the founding of the discipline of Asian export art,” said his son Robert. (Read the full story here; subscription required)
Milton fell to Bishop Feehan in a scrimmage earlier this week. Sports photographer Roy Chambers captured the action. Upi can find more of Roy’s work here.
Artists, educators, and representatives from non-profit organizations and schools are invited to an informational session from 7:00-9:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 19 at Milton Town Hall, in the Cronin Room, hosted by the Milton Cultural Council. Come and learn how to fill out a grant application and see what the Council is all about.
News release from Budgetforall.org. The referendum will appear on the November ballot in a number of MA districts including the 7th Norfolk District which covers part of Milton.
The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office has approved the placement of a non-binding public policy question with a strong “anti-austerity” message regarding the budget debate in Washington on the November 6 ballot in House and Senate districts across the Commonwealth.
from The Boston Globe
Rich Hill has been with the Red Sox for parts of three seasons, but has pitched in only 32 games.
The lefthanded reliever from Milton, Mass., was still recovering from shoulder surgery when he was signed in 2010. His 2011 season was cut short by a torn elbow ligament and subsequent Tommy John surgery. (Read the full story here. )
Notices from the Milton Police Department Facebook page
MPD was very active in East Milton this evening [8/30]. Just after 6pm a male subject walked into the Sovereign Bank on Adams St and robbed the establishment. MPD recovered significant evidence inside and outside the bank. The investigation very active at this time.