by Frank Schroth (updated @ 12:47pm)
At last night’s meeting of the Selectmen Kris Hodlin, Chair of the Library Board of Trustees, informed the board of a unanimous vote of the trustees to have two ailing trees on the library grounds removed due to concerns for public safety. The trees are the copper beech that greets visitors to the lot and a sugar maple that is to the right of the old entrance as you face the building.
Senator Brian A. Joyce is encouraging Milton residents to take advantage of the 30 day comment period on the draft project listings for the Fiscal Years 2015-2018 State Transportation Improvement Program. The draft project list contains $725,000 for a “safe routes to school” project in Milton in FY16.
by Frank Schroth
Traffic Commission to perform one-way test on West end of Eliot St
At last week’s meeting of the traffic commission DPW director Joseph Lynch and John Thompson were joined by an employee from the Beta Group to review changes to the intersection of Eliot Street and Blue Hill Parkway. That intersection is part of the larger interchange that is something of a rat’s nest of roads – where Blue Hill Ave, River Street, Rt 138, Rt 28, in addition to Blue Hill Parkway all converge. There are efforts underway to improve the traffic flow and to also accommodate the Neponset bike trail. The trail will eventually go from Central Ave to Mattapan Square and connect with the bike lane up Truman Parkway.
This week’s concert at the Gazebo on the Town Green, Wayne Potash on 8/13, has been cancelled due to the weather.
from Wicked Local Milton
A motorcycle driver was killed in a Monday afternoon collision with a truck on Granite Avenue. (Read the full story here.)
Sherlock Holmes matches wits with Irene Adler in the film, A Scandal in Bohemia (1984). The one-hour episode from the TV series, “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes,” will play on Tuesday, August 26 at 6:30 p.m. in the Keys Community Room (lower level) of the Milton Library, 476 Canton Avenue in Milton. This free event is sponsored by the Friends of the Milton Library and is part of the Milton Reads special events.
from the Milton Police Department
On Monday 8/11/14 about 1255, an unknown suspect (black male, 6’0”, thin, clean shaven/bald, wearing a checkered plaid blue/grey button up collared shirt, blue jeans, designer sunglasses, carrying a black Converse sneaker box, robbed Citizen’s Bank 420 Granite Avenue Milton, MA.
by Frank Schroth
Slip lane indicated in red on map
A public hearing was held on the East Milton Parking & Design project. The focus was on traffic. A key recommendation made by the consulting team, Howard/Stein-Hudson, is that the slip lane, which allows traffic flowing eastbound on Adams to turn north onto Granite Avenue, should stay.
from The Patriot Ledger
In the past year alone, Manet Community Health Center has opened a sixth medical facility in Taunton, opened new administrative offices in Milton and started a major expansion of its North Quincy branch. (Read the full story here.)
The other day we linked to a slide show of south shore properties being considered for the Register of Historic Places from the Boston Globe. The Eustis Estate here in Milton was among the properties in the list. The Globe published an article on them today. You can find it here.
Here is a shot of Turner’s Pond on a summer’s afternoon. I may be mistaken but I think that attractive flower in the shot is also an unwelcome invasive species loosestrife. We welcome your photos. You can email them to frank@mytownmatters.com.
photo by Gene Boylan